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Hawker's Poor man's commentary

Ezra 8:15

The pause that Ezra made before his departure, no doubt, was with a view to begin his journey in prayer. Carry us not up hence, is, or should be, the language of every truly regenerated believer, when like Moses we are about to set forth on any expedition; unless thy presence goeth with us. Exodus 33:15. Is it not a matter of great astonishment, that none of God's ministers, the Levites, should, unasked, have been forward to go, especially as Artaxerxes had granted free permission? But, Reader, do not overlook the pious conduct of Ezra on this occasion, in his anxiety to have the ministers with him for the service of the house of God.

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See also Ezra 8:15 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 15. _THE RIVER THAT RUNNETH TO AHAVA_] Ahava was a _river_ itself, which is supposed to be the same that is called _Diava_ or _Adiava_, in the province of _Adiabene_; and perhaps the place whenc...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Ahava was both a town and a river Ezra 8:21. The modern name of the place is Hit. It is famous for its bitumen springs, and is situated on the Euphrates, at a distance of about 80 miles from Babylon,...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 8 _ 1. Those who returned with Ezra (Ezra 8:1)_ 2. The gathering at Ahava (Ezra 8:15) 3. The fast proclaimed (Ezra 8:21) 4. The appointment of guardians ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE GATHERING TOGETHER OF THE EXILES AT AHAVA. The narrative is told here in the first person. Ezra 8:15. Ahava: _cf._ Ezra 8:21; Ezra 8:31; this seems to have been a place which gave its name to one...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TOGETHER. out. AHAVA. Ahava. The name of the river, and of the city. Compare Ezra 8:21. ABODE. encamped. NONE OF THE SONS OF LEVI. Only priests and laymen. The Levites were slack. Compare Ezra 2:40....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    (_b_) 15 20. The Encampment of Ahava; the Absence of Levites 15. The Rendezvous 15. _the river that runneth to Ahava_ -Ahava" is here the name of a place, which seems to have also given its name to t...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 15. _AHAVA_— This was a river of Assyria, and, very probably, that which ran along the _Adiabene,_ where the river _Diava,_ or _Adiava,_ is known to be, and upon which Ptolemy places the city o...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. Levites are added to the company. TEXT, EZRA 8:15-20 15 Now I assembled them at the river that runs to Ahava, where we camped for three days; and when I observed the people and the priests, I di...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND I GATHERED THEM TOGETHER TO THE RIVER THAT RUNNETH TO AHAVA; AND THERE ABODE WE IN TENTS THREE DAYS: AND I VIEWED THE PEOPLE, AND THE PRIESTS, AND FOUND THERE NONE OF THE SONS OF LEVI._ I gather...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    PARTICULARS OF EZRA'S COMPANY 1. Them that went up] The sum of the numbers given is 1,496. Only males are mentioned, and if no women accompanied them, the absence of such doubtless increased the tend...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    AHAVA] This was the name both of a town and of a river (Ezra 8:21) in Babylonia, on the road to Palestine. NONE OF THE SONS OF LEVI] Only a small number of Levites had previously accompanied Zerubbabe...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 8 V1 This is the list of the families and the chief men in the families. They came with me from Babylonia during the rule of King Artaxerx...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (15-31) The journey through Ahava to Jerusalem....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AHAVA. — Both river and town. Nine days’ journey brought them thither; and there is a place now called Hit, about eighty miles from Babylon, which has been identified with it. NONE OF THE SONS OF LEVI...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וָֽ אֶקְבְּצֵ֗ם אֶל ־הַ נָּהָר֙ הַ בָּ֣א

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    UNITED PRAYER FOR GUIDANCE Ezra 8:1 The number of men who accompanied Ezra amounted to 1754, but the women and children would bring up the gross total to about 7000. The lack of Levites was very seri...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In this chapter we have, first, a representative list of those who joined Ezra when he went up to Jerusalem. First in order, members of the priestly and royal houses are named (verses Ezr 8:1-2). Then...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And I gathered them together to the (c) river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. (c) To...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Ahava. This river (ver. 21., and 31.) runs through the territory of the same name, called Hava; (4 Kings xvii. 24.) the people of which exchanged places with the Israelites. Esdras makes a circuit to...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7 AND 8. Alas! this was not the end of the history. God, in His goodness, must still watch over the unfaithfulness and the failures of His people, even when t...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND I GATHERED THEM TOGETHER TO THE RIVER THAT RUNNETH TO AHAVA,.... From whence also the river bore the same name; or that from the river, see Ezra 8:21, and may be the same with Adiabene, a country...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi._ Ver. 15....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _To the river that runneth to Ahava_ Or the river of Ahava, as it is called, Ezra 8:21; Ezra 8:31. By comparing of these places, it seems that Ahava was the name both of the river and of the town or p...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The companions of Ezra, who returned from Babylon. 15 He sendeth to Iddo for ministers for the Temple. 21 He keepeth a fast. 24 He committeth the treasures to the custodie of the Priests. 31 Fro...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE ASSEMBLING OF THE COMPANY...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava, a place or region on one of the canals of Mesopotamia communicating with the Euphrates; AND THERE ABODE WE IN TENTS THREE DAYS, after t...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    A LIST OF EZRA'S COMPANIONS (vv. 1-14) Those who voluntarily came to accompany Ezra to Jerusalem are recorded here, the men numbering almost 1500. Women also must have been present, but are not ment...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    ABODE: Or, pitched...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-20 Ezra assembles the outcasts of Israel, and the dispersed of Judah. God raised up the spirits of a small remnant to accompany him. What a pity that good men should omit a good work, for want of be...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE RIVER THAT RUNNETH TO AHAVA; or, THE RIVER OF AHAVA, as it is called, EZRA 8:21,31. By comparing of these places, it seems that Ahava was the name both of the river, and of the town or place by wh...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezra 8:15 gathered H6908 (H8799) river H5104 flows H935 (H8802) Ahava H163 camped H2583 (H8799) three...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    EZRA DISCOVERS THAT NO LEVITES HAVE JOINED THE RETURNEES AND MAKES ARRANGEMENTS FOR SOME TO JOIN THE PARTY (EZRA 8:15). Gathering his party together at the Canal which runs to Ahava, which was probabl...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: List of Ezra's companions and his visit to Jerusalem. Treasure placed in the temple. CHARACTERS: God, Ezra, Sherebeah, Hashabiah, Meremoth, Eleazar, Jozabad, Noadiah. CONCLUSION: God's serv...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ezra 8:15. _The river that runneth to Ahava,_ or the river of Diavam. Adiabena is a remote region, according to Boiste, in Assyria, and contiguous to Parthia: but whether the city and river of Ahava w...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava._ THE ASSEMBLY AT AHAVA I. The long journey commenced. II. An important inspection made. This halt illustrates-- 1. The need of sea...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZRA 8:1 Ezra Journeys to Jerusalem with a New Wave of Returnees, Bearing Royal Gifts for the Temple. This section gives a more extended account of Ezra’s return to Jerusalem. Readers learn of those w...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 8:15 The party camps outside Babylon at the RIVER THAT RUNS TO AHAVA, no doubt one of the canals extending from the Euphrates. Ezra discovers that, though he had priests with him, th...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] This chapter contains—(i.) A list of the heads of houses, with the number of adult males accompanying each of them, who went with Ezra from Babylon to Jerusalem (Ezra...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO WENT UP TO JERUSALEM WITH EZRA, AND THE NAMES OF THE CHIEF MEN ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So in chapter eight it gives to us a list of those who went with Ezra, totaling out about 754 of the males, when you add the priests that were added to later. So they numbered the people, and they fou...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 16:13; Ezekiel 1:1; Ezekiel 3:15; Ezra 7:24; Ezra 7:7;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Of Levi — None who were simple Levites, and not the priests. And therefore the Levites mentioned, Ezra 7:7, by anticipation were not yet come to him....

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