에스라 6:16-22 KRV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezra 6:13-22

Here we have, I. The Jews? enemies made their friends. When they received this order from the king they came with as much haste to encourage and assist the work as their predecessors had done to put a stop to it, Ezra 4:23. What the king ordered they did, and, because they would not be thought to do it with reluctance, they did it speedily, Ezra 6:13. The king's moderation made them, contrary to their own inclination, moderate too. II. The building of the temple carried on, and finished in a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 6:16

And the children of Israel ,.... Those of the ten tribes that remained after the body of the people were carried captive, or came with the Jews at their return: the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity ; those of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin: kept the dedication of this house of God with joy ; they set it apart for sacred use and service, with feasting and other expressions of joy and gladness, as follows. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 6:17

And offered, at the dedication of this house of God, an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs ,.... Hecatombs of various sorts, which were always reckoned grand sacrifices, even among Heathens, of which Homer sometimes speaks; some of these were for burnt offerings, and others peace offerings, by way of thankfulness to God for the finishing of the temple; part of which belonging to the offerers, they feasted upon it with great gladness of heart: and for a sin offering for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 6:18

And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God which is at Jerusalem ,.... All in their proper classes and courses, to do the work of the temple at Jerusalem in their turns: as it is written in the book of Moses ; see Numbers 3:6 , from hence it is plain the Pentateuch was not written by Ezra, as suspected by Spinosa F13 Tract. Theolog. Polit. c. 8. p. 163. , but by Moses; see the argument of the book of Genesis. See Gill on ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 6:19

And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month. The month Nisan or Abib, which was the month following that in which the temple was finished, Ezra 6:15 , this passover was kept at the exact time the law commanded, Exodus 12:2 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 6:20

For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure ,.... They were all to a man pure, and all purified as one man; all were of one mind to purify themselves, and took care to do it, and did it with as much dispatch as if only one man was purified; so that they were more generally prepared for service now than in the times of Hezekiah, 2 Chronicles 29:34 and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests and for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 6:21

And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity ,.... The tribes of Judah and Benjamin, with some of the ten tribes mixed with them: and all such as had separated themselves unto them, from the filthiness of the Heathen of the land, to seek the Lord God of Israel, did eat ; such of the Gentiles in the dominions of Babylon, and came with the Jews from thence, who were enlightened into the knowledge and worship of the true God, and not only renounced their idolatry, here... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 6:22

And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy ,.... Which immediately followed upon the passover, Exodus 12:18 , for the Lord had made them joyful ; the building of the temple being finished, and the service of it restored to its original purity: and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel ; by giving them leave to go on in building the temple, and by encouraging and assisting them... read more

Adam Clarke