E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezra 10:4
Arise. It would seem that Ezra continued kneeling. read more
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E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezra 10:5
the chief priests = the princes of the priests. Compare 2 Chronicles 36:14 . the Levites. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "and the Levites". read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezra 10:6
Then Ezra rose up. In response to Shechaniah. Johanan. The son of Eliashib, the high priest who succeeded Joiakim, the successor of Jeshua (Nehemiah 12:10 , Nehemiah 12:23 ). came thither. According to Syriac and Arabic = "lodged (or spent the night) there". mourned. Compare the first occurance of Hebrew ' abal . Genesis 37:34 . transgression = unfaithfulness. Hebrew. ma'al. App-44 . Compare Ezra 10:2 ; Ezra 10:10 . read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezra 10:5
THE OATH OF THE PEOPLE AND EZRA'S FAST"Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water; for he mourned because of the trespasses of them in the captivity.""By making the people to swear to follow the suggested course of action... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezra 10:5
5-8. Then Ezra . . . went into the chamber of Johanan—At a private council of the princes and elders held there, under the presidency of Ezra, it was resolved to enter into a general covenant to put away their foreign wives and children; that a proclamation should be made for all who had returned from Babylon to repair within three days to Jerusalem, under pain of excommunication and confiscation of their property. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezra 10:1-4
The proposal of Shecaniah 10:1-4The writer did not list Shecaniah among those who had married foreign wives (cf. Ezra 10:18-44). He appears to have been another faithful Jew like Ezra. The present situation distressed him. He too, though faithful, identified with the unfaithful.Shecaniah proposed divorce, not separation. The Hebrew word translated "put away" (Ezra 10:3) is the same as the one translated "leaves" in Deuteronomy 24:2 where divorce is in view. "According to the law" (Ezra 10:3)... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezra 10:5-8
The assembling of the people 10:5-8Ezra first secured the cooperation of Israel’s leaders (Ezra 10:5). The Eliashib of Ezra 10:6 was not the same Eliashib who was the high priest in Nehemiah’s day (Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 13:4; Nehemiah 13:28). [Note: See Kidner, pp. 153-55.] Ezra executed the power over the exiles that he had received from Artaxerxes (Ezra 10:8; cf. Ezra 7:26). read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 10:1-44
The Foreign Wives are Divorced3. According to the law] see Deuteronomy 24:1-2, which required a bill of divorcement. 5. The chief priests] RV ’the chiefs of the priests’: see 2 Chronicles 36:14.6. Johanan] If the Eliashib meant is the contemporary of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 13:4, Nehemiah 13:7) and Johanan was really his grandson (not his son, see Nehemiah 12:22), he must have lived a long while after Ezra, and consequently the description of the chamber, here alluded to, as the chamber of Johanan... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezra 10:1-6
X.(1-6) The covenant of repentance and amendment. Here the narrative assumes another form; and, in accordance with the solemnity of a great public transaction, Ezra adopts the third person.(1) Before the house of God.—Prostrating himself towards the Temple in the court, where all the people saw him and marked his distress.Wept very sore.—The evil penetrated domestic life, and the punishment, as was already foreseen by “the women bringing the children with them,” brought special family... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezra 10:1-44
The problem solved (10:1-44)People heard of Ezra’s grief and gathered with their families to meet him. They confessed their wrongdoing and promised on oath before Ezra that they would correct it (10:1-5). But the problem could not be solved in a day, for it was widespread and its consequences were far-reaching. Ezra therefore went away to a quiet room in a friend’s house where he could spend the night considering the matter before God. The result was that a meeting of all families was arranged... read more