Ezra 7:1-6 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezra 7:1-10

Here is, I. Ezra's pedigree. He was one of the sons of Aaron, a priest. Him God chose to be an instrument of good to Israel, that he might put honour upon the priesthood, the glory of which had been much eclipsed by the captivity. He is said to be the son of Seraiah, that Seraiah, as is supposed, whom the king of Babylon put to death when he sacked Jerusalem, 2 Kgs. 25:18, 21. If we take the shortest computation, it was seventy-five years since Seraiah died; many reckon it much longer, and,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 7:1-5

Now after these things ,.... The finishing of the temple, and the dedication of it, and keeping the passover: in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia ; in the seventh year of his reign, Ezra 7:7 , who is the same with Darius in the preceding chapter; so Jarchi and Aben Ezra; See Gill on Ezra 6:14 . Ezra the son of Seraiah ; the high priest slain by Nebuchadnezzar Jeremiah 52:24 , this Ezra was a younger son of his, brother to Josedech, and uncle to Joshua, who were high... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 7:6

This Ezra went up from Babylon ,.... A second time; for that he went up with Zerubbabel is clear from Nehemiah 12:1 , and is plainly intimated, Ezra 5:4 , and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given ; the meaning is, not that he had a quick hand in writing out copies of it, but was well versed in the knowledge of it; had studied it thoroughly, well instructed in it, and was abundantly qualified to teach it others; he was an eminent doctor of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 7:1

In the reign of Artaxerxes - This was Artaxerxes Longimanus, the seventh of whose reign chronologers place A.M. 3547, sixty-eight years after Cyrus had sent back Zerubbabel. - Calmet. See the introduction. Son of Seraiah - Either this could not have been Seraiah the high priest, who had been put to death by Nebuchadnezzar one hundred and twenty-one years before this time, or the term son here must signify only his descendants, or one of his descendants. Were it otherwise,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 7:6

A ready scribe - מחיר סופר sopher machir does not merely signify a speedy writer or an excellent penman, but one who was eminently skillful in expounding the law. In this sense the word γραμματευς , scribe, is repeatedly used in the New Testament, and we find that both in the Old and New Testament it had the same signification. The Syriac gives the sense of the word by translating sophro chocimo , a wise scribe, or expounder. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 7:1

The writer makes a marked division between his first and second sections by means of the words, " Now after these things ," which he uses in this place only. The actual interval seems to have been one of between fifty-seven and fifty-eight years, the sixth year of Darius being b.c. 516, and the seventh of Artaxerxes Longimanus b.c. 458. Artaxerxes is in the original " Artakhshata ," which reproduces the Persian Artakhshatra with the change of only one letter. That Longimanus, the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 7:1-5

THE GENEALOGY OF EZRA ( Ezra 7:1-5 ). It is plain that this genealogy is incomplete. It gives no more than sixteen generations between Ezra and Aaron, whereas the number of generations between Zerubbabel and Nashon, prince of Judah in Aaron's time ( Numbers 1:7 ; Numbers 2:3 ), was twenty-six ( 1 Chronicles 2:10-15 ; 1 Chronicles 3:5-19 ), and that between Aaron himself and Eliashib at least as many ( 1 Chronicles 6:3-15 ; 1 Chronicles 9:11 ; Nehemiah 12:10 ). Six names... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 7:1-10

PART II . SECOND RETURN OF THE ISRAELITES FROM CAPTIVITY UNDER EZRA . 1. DECREE OF ARTAXERXES , AND RETURN UNDER EZRA , WITH THE NUMBERS OF THOSE WHO RETURNED , AND THE NAMES OF THE CHIEF MEN . 1. The genealogy of Ezra ( Ezra 7:1-5 ); 2. The fact of his journey, with its dates ( Ezra 7:6-10 ); 3. The decree of Artaxerxes with respect to Ezra ( Ezra 7:11-26 ); 4. The thanksgiving of Ezra ( Ezra 7:27... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 7:1-10

The reformer. "After these things"—nearly sixty years "after," as usually understood—certain other things came to pass. Things so far similar that they may be recorded in the same connection; things so far different as to open out to us quite a new part of this book. There is this similarity, for example—that we have the story here of another and supplementary pilgrimage of captive Israelites from Babylon to Jerusalem. On the other hand, there are these points of difference—that the new... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 7:1-10

The exodus under Ezra. "After these things," viz; the events which culminated in the dedication of the temple, and consequent ordering of the service of God. "In the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia," after an interval of nearly sixty years, during which the house of the Lord had so fallen into disrepair as to need "beautifying," and the civil state of the children of the restoration had become disordered, and needed readjustment. With these purposes, and with a view to leading back to... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezra 7:1-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 7:1-5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 7:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 7:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 7:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 7:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 7:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 7:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 7:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 7:1-10

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