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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezra 1:4

Let the men of his place help him - i. e., “Let the pagan population help him” (see Ezra 1:6).The freewill offering - Probably that made by Cyrus himself Ezra 1:7-11. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 1:3

Ezra 1:3. Who is there among you of all his people? Not of the tribe of Judah only, but of Israel also, who were under his government, the Assyrians and Medes, among whom they were scattered, being his subjects. Accordingly Josephus says, that Zerubbabel sent the edict of Cyrus into Media to the rest of the tribes. His God be with him Let his God help him, as I also shall; and let him go up to Jerusalem Thus he not only makes a proclamation to them of liberty to go to their own country,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 1:4

Ezra 1:4. Whosoever remaineth in any place where be sojourneth, &c. This seems to relate to such as were desirous to go up with their brethren, but were forced to stay behind for want of necessaries to support them in so long a journey. To such he would have a supply of all things needful to be given by the inhabitants of the places where they lived, who could afford it, besides sending by them an offering toward the rebuilding of the temple. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezra 1:1-11

1:1-2:70 ZERUBBABEL’S RETURNCyrus had been ruler of Persia for some time before he conquered Babylon in 539 BC. His policy was, when he conquered a nation, to allow any people held captive by that nation to return to their homeland. Therefore, soon after he conquered Babylon (i.e. in his first year as the Jews’ new ruler) he gave permission for the Jews to return to Jerusalem (1:1-4). Jeremiah’s prophecy made seventy years earlier had come true: the Jews were released from Babylon’s power to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezra 1:3

Who is there . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 . build = rebuild. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezra 1:4

whosoever [of the captive people] remameth in any place, &c. Note the Figure of speech Ellipsis. remaineth = is left. the men of his place: i.e. his Persian neighbours. God. Hebrew. Elohim. (with Art.) = the [true] God, App-4 . read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezra 1:3

3. Who is there among you of all his people—The purport of the edict was to grant full permission to those Jewish exiles, in every part of his kingdom, who chose, to return to their own country, as well as to recommend those of their countrymen who remained to aid the poor and feeble on their way, and contribute liberally towards the rebuilding of the temple. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezra 1:1-4

Cyrus’ edict 1:1-4"It is not strange according to the Semitic style to start a book with a waw ["And" or "Now"], especially when the author intended to write a continuation of the history of his people. He connects the history which he wants to write with the already-written history of his people by using the conjunction ’and.’" [Note: Fensham, p. 42. Cf. Exodus 1:1; Joshua 1:1; Judges 1:1; et al.] One of Cyrus’ first official acts after capturing Babylon was to allow the Jews to return to... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 1:1-11

The Return of the Jews from CaptivityThe chapter narrates how Cyrus, king of Persia, permitted the Jews in Babylon to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple there, and restored the vessels taken from it.1. Now, etc.] The book of Ezra begins with the last words of 2 Ch; Ezra 1:1-2 and the first half of Ezra 1:3 occurring in 2 Chronicles 36:22, 2 Chronicles 36:23. The three books, Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah, were probably at first continuous, in this order; but subsequently the arrangement... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezra 1:1-4

I. THE FIRST RETURN UNDER ZERUBBABEL.(1-4) The decree of Cyrus: marking an epoch of very great importance, and therefore repeated almost word for word from the end of Chronicles.(1) The first year.—Cyrus became king of Persia in B.C. 559. Twenty years afterwards he took Babylon from Belshazzar; and this first year of his rule in Babylon was his beginning as an agent in Jewish affairs and for the Kingdom of God.Stirred up.—By a direct influence, probably through the instrumentality of Daniel.... read more