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Ezra 8:21-36
Ezra 8:21-36
The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain
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Ezra 8 — OverviewEzra 8 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis chapter gives us a more particular narrative of Ezra's journey to
Jerusalem, of which we had a general account in the foregoing chapter
I. The company that went up with him, ver. 1-20. II. The solemn fast…Ezra 8 — OverviewEzra 8 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeEzra 8:1, The companions of Ezra, who returned from Babylon; Ezra 8:15, He sends to Iddo for ministers for the temple; Ezra 8:21, He keeps a fast; Ezra 8:24, He commits the treasures to the custody of the priests; Ezra…Ezra 8 — OverviewEzra 8 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter we are told who and how many went up with Ezra to Jerusalem, Ezr 8:1, the gathering of them together at a river, from whence he sent to Babylon for Levites to come to him, who did, Ezr 8:15, the…Ezra 8:15-31Ezra 8:15-31 · The Pulpit CommentaryDETAILS OF EZRA'S JOURNEY FROM BABYLON TO JERUSALEM (Ezra 8:15-31). We gather from scattered statements in this passage—
1. That Ezra, with his companions, after a journey of nine days' duration, reached Ahava from…Ezra 8:21-23Ezra 8:21-23 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleEzra has procured Levites to go along with him; but what will that
avail, unless he have God with him? That is therefore his chief care.
In all our ways we must acknowledge God, and in those particularly…Ezra 8:21Ezra 8:21 · The Pulpit CommentaryThen I proclaimed a fast there. The fight of the civil ruler to "proclaim a fast" was unquestioned among the Jews and Israelites. Jezebel proclaimed one in Ahab's name when she wished to impress the Jezreelites with the…