Ezra 1
deeds.20:34; 24:27; 25:26; 26:22; 32:32; 33:19; 2Ki 10:34; 16:19; 20:202Ki 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 36:22,23Cyrus.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; 33:7-13the Lord.5:13-15; 6:22; 7:27; Ps 106:46; Pr 21:1; Da 2:1made 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; 5:23hath given.Jer 27:6,7; Da 2:37,38; 4:25,32; 5:19-21all 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 his God.Jos 1:9; 1Ch 28:20; Mt 28:20he is the God.De 32:31; Ps 83:18; Isa 45:5; Jer 10:10; Da 2:47; 6:26; Ac 10:36 let the men.7:16-18; Ac 24:17; 3Jo 1:6-8help him. Heb. lift him up.Ec 4:9,10; Ga 6:2the freewill.2:68-70; 1Ch 29:3,9,17 whose spirit.1; 2Ch 36:22; Ne 2:12; Pr 16:1; 2Co 8:16; Php 2:13; Jas 1:16,173Jo 1:11 strengthened their hands. that is, helped them.7:15,16; 8:25-28,33willingly offered.4; Ps 110:3; 2Co 9:7 Also Cyrus.5:14; 6:5Nebuchadnezzar.2Ki 24:13; 25:13-16; 2Ch 36:7,10,18; Jer 27:21,22; 28:3-6; Da 1:2Da 5:2,3,23 Sheshbazzar.11; 5:14,16; Hag 1:1,14; 2:2-4; Zec 4:6-10 chargers of gold.Nu 7:13,19-89; 1Ki 7:50; 2Ch 4:8,11,21,22; 24:14; Mt 14:8nine.Mt 10:29-31 10 the vessels.Ro 9:23; 2Ti 2:19-21five thousand.Instead of 5,400, the enumeration of the articles in ver. 9, 10, only amounts to 2,499; but in the account, Esdras 2:13, 14, the amount is 5,469, as will be evident from the following statements: In Ezra. In Esdras. Gold chargers..... 30 Gold cups......... 1,000 Silver ditto...... 1,000 Silver cups....... 1,000 Knives............ 29 Silver censers.... 29 Gold basons....... 30 Gold vials........ 30 Silver ditto...... 410 Silver vials...... 2,410 Other vessels..... 1,000 Other vessels..... 1,000 _____ _____ Said to be........ 5,400 Total............. 5,469 But only.......... 2,499 _____ _____ Deficiency........ 2,901 Surplus........... 69 It is supposed that they actually amounted to 5,400, but that only the chief of them were specified, the spoons, etc. being omitted. captivity. Heb. transportation.Mt 1:11,12Ezra 6
1 Darius, finding the decree of Cyrus, makes a new decree for the advancement of the building.13 By the help of Tatnai and Shethar-boznai, according to the decree, the temple is finished.16 The feast of the dedication is kept;19 and the passover. and search.4:15,19; 5:17; Job 29:16; Pr 25:2rolls. Chal. books.Ps 40:7; Jer 36:2-4,20-23,29,32; Eze 2:9; 3:1; Re 5:1laid up. Chal. made to descend. at Achmetha. or, at Ecbatana, or, in a coffer.[achmta ,] probably from the Persian [chm,] {kham,} "a house for a summer residence," with a prefix, [a,] {aleph,} and the Chaldee termination [ta,] {tha,} most likely denotes Ecbatana, as the Vulgate and Josephus read, the summer residence of the Persian monarchs. It was situated in a mountainous region at the foot of mount Orontes, or Jasonius, according to Ammianus, on the southern confines of Media and Persia, and according to Pliny, 750 miles from Seleucia the Great, 20 miles from the Caspian passes, 450 miles from Susa, and the same from Gazæ Atropatene, and in lat. 37 degrees 45 min., long. 88 degrees, according to Ptolemy. The building of the city is ascribed to Semiramis by Diodorus, but to Deioces by Eusebius, (in Chron. 1.1,) and Herodotus, who states that it was surrounded by seven walls, strong and ample, built in circles one within another, rising each above each by the height of their respective battlements; each being distinguished by a different colour, the first white, the second black, the third purple, the fourth blue, the fifth orange, the sixth plated with silver, and the seventh with gold. The largest of these was nearly the extent of Athens, i.e., 200 furlongs, according to Dion Chrysostom; but Diodorus Siculus states the circumference of Ecbatana to be 250 furlongs. Within the inner circle stood the king's palace and the royal treasury, so much celebrated for its splendour and riches by Polybius. It is highly probable, as D'Anville and Major Rennel suppose, that the present Hamadan, whose ruins attest its former splendour, occupies the site of Ecbatana. It is situated in Al Gebal, at the foot of the lofty mountain Alwend, about 80 leagues from Ispahan, and also from Bagdad. the first year.1:1-4; 5:13-15; 2Ch 36:22,23the place.De 12:5,6,11-14; 2Ch 2:6; Ps 122:4the height.1Ki 6:2,3; 2Ch 3:3,4; Eze 41:13-15; Re 21:16 three rows.1Ki 6:36the expenses.7:20-23; Ps 68:29; 72:10; Isa 49:23; 60:6-10; Re 12:16 the golden.1:7,8; 5:14; Jer 27:16,18-22; Da 1:2; 5:2which Nebuchadnezzar.2Ki 24:13; 25:14,15; 2Ch 36:6,7,10,18; Jer 52:19brought. Chal. go. Tatnai.5:3your companions. Chal. their societies.5:6be ye far.Ge 32:28; 43:14; Ne 1:11; Ps 76:10; Pr 21:1,30; Isa 27:8Ac 4:26-28; Ro 8:31 Let the work.Ac 5:38,39 I make a decree. Chal. by me a decree is made. the king's.4; 4:16,20; 7:15-22; Ps 68:29-31; Hag 2:8hindered. Chal. made to cease.4:21,23; 5:5 young bullocks.Le 1:3-5,10; 9:2; Ps 50:9-13lambs.Ex 29:38-42; Nu 28:1-29:40wheat.Le 2:1-16; Nu 15:4-31; 1Ch 9:29salt.Le 2:13; Mr 9:49let it be given.Isa 49:23 sweet savours. Chal. rest.Ge 8:21; Le 1:9,13; Eph 5:2pray.7:23; Jer 29:7; 1Ti 2:1,2 whosoever.7:26timber.Es 5:4; 7:10hanged. Chal. destroyed. his house.2Ki 9:37; 10:27; Da 2:5; 3:29 caused.Ex 20:24; De 12:5,11; 16:2; 1Ki 9:3; 2Ch 7:16; Ps 132:13,14destroy.Ps 5:10; 21:8-10; 137:8,9; Isa 60:12; Ob 1:10; Zec 12:2-4Ac 5:38,39; 9:5; Re 19:14-21I Darius.Es 3:14,15; 8:14speed.13; Ec 9:10 Tatnai.4:9,23; 5:6so they did.Es 6:11; Job 5:12,13; Pr 29:26 And the elders.3:8; 4:3through.5:1,2; Hag 1:12-14; 2:2-15; Zec 2:1-4:14; 6:1-15finished it.Zec 4:9according.Isa 44:28; Hag 1:8commandment. Chal. decree. Cyrus.13; 1:1-4; 4:24; 5:13Artaxerxes.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 A.M. 3489. B.C. 515. Adar.Es 3:7,13; 8:12; 9:1,15,17,19,21 the children.1Ch 9:2; Ne 7:73children of the captivity. Chal. sons of the transportation.4:1the dedication.1Ki 8:63; 2Ch 7:5,9; Joh 10:22with joy.22; 3:11,12; De 12:7; 1Ch 15:28; 2Ch 7:10; 30:23,26; Ne 8:10; 12:43Ps 122:1; Php 4:4Having set up the worship of God in this dedication, they took care to keep it up, and made the book of Moses their rule, to which they had an eye in this establishment. Though the temple service could not now be performed with so much pomp and plenty as formerly, because of their poverty, yet no doubt it was performed with as much purity and close adherence to the Divine institutions as ever. No beauty is like the beauty of holiness. offered.8:35; Nu 7:2-89; 1Ki 8:63,64; 1Ch 16:1-3; 2Ch 7:5; 29:31-35a sin offering.Le 4:3,13,14,22,23,28; 2Ch 29:21-23according to.Though the tribes of Benjamin and Judah, with the priests and Levites, formed the bulk of the people, yet many from the other tribes had returned with them from captivity. 1Ki 18:31; Lu 22:30; Re 7:4-8; 21:12 the priests.1Ch 23:1-26:32; 2Ch 35:4,5as it is written. Chal. according to the writing.Nu 3:6; 8:9-26 the children.16kept.Ex 12:6-36; Jos 5:10; 2Ch 30:1-35:27 purified together.2Ch 29:34; 30:15-17killed.Ex 12:21; 2Ch 35:11; Heb 7:27 all such.9:11; Nu 9:6,7,10-14; Isa 52:11; Eze 36:25; 2Co 6:17; 7:1did eat.Ex 12:47-49; Ps 93:5 the feast.Ex 12:15-20; 13:6,7; 2Ch 30:21; 35:17; Mt 26:17; 1Co 5:7,8turned.7:27; Pr 16:7; 21:1; Joh 19:11the king.Darius, as reigning over the country of Assyria, is here called "the king of Assyria." 6-12; 1:1; 2Ki 23:29; 2Ch 33:11; Zec 10:10,11Ezra 7:12-26
Artaxerxes.The title of the king would, in Persian, run thus: {Ardsheer shahinshah,} or {padshah,} "Ardsheer, king of kings," i.e., great or supreme king or emperor. 1Ki 4:24; 20:1; Isa 10:8; Eze 26:7; Da 2:37,47; 1Ti 6:15; Re 17:14Re 19:16unto Ezra, etc. or, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe ofthe law of the God of heaven, peace, etc. and at such a time. 4:10,11,17 I make.5:13; 6:1; 2Ch 30:5; Es 3:15; 9:14; Ps 148:6minded.1:3; Ps 110:3; Php 2:13; Re 22:17 of the king. Chal. from before the king. seven counsellors.Seven princes of Persia having conspired against and slain the usurper Smerdis, and thus made way for the family of Darius, which afterwards filled the throne, the Persian kings of this race had always seven chief princes as their counsellors, who possessed peculiar privileges, were his chief assistants in the government, and by whose advice all the public affairs of the empire were transacted. The names of these counsellors are given in the parallel place of the book of Esther. Es 1:14according.25,26; De 17:18,19; Isa 8:20thy God.1:3; 5:8; 6:12; Da 2:47; 6:20,26 the silver.6:4,8-10; Ps 68:29,30; 72:10; 76:11; Isa 60:6-9; Re 21:24-26whose habitation.6:12; 2Ch 2:6; 6:2,6; Ps 9:11; 26:8; 76:2; 135:21 all the silver.8:25-28offering.1:4,6; 1Ch 29:6,9,17; 2Co 8:12; 9:7 buy speedily.6:9,10; De 14:24-26; Mt 21:12,13; Joh 2:14their meat offerings.Nu 15:4-13offer them.De 12:5-11 whatsoever.2Ki 12:15; 22:7that do.26; Eph 5:17after the will.He gave them the fullest liberty to order every thing according to their own institutions; binding them to no form or mode of worship. The vessels.8:27-30,33,34the God of Jerusalem.2Ch 32:19; Jer 3:17 bestow it.6:4,8-18 Artaxerxes.12,13beyond the river.4:16,20; 6:6Ezra the priest.6,10,11 measures. Chal. cors.Lu 16:7; *marg:baths of wine.Eze 45:14; Lu 16:6; *marg:salt.Le 2:13 Whatsoever is commanded. Chal. Whatsoever is of the decree.13,18let it be.Ps 119:4why should there be wrath.As Artaxerxes believed he was appointed by the Almighty to do this work, he therefore wished to do it heartily; knowing that if he did not, God would be displeased, and that the kingdom would be cut off from him or his posterity. 6:10-12; Zec 12:3 touching any.7; 2:36-55 the wisdom.14; 1Ki 3:28; 1Ch 22:12; Ps 19:7; 119:98-100; Pr 2:6; 6:23; Jas 1:5Jas 3:17,18set magistrates.Ex 18:21-25; De 16:18; 1Ch 23:4; 2Ch 19:8-10beyond the river.That is, "west of the Euphrates," which was beyond with regard to the king of Persia, who was on the east. 6:6teach ye.10; 2Ch 17:7-9; Ne 8:1-3,7,8; 9:3; 13:1-3; Mal 2:7; Mt 13:52; 23:2,3Mr 6:34; Ro 10:14-17 whosoever.6:11; Da 3:28,29; 6:26the law of thy God.2Ch 30:12whether it be.Ex 21:1-22:31; Le 20:1-27; De 13:1-18banishment. Chal. rooting out.Ps 52:5Psalms 149:2
rejoice.100:1-3; 135:3,4; De 7:6,7; 12:7; 1Sa 12:22; Job 35:10; Isa 54:5let the.Isa 52:7; 62:11,12; Joe 2:23; Zec 9:9; Mt 21:5; 25:34; Lu 19:27,38Joh 19:15,19-22; Php 3:3; Re 19:6Psalms 149:5-9
the saints.23:1; 118:15; 145:10; Ro 5:2; 1Pe 1:8sing.42:8; 63:5,6; 92:2; Job 35:10 the high.96:4; Ne 9:5; Da 4:37; Lu 2:14; Re 19:6mouth. Heb. throat.115:7; 145:3-5and a two-edged.Heb 4:12; Re 1:16 137:8,9; Nu 31:2,3; Jud 5:23; 1Sa 15:2,3,18-23; Zec 9:13-16Zec 14:17-19; Re 19:11-21 Jos 10:23,24; 12:7; Jud 1:6,7 to execute.137:8; De 7:1,2; 32:42,43; Isa 14:22,23; Re 17:14-16this honour.148:14; 1Co 6:2,3; Re 3:21Revelation of John 18:4-8
Come.Ge 19:12,13; Nu 16:26,27; Isa 48:20; 52:11; Jer 50:8; 51:6,45,50Mt 24:15,16; 2Co 6:17partakers.Ps 50:18; Mt 23:30; 1Ti 5:22; 2Jo 1:11 reached.Ge 18:20,21; 2Ch 28:9; Ezr 9:6; Jer 51:9; Jon 1:2and.16:19 Reward.13:10; 16:5,6; Ex 21:23-25; Ps 137:8; Jer 50:15,29; 51:24,492Ti 4:14double unto.Isa 40:2; 61:7; Jer 16:18; 17:18; Zec 9:12the cup.14:10; 16:19; 17:2,4 much she.Isa 22:12-14; 47:1,2,7-9; Eze 28:2-10; Zep 2:15; 2Th 2:4-8I sit.Ps 45:9; Jer 13:18no widow.Isa 47:7,8; La 1:1 shall her.10,17,19; Isa 47:9-11; Jer 51:6and she.9; 17:18; 19:3; Jer 51:58for.11:17; Job 9:19; Ps 62:11; Isa 27:1; Jer 50:31,34; 1Co 10:22Revelation of John 18:20-24
Rejoice.19:1-3; Jud 5:31; Ps 48:11; 58:10; 96:11-13; 107:42; 109:28Pr 11:10; Isa 44:23; 49:13; Jer 51:47,48and ye.It is peculiarly worthy of remark, that the apostles, who are idolatrously honoured at Rome, and daily worshipped, should be specially mentioned as rejoicing in her fall; as if it "avenged them" on her, for the dishonour cast on their characters, while it vindicated the glory of God. Eph 2:20; 3:5; 4:11; 2Pe 3:2; Jude 1:17God.6:10; 19:2; De 32:42; Ps 18:47; 94:1; Isa 26:21; Lu 11:49,50; 18:7,8 a mighty.This was to represent the violence of her fall, and that she should never rise again; which is further illustrated by varied emphatic expressions taken from the ancient prophets. But Rome is still standing and flourishing, and honoured by many nations as the metropolis of the Christian world; she still resounds with singers and musicians; she still excels in arts, which serve for pomp and luxury; she still abounds with candles, and lamps, and torches, burning even by day, as well as by night; and consequently this prophecy has not been, but remains to fulfilled. Thus.Ex 15:5; Ne 9:11; Jer 51:63,64and shall.22; 12:8; 16:20; 20:11; Job 20:8; Ps 37:36; Eze 26:21; Da 11:19 the voice.Isa 24:8,9; Jer 7:34; 16:9; 25:10; 33:11; Eze 26:13 the light.22:5; Job 21:17; Pr 4:18,19; 24:20the voice.22thy merchants.3,11-19; Isa 23:8; Eze 27:24,25,33,34for.3,9; 12:9; 13:13-16; 17:2,5; 21:8; 22:15; 2Ki 9:22; Isa 47:9; Na 3:4Ac 8:11 in her.11:7; 16:6; 17:6; 19:2; Jer 2:34; Eze 22:9,12,27; Da 7:21; Mt 23:27Lu 11:47-51; Ac 7:52; 1Th 2:15were.Jer 51:49Revelation of John 19:1-7
1 God is praised in heaven for judging the great whore, and avenging the blood of his saints.7 The marriage of the Lamb.10 The angel will not be worshipped.17 The fowls called to the great slaughter. after.18:1-24I heard.11:15; 18:20Alleluia.3,4,6; Ps 106:1; 111:1; 115:18; 146:1; 148:1; 149:1; 150:1; *marg:Salvation.4:10,11; 5:9-13; 7:10-12; 11:15; 12:10; 1Ch 29:11; Ps 3:8; Jon 2:9Mt 6:13; 1Ti 1:16,17 true.15:3; 16:5-7; De 32:4; Ps 19:9; Isa 25:1judged.17:1,2,15,16; 18:3,9,10,23and hath.6:10; 18:20,24; De 32:35,43 Alleluia.1And her.14:11; 18:9,18; Ge 19:28; Isa 34:10; Jude 1:7 the four.4:4-10; 5:8-11,14; 11:15,16; 15:7Amen.5:14; 1Ch 16:36; Ne 5:13; 8:6; Ps 41:13; 72:19; 89:52; 106:48Jer 28:6; Mt 6:13; 28:20; 1Co 14:16Alleluia.1 a voice.7:15; 11:19; 16:17Praise.Ps 103:20-22; 134:1; 135:1,19,20; 148:11-13; 150:6both.11:18; 20:12 and as the voice of many.1:15; 14:2; Eze 1:24; 43:2and as the voice of mighty.4:5; 6:1; 8:5; 14:2; 19:6; Job 40:9; Ps 29:3-9; 77:18for.11:15-18; 12:10; 21:22; Ps 47:2,7; 93:1; 97:1,12; 99:1; Isa 52:7Mt 6:13 be glad.De 32:43; 1Sa 2:1; Ps 9:14; 48:11; 95:1-3; 100:1,2; 107:42; Pr 29:2Isa 66:10,14; Zec 9:9; Joh 3:29; Php 3:3for.21:2,9; Ps 45:10-16; So 3:11; Isa 62:5; Ho 2:19,20; Mt 22:2Mt 25:1-10; 2Co 11:2; Eph 5:32and his.Isa 52:1
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