John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 10:16
And the children of the captivity did so ,.... Put away their strange wives: and Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated ; from all their other business, and gave themselves up to attend to this wholly: and sat down in the first day of the tenth month ; the month Tebeth, which answers to part of December and January; this was ten days after the assembly of all the people met and broke up:... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezra 10:15-44
The method of proceeding in this matter being concluded on, and the congregation dismissed, that each in his respective place might gain and give intelligence to facilitate the matter, we are here told, 1. Who were the persons that undertook to manage the matter and bring the causes regularly before the commissioners?Jonathan and Jahaziah, two active men, whether of the priests or of the people does not appear; probably they were the men that made that proposal (Ezra 10:13, 14) and were... read more