Ezra 7:13-26 NLT,NIV,ESV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 7:22

Ezra 7:22. Salt, without prescribing how much He limits all the other expenses, except salt, which was of low price, and of very common and necessary use in all their sacrifices; and therefore, since he would not have any sacrifice hindered, he did not prescribe any measure of it, but permitted them to take as much as they found necessary. The sum here ordered, in silver, amounts to thirty-five thousand three hundred pounds sterling; the wheat to eight hundred bushels; the wine to twelve or... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 7:23

Ezra 7:23. Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done Here Jacobus Capellus cries out in a kind of rapture, “O, words to be written upon the palaces of kings, in golden letters, and engraven on the minds of all, with a style of adamant! For they express an exceeding great sense of God, and of his supreme authority, and the regard due to him from the greatest kings and potentates.” It appears from this verse, that Ezra had informed Artaxerxes that the God of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 7:24

Ezra 7:24. It shall not be lawful to impose tolls, &c. Thus he discharged all the ministers of religion, from the greatest of the priests to the least of the Nethinims, from paying taxes to the government, and made it unlawful for the king’s officers to impose any taxes on them. This was putting a great honour upon them, as free denizens of the empire, and would gain them respect as favourites of the crown, at the same time that it gave them liberty to attend on their ministry with... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 7:25

Ezra 7:25. After the wisdom of thy God in thy hand That is, which God hath put into thy heart, and which appears in the works of thy hand. Wisdom is sometimes ascribed to the hand, as Psalms 78:72. Or, by the wisdom of God, he means the law of God, which was said to be in his hand, Ezra 7:14. Set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people, &c. All the Jews on that side of the river. All such as know the laws of thy God All that professed the Jewish religion were to be... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 7:26

Ezra 7:26. Whosoever will not do the law of thy God, &c. They were not allowed to make new laws, but were to see the law of God duly executed, (which is here made the law of the king,) and therefore were intrusted with the sword, that they might be a terror to evil-doers. What could Jehoshaphat, or Hezekiah, or David himself, as king, have done more for the honour of God and the furtherance of religion? read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezra 7:1-28

7:1-8:36 RETURN UNDER EZRAThe temple was completed in 516 BC. Ezra’s return was in 458 BC, the seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes I (see 7:1,7). There is therefore a gap of about sixty years between Chapters 6 and 7. By the time of Ezra, former leaders such as Zerubbabel, Joshua, Haggai and Zechariah had died. Without their leadership, Israel’s religious life became weak and its community life disordered. The only detailed information that the Bible gives of events during these years is... read more

E.W. Bullinger

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 7:22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 7:23

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 7:24

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 7:25

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 7:26

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezra 7:1-28

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezra 7:13

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezra 7:14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezra 7:15

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezra 7:17

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