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CHARGERS - The word in the original thus translated occurs only in
this passage. Its meaning is doubtful. Some derive it from a Hebrew
root, “to hollow out,” and translate “cup” or “vessel.”
KNIVES -...
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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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CHARGERS. basons or bowls. Hebrew. _'agartal._ In Numbers _Ke'arah,_
plate or dish. Eng. "charger", from French _charger,_ to load. Hence
used of both. dish and. horse....
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_chargers_ The word in the original does not occur elsewhere in the
Bible. Its meaning is very uncertain: (1) the old Jewish
interpretation quoted by Aben Ezra derived it from two words meaning
-to co...
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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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_AND THIS IS THE NUMBER OF THEM: THIRTY CHARGERS OF GOLD, A THOUSAND
CHARGERS OF SILVER, NINE AND TWENTY_ _ AND THIS IS THE NUMBER OF THEM:
THIRTY CHARGERS OF GOLD, A THOUSAND CHARGERS OF SILVER, NINE...
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1:9 chargers (b-9) chargers (b-14) Large shallow basons or dishes,
either for the blood of sprinkling or fine flour offerings. see
Numbers 7:13 ; 1 Kings 7:40 . The word only occurs in this passage....
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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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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 אֵ֖לֶּה מִסְפָּרָ֑ם אֲגַרְטְלֵ֨י
זָהָ֜ב שְׁלֹשִׁ֗ים אֲגַרְטְלֵי
־כֶ֨סֶף֙ אָ֔לֶף מַחֲלָפִ֖ים
תִּשְׁעָ֥ה וְ עֶשְׂרִֽים׃ ס...
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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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And this [is] the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand
chargers of silver, nine and twenty (i) knives,
(i) Which served to kill the beasts that were offered in sacrifice....
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_Knives. Septuagint, &c., "changes" of garments. (Calmet)_...
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Was not Cyrus a type, in this instance, of the gentile church,
concerning whom it was said that they should bring of their abundance
to beautify the place of God's sanctuary. Isaiah 60:3. And it is
re...
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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 THIS IS THE NUMBER OF THEM,.... Of the vessels delivered, as
follows:
THIRTY CHARGERS OF GOLD, A THOUSAND CHARGERS OF SILVER; these,
according to Ben Melech, were vessels in which water was put t...
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And this [is] the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand
chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
Ver. 9. _And this is the number of them_] Had they not been things of
great price and...
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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...
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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....
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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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Large knives used in the killing of the sacrifices, which are here
mentioned, because the hafts of them were made of or covered with gold
or silver....
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Ezra 1:9 number H4557 thirty H7970 gold H2091 platters H105 thousand
H505 silver H3701 platters H105 twenty-nine H6242 H8672 knives H4252
chargers of gold - Numbers 7:13, Numbers 7:19-89; 1 Kings 7:5...
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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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_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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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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1 Kings 7:50; 2 Chronicles 24:14; 2 Chronicles 4:11; 2 Chronicles
4:21; 2 Chronicles 4:22; 2 Chronicles 4:8; Matthew 10:29; Matthew
14:8; Numbers 7:13;...