2Ch 36:22-Ezr 1:2, Ezr 1:7-8, 3:7, 4:3, 5, 5:13-17, 6:3, 14, Dan 1:21, 6:28 | TSK | STEP | A.M. 3468. B.C. 536.This verse and the next have a double aspect. They look back to the prophecy of Jeremiah, and show how that was accomplished; and they look forward to the history of Ezra, which begins with a repetition of these two last verses. in the first. Cyrus. that the word. the Lord stirred. a proclamation.

2 Chronicles 36:22-23

A.M. 3468. B.C. 536.This verse and the next have a double aspect. They look back to the prophecy of Jeremiah, and show how that was accomplished; and they look forward to the history of Ezra, which begins with a repetition of these two last verses.

in the first.

Ezr 1:1-3

Cyrus.

Isa 44:28; Da 10:1

that the word.

21; Jer 25:12,14; 29:10; 32:42-44; 33:10-14; Heb 10:23

the Lord stirred.

21:16; 1Sa 26:19; 1Ki 11:14,23; 1Ch 5:26; Ezr 1:5

Isa 13:3-5,17,18; 44:28; 45:1-5; Hag 1:14

a proclamation.

24:9; 30:5

All the kingdoms.

Ps 75:5-7; Da 2:21,37; 4:35; 5:18,23

he hath charged.

Isa 44:26-28

Who is there.

1Ch 22:16; 29:5; Ezr 7:13; Zec 2:6,7; Ro 8:31

Ezra 1:1-2

deeds.

20:34; 24:27; 25:26; 26:22; 32:32; 33:19; 2Ki 10:34; 16:19; 20:20

2Ki 21:25

1 The proclamation of Cyrus for the building of the temple.

5 The people provide for their return.

7 Cyrus restores the vessels of the temple to Sheshbazzar.

Now in the.

2Ch 36:22,23

Cyrus.Cyrus is said to have been the son of Cambyses, king of Persia, and Mandane, daughter of Astyages, king of Media: he was born about 600 years before Christ, and died at the age of 70, after a reign of 30 years. He was mentioned by name, and his conquests foretold, by the prophet Isaiah, about a century before his birth. Josephus states the partiality he evinced towards the Jews, arose from the circumstance of these prophecies being shown him, probably by Daniel.

by the mouth.

Jer 25:12-14; 29:10; 33:7-13

the Lord.

5:13-15; 6:22; 7:27; Ps 106:46; Pr 21:1; Da 2:1

made a proclamation. Heb. caused a voice to pass.

Mt 3:1-3; Joh 1:23

Lord God.

1Ki 8:27; 2Ch 2:12; Isa 66:1; Jer 10:11; Da 2:21,28; 5:23

hath given.

Jer 27:6,7; Da 2:37,38; 4:25,32; 5:19-21

all the kingdoms.According to the testimony of ancient writers, Cyrus, at this time, reigned over the Medes, Persians, Hyrcanians, Syrians, Assyrians, Indians, etc., and all lesser Asia.

he hath charged.

Isa 44:26-28; 45:1,12,13

Ezra 1:7-8

Also Cyrus.

5:14; 6:5

Nebuchadnezzar.

2Ki 24:13; 25:13-16; 2Ch 36:7,10,18; Jer 27:21,22; 28:3-6; Da 1:2

Da 5:2,3,23

Sheshbazzar.

11; 5:14,16; Hag 1:1,14; 2:2-4; Zec 4:6-10

Ezra 3:7

gave money.

2Ki 12:11,12; 22:5,6; 2Ch 24:12,13

carpenters. or, workmen. meat.

1Ki 5:6,9-11; 2Ch 2:10-15; Eze 27:17; Ac 12:20

JoppaJoppa, now Jaffa or Yaffa, one of the most ancient sea-ports in the world, is situated in a fine plain on the shore of the Mediterranean, between Jamnia south and Caesarea of Palestine north, 150 stadia from Antipatris, according to Josephus, 30 miles south of Caesarea, 12 miles north of Ashdod, 9 miles west of Ramla, and 40 miles west of Jerusalem, according to modern authorities; and in lat. 32 degrees 50' long. 65 degrees 40' according to Ptolemy. It is still a considerable town, containing about 4,000 or 5,000 souls, and occupying a circular eminence close to the seaside, with a citadel on the summit; the bottom of the hill being surrounded by a wall 12 or 14 feet high, and two or three feet thick. The environs are occupied by extensive gardens.

2Ch 2:16; Jon 1:3; Ac 9:36; 10:5,6

according.

6:3-5

Ezra 4:3

Ye have nothing.

Ne 2:20; Joh 4:22,23; Ac 8:21; Ro 9:4,5; 3Jo 1:9,10

king Cyrus.

1:1-3; 6:3-5; 2Ch 36:22,23; Isa 44:28; 45:1,4; Mt 10:16

Ezra 4:5

hired.

Ps 2:1,2; Na 1:11; Ac 24:1-27

Darius.

24; 5:5-17; 6:1-18

Ezra 5:13-17

1:1-8; 6:3-5; Isa 44:28; 45:1

the vessels.

1:7-10; 6:5; 2Ch 36:7,18; Jer 52:19; Da 5:2,3

the king.

7:27; Pr 21:1

Sheshbazzar.

16; 1:11

whom.

Hag 1:1,14; 2:2,21

governor. or, deputy.

Ac 13:7,8,12

let the house.

1:2; 3:3; 6:3

Sheshbazzar.

laid.

2; 3:8,10; Hag 1:12-14; 2:18; Zec 4:10

A.M. 3468-3485. B.C. 536-519. it is not finished.

6:15

A.M. 3485. B.C. 519. let there be.

4:15,19; 6:1,2; Pr 25:2

a decree.

6:3-5

Ezra 6:3

the first year.

1:1-4; 5:13-15; 2Ch 36:22,23

the place.

De 12:5,6,11-14; 2Ch 2:6; Ps 122:4

the height.

1Ki 6:2,3; 2Ch 3:3,4; Eze 41:13-15; Re 21:16

Ezra 6:14

And the elders.

3:8; 4:3

through.

5:1,2; Hag 1:12-14; 2:2-15; Zec 2:1-4:14; 6:1-15

finished it.

Zec 4:9

according.

Isa 44:28; Hag 1:8

commandment. Chal. decree. Cyrus.

13; 1:1-4; 4:24; 5:13

Artaxerxes.This was Artaxerxes, the third son and successor of Xerxes, surnamed [Makrocheir,] or Longimanus, or in Persian, {Ardsheer deeraz dest,} "Ardsheer the long-handed;" so called, according to the Greeks, from the extra-ordinary length of his hands, but according to the Easterners, from the extent of his dominions. He ascended the Persian throne, A.M. 3540, B.C. 464, and reigned forty-one years. He is said to have been the most handsome person of his age, and to have been a prince of a very mild and generous disposition.

7:1

Daniel 1:21

6:28; 10:1"He lived to see that glorious time of the return of his people from the Babylonia captivity, though he did not die then. So till is used Ps 110:1, 112:8."

Daniel 6:28

and in.

1:21; 2Ch 36:22,23; Ezr 1:1,2; Isa 44:28; 45:1