DiscipleDeck
Get started
Bible Commentary

Ezra 1:3

Ezra 1:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

Recommended reading

More for Ezra 1:3

Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.

Other commentaries

Ezra 1 — OverviewEzra 1 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have, I. The proclamation which Cyrus, king of Persia, issued out for the release of all the Jews that he found captives in Babylon, and the building of their temple in Jerusalem, ver. 1-4.…Ezra 1 — OverviewEzra 1 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeEzra 1:1, The proclamation of Cyrus for the building of the temple; Ezra 1:5, The people provide for their return; Ezra 1:7, Cyrus restores the vessels of the temple to Sheshbazzar.Ezra 1 — OverviewEzra 1 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis book, in the Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions, is called the "First" Book of Ezra, Nehemiah being reckoned the "second"; but with the Jews both were accounted but one book ; in the Syriac version, it is called the…Ezra 1:1-4Ezra 1:1-4 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIt will be proper for us here to consider, 1. What was the state of the captive Jews in Babylon. It was upon many accounts very deplorable; they were under the power of those that hated them, had nothing they…Ezra 1:1-4Ezra 1:1-4 · The Pulpit CommentaryPART 1 1. THE FIRST RETURN FROM THE CAPTIVITY EXPOSITION THE DECREE OF CYRUS (Ezra 1:1-4). The origin of the return is found in an exertion of Divine influence on the mind of a heathen king, who was moved thereby to…Ezra 1:1-11Ezra 1:1-11 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe beginning of a great religious movement. Israel had experienced long bondage in a foreign land under a heathen king; this would have a beneficial influence. 1. It would tend to cultivate within them a right view…