Ezra 7
1 Ezra goes up to Jerusalem.11 The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra.27 Ezra blesses God for this favour. A.M. 3547. B.C. 457. Artaxerxes.12,21; 6:14; Ne 2:1Ezra.10; 8:1-10:44; Ne 8:2-9Seraiah.2Ki 25:18; 1Ch 6:4-14; 9:11; Ne 11:11; Jer 52:24-27Hilkiah.2Ki 22:4,8; 2Ch 34:9,15 Zadok.2Sa 8:17; 1Ki 2:35 3 4 Phinehas.Ex 6:25; Nu 25:7-13; 31:6; Jos 22:13,31; Jud 20:28; 1Ch 6:4,50-52Ps 106:30,31Eleazar.Le 10:6,12,16; Nu 3:32; 20:25-28; 27:2; 31:31,54; Jos 14:1; 24:331Ch 24:1-6chief priest.2Ch 19:11; 26:20; Heb 5:4 a ready.{Sopher mahir} does not merely signify a speedy writer, or an excellent penman, but one eminently skilful in expounding the law, {sophro chochmo,} "a wise scribe," as the Syriac renders. 11,12,21; Ps 45:1; Mt 13:52scribe.Ne 8:4,9,13; 12:26,36; Jer 8:8; 1Co 1:20the law.De 4:5; 28:1; Mt 28:20; 1Co 15:1; 1Th 4:1,2granted him.11-26according to.9,28; 6:22; 8:18,22,31; Ge 32:28; Ne 1:10,11; 2:8,12,18; 4:15Pr 3:6; Isa 50:2; 59:1 the children.8:1-14the Levites.2:40,41; 8:15-20singers.1Ch 6:31-48; 25:1-8porters.2:42; 1Ch 9:17-27; Ne 7:45Nethinims.24; 2:43-70; 8:20; Ne 7:46-73; 10:28Artaxerxes.11,12; 6:14; 8:1; Ne 2:1 8 began he to go up. Heb. was the foundation of the going up.according to. 6; Ne 2:8,18 prepared.1Sa 7:3; 1Ch 29:18; 2Ch 12:14; 19:3; Job 11:13; Ps 10:17; 57:7the law.6; Ps 1:2; 19:7; 119:45,96-100to do it.De 16:12; Mt 5:19; 7:24; Joh 13:17; Re 22:14and to teach.25; De 33:10; 2Ch 17:8,9; 30:22; Ne 8:1-9; Mal 2:7; Ac 1:1; 1Ti 3:22Ti 4:2; Tit 2:1,15 the copy.4:11; 5:6a scribe.6; Mt 23:2,13; Mr 7:1-13 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 52:5 Blessed.There is a most amiable spirit of piety in these reflections. Instead of expatiating on the praises of his munificent patron, or boasting of his own services, he blesses God for "putting such a thing in the king's heart;" and for all the assistance and favour shown him by the king and his counsellors. 6:22; 1Ch 29:10-30; Php 4:10put such.6:22; Ne 2:12; 7:5; 2Co 8:16; Heb 8:10; 10:16; Jas 1:17; Re 17:17in the king's heart.Ne 2:8; Pr 21:1to beautify.Isa 60:13 extended.9:9; Ge 32:28; 43:14; Ne 1:11his counsellors.14; Jon 3:7And I was strengthened.In what the king decreed he saw the hand of God: he therefore gave Him the praise, and took courage. as the hand.6,9; 5:5; 8:18; Ne 2:8; 2Ti 4:17,18
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