Ezra 3:7 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezra 3:7

According to the grant - i. e., in accordance with the permission granted them by Cyrus to rebuild their temple Ezra 1:1-4. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 3:7

Ezra 3:7. Meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon and Tyre The inhabitants of those towns wanted provisions more than money, as appears by the history of Solomon’s building, 1 Kings 5:10. To bring cedar- trees from Lebanon Tyre and Zidon now, as of old, furnished them with workmen, and Lebanon with timber, orders for both which they had from Cyrus. What God calls us to we may depend upon his providence to furnish us with. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezra 3:1-13

3:1-6:22 THE TEMPLE REBUILTWork begins (3:1-13)Non-Jewish people living in and around Jerusalem were not pleased at the return of the Jews to the area. The Jews were understandably afraid, and wanted to ensure God’s protection by carrying out their religious duties faithfully. The mid-year festival season was approaching (see Leviticus 23:23-43), so the Jews quickly built an altar on which to offer their sacrifices. This marked the recommencement of regular sacrifices and festivals according to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezra 3:7

and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton ( App-6 ), to emphasize each detail. carpenters = artificers. bring cedar trees. Compare 1 Kings 5:6 . 2Ch 2:8 , 2 Chronicles 2:10 . Joppa. Compare Joshua 19:46 . Acts 9:35 , 3 John 1:3; 3 John 1:3 . grant. Occurs only here. Of = from. Genitive of Origin. See App-17 . read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezra 3:7

7. They gave . . . meat . . . drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon—They opened negotiations with the Tyrians for workmen, as well as for timber, on the same terms and with the same views as Solomon had done (1 Kings 5:11; 2 Chronicles 2:15; 2 Chronicles 2:16). 2 Chronicles 2:16- :. THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE LAID. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezra 3:7-9

The reconstruction of the temple foundation 3:7-9As Solomon had done, these Jews contracted with the Phoenicians to the north to supply wood for the temple (cf. 2 Chronicles 2:16). The people needed several months of preparations before actual construction began on the site in 536 B.C. It commenced about 70 years after the first group of exiles had departed for Babylon in 605 B.C. Extensive foundation repair work was necessary because the temple stood on a hilltop and because Babylonian... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 3:1-13

The Refounding of the Temple1. The seventh month] i.e. Sept.-Oct. of (probably) 537 b.c.2. Jeshua] called in Haggai 1:1; ’Joshua.’ His father Jozadak had been carried into exile by Nebuchadnezzar (1 Chronicles 6:15). Son of Shealtiel] In 1 Chronicles 3:19; Zerubbabel is called the son of Pedaiah, the brother of Shealtiel (Salathiel). The discrepancy may be explained by the suppositions (a) that he was the real son of Pedaiah and the legal son of Shealtiel (Pedaiah having married Shealtiel’s... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezra 3:7

(7) They gave money.—Their own workmen were paid in money; the Phoenicians, as in Solomon’s days (1 Kings 5:0; 2 Chronicles 2:0; 2 Chronicles 2:0), were paid in kind. This illustrates and is illustrated by Acts 12:20.The sea of Joppa.—The Jewish port to which the cedar-trees were sent by sea, and thence thirty-five miles inland to Jerusalem.The grant.—The authority of Cyrus over Phœnicia seems not to have been doubtful. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ezra 3:1-13

The Altar and the Temple Ezra 3:2 ; Ezra 3:6 In the opening chapters of this book of Ezra we are among the Jews who have come back from Babylon. God has restored the exiles to their country; and their feet stand in Jerusalem again. But the ravages of war and the silent attacks of time have played strange havoc with the beloved city. It was then that they set to work to restore Jerusalem. God breathed an enthusiasm upon the people. And it was then that they built the altar of the Lord, for the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezra 3:1-13

0THE NEW TEMPLEEzra 2:68-70; Ezra 3:1-13UNLIKE the historian of the exodus from Egypt, our chronicler gives no account of adventures of the pilgrims on the road to Palestine, although much of their way led them through a wild and difficult country. So huge a caravan as that which accompanied Zerubbabel must have taken several months to cover the eight hundred miles between Babylon and Jerusalem; for even Ezra with his smaller company spent four months on their journey. {Ezra 7:8-9} A dreary... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezra 3:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 3:7

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezra 3:1-13

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezra 3:7

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezra 3:7

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezra 3:7-9

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 3:1-13

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezra 3:7

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ezra 3:1-13

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezra 3:1-13

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