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Verse Ezra 1:7. _THE KING BROUGHT FORTH THE VESSELS_] See on Ezra 1:9....
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THE HOUSE OF HIS GODS - Rather, “of his god” Daniel 1:2, i. e.,
Merodach, “his lord” (see 2 Chronicles 36:7 note)....
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE RETURN UNDER ZERUBBABEL AND THE REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The proclamation of Cyrus (Ezra 1:1)_
2. The response of the chiefs of Judah and Benjamin (E...
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THE RETURN OF THE JEWS UNDER SHESHBAZZAR WITH THE HOLY VESSELS. The
carrying out of the decree.
Ezra 1:5. even all. Jerusalem: implying that many did not avail
themselves of the opportunity of return...
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WHICH NEBUCHADNEZZAR HAD BROUGHT. Compare 2 Kings 24:13. Ezr 25:14. 2
Chronicles 36:1.Jeremiah 27:18; Jeremiah 28:6;...
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_Also Cyrus the king_ i.e. the Jews were assisted not only by private
individuals their neighbours, but by the example of the king himself.
_the vessels of the house of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar...
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2. The people return and begin to rebuild.
TEXT, EZRA 1:5-11
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Then the heads of fathers-' households of Judah and Benjamin and the
priests and the Levites arose, even everyone whose spirit God had...
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_ALSO CYRUS THE KING BROUGHT FORTH THE VESSELS OF THE HOUSE OF THE
LORD, WHICH NEBUCHADNEZZAR HAD BROUGHT FORTH OUT OF JERUSALEM, AND HAD
PUT THEM IN THE HOUSE OF HIS GODS;_
Cyrus ... brought forth t...
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THE RETURN OF THE JEWS FROM CAPTIVITY
The chapter narrates how Cyrus, king of Persia, permitted the Jews in
Babylon to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple there, and
restored the vessels taken...
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HAD BROUGHT FORTH] see 2 Kings 24:13; 2 Chronicles 36:7....
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THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM
EZRA
_ROBERT BRYCE_
ABOUT THE BOOK OF EZRA
There are many dates in this *introduction. These dates are the
number of years before the time that Jesus Christ was born...
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(5-11) Immediate result of the decree.
(5) WITH ALL THEM WHOSE SPIRIT GOD HAD RAISED. — _Namely, all_ is
the more exact rendering. The same influence that prompted the decree
of Cyrus was necessary to...
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וְ הַ מֶּ֣לֶךְ כֹּ֔ורֶשׁ הֹוצִ֖יא אֶת
־כְּלֵ֣
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THE ROYAL EDICT
Ezra 1:2; Ezra 1:7
IT has been asserted that the Scripture version of the edict of Cyrus
cannot be an exact rendering of the original, because it ascribes to
the Great King some knowl...
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GOD'S PROMISES FULFILLED
Ezra 1:1
God will ever be mindful of His covenant. There were also many
remembrancers as Daniel and other like-minded exiles who gave Him no
rest and were ever asking Him for...
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The Book of Ezra contains an account of a most important epoch in the
history of the people of God. After seventy years of captivity, a
return from captivity was made possible by the decree of a Genti...
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But God now brings back a little remnant, that the true King might be
presented to them, and causes the temple to be rebuilt in its place,
according to the promises given by the mouth of Jeremiah, and...
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AND CYRUS BROUGHT FORTH THE VESSELS OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD,.... Or
ordered them to be brought forth:
WHICH NEBUCHADNEZZAR HAD BROUGHT FORTH OUT OF JERUSALEM; out of the
temple there, when he took i...
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Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the
LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had
put them in the house of his gods;
Ver. 7. _Also Cyrus the kin...
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[ISRAELS RETURNE FROM BABYLON.]
1 The Proclamation of Cyrus for the building of the Temple.
5 The people prouide for the returne.
7 Cyrus restoreth the vessels of the Temple to Sheshbazzar.
1 NOW i...
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Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the
Lord, those which had been used in the Sanctuary of Solomon's Temple,
WHICH NEBUCHADNEZZAR HAD BROUGHT FORTH OUT OF JERUSALEM, AND HAD...
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THE RETURN ARRANGED FOR...
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THE CAPTIVES OF JUDAH LIBERATED
(vv. 1-11)
When the Medes and Persians defeated Babylon, Darius the Mede was
ruler, and not until Cyrus the Persian took the throne was liberty
proclaimed to Judah. T...
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5-11 The same God that raised up the spirit of Cyrus to proclaim
liberty to the Jews, raised up their spirits to take the benefit. The
temptation was to some to stay in Babylon; but some feared not t...
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OBJECT. These are said to have been cut in pieces, 2 KINGS 24:13; how
then are they here returned? ANSW. That Hebrew word used 2 KINGS
24:13, signifies not so properly to CUT IN PIECES as to CUT OFF,...
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Ezra 1:7 King H4428 Cyrus H3566 out H3318 (H8689) articles H3627 house
H1004 LORD H3068 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 taken...
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THE RETURN FROM EXILE OF A PORTION OF THE BABYLONIAN EXILES TOGETHER
WITH THE TEMPLE VESSELS (EZRA 1:5). .
We are informed of the return of the Babylonian exiles mainly because
it was with them that t...
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THE EDICT OF CYRUS AND ITS RESULT (EZRA 1:1).
In 538 BC Cyrus issued an edict allowing Jews to return to their
homeland, and authorising the rebuilding of the Temple with state
help. The wording of th...
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CONTENTS: Decree of Cyrus for restoration of the temple and
preparations for the return of the remnant.
CHARACTERS: God, Cyrus, Sheshbazzar, Mithredath.
CONCLUSION: (Ezra 1:1) The hearts of kings ar...
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Ezra 1:1. _In the first year of Cyrus._ Darius had the title of king
of Babylon; but according to Xenophon, Cyrus had the throne, and
remained in the city. After two years Darius died, and left him th...
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_Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the
Lord._
THE RESTORATION OF THE SACRED VESSELS
I. The preservation of the sacred vessels (Ezra 1:7). These are the
vessels which are m...
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_Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the
Lord._
THE DISCIPLINE OF THE CAPTIVITY
The captivity is clearly represented as God’s judgment upon His
people for their sins, but...
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EZRA 1:1 Cyrus’s Decree and the Return of Exiles from Babylon. Ezra
describes monumental political changes in the world as God’s special
work for his people.
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EZRA 1:5 The Exiles Respond to the Decree. The exiles’ leaders
gather money and materials for the temple. Cyrus brings the items
taken from the temple in 586 B.C. for the people to take back to
Jerusa...
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 1:6 The people of Persia help the Jewish exiles as
their king commands. Cyrus gives back the VESSELS OF THE HOUSE OF THE
LORD (v. Ezra 1:7
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] In this chapter we have (i.) the
proclamation of Cyrus (Ezra 1:1); (ii.) the preparation of the Jews
for availing themselves of it (Ezra 1:5) and (iii.) the restoratio...
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EXPOSITION
THE RESPONSE TO THE DECREE (Ezra 1:5). The response made to the decree
fell short of what might have been expected. The "patriarchal chiefs"
who responded belonged solely, or mainly, to the...
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Let's turn now to the book of Ezra.
The book of Ezra, the first part was probably written by Ezra but
written from the records. Actually at the time that Cyrus gave the
decree to build the temple, Ezr...
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2 Chronicles 36:10; 2 Chronicles 36:18; 2 Chronicles 36:7; 2 Kings
24:13;...