Ezra 7:9-26
began he to go up Heb. was the foundation of the going up, according to. Ezra 7:6; Neh 2:8, Neh 2:18 prepared 1Sam 7:3; 1Chr 29:18; 2Chr 12:14, 2Chr 19:3; Job 11:13; Ps 10:17, Ps 57:7 the law Ezra 7:6; Ps 1:2, Ps 19:7, Ps 119:45, Ps 119:96-100 to do it Deut 16:12; Matt 5:19, Matt 7:24; John 13:17; Rev 22:14 and to teach Ezra 7:25; Deut 33:10; 2Chr 17:8-9, 2Chr 30:22; Neh 8:1-9; Mal 2:7; Acts 1:1; 1Tim 3:2; 2Tim 4:2; Titus 2:1, Titus 2:15 the copy Ezra 4:11, Ezra 5:6 a scribe Ezra 7:6; Matt 23:2, Matt 23:13; Mark 7:1-13 Artaxerxes The title of the king would, in Persian, run thus: Ardsheer shahinshah, or padshah, "Ardsheer, king of kings," i.e., great or supreme king or emperor. 1Kgs 4:24, 1Kgs 20:1; Isa 10:8; Ezek 26:7; Dan 2:37, Dan 2:47; 1Tim 6:15; Rev 17:14; Rev 19:16 unto Ezra etc. or, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven, peace, etc. and at such a time. Ezra 4:10-11, Ezra 4:17 I make Ezra 5:13, Ezra 6:1; 2Chr 30:5; Esth 3:15, Esth 9:14; Ps 148:6 minded Ezra 1:3; Ps 110:3; Phil 2:13; Rev 22:17 of the king Chal, from before the king seven counsellors Seven princes of Persia having conspired against and slain the usurper Smerdis, and thus made way for the family of Darius, which afterwards filled the throne, the Persian kings of this race had always seven chief princes as their counsellors, who possessed peculiar privileges, were his chief assistants in the government, and by whose advice all the public affairs of the empire were transacted. The names of these counsellors are given in the parallel place of the book of Esther. Esth 1:14 according Ezra 7:25-26; Deut 17:18-19; Isa 8:20 thy God Ezra 1:3, Ezra 5:8, Ezra 6:12; Dan 2:47, Dan 6:20, Dan 6:26 the silver Ezra 6:4, Ezra 6:8-10; Ps 68:29-30, Ps 72:10, Ps 76:11; Isa 60:6-9; Rev 21:24-26 whose habitation Ezra 6:12; 2Chr 2:6, 2Chr 6:2, 2Chr 6:6; Ps 9:11, Ps 26:8, Ps 76:2, Ps 135:21 all the silver Ezra 8:25-28 offering Ezra 1:4, Ezra 1:6; 1Chr 29:6, 1Chr 29:9, 1Chr 29:17; 2Cor 8:12, 2Cor 9:7 buy speedily Ezra 6:9-10; Deut 14:24-26; Matt 21:12-13; John 2:14 their meat offerings Num 15:4-13 offer them Deut 12:5-11 whatsoever 2Kgs 12:15, 2Kgs 22:7 that do Ezra 7:26; Eph 5:17 after the will He gave them the fullest liberty to order every thing according to their own institutions; binding them to no form or mode of worship. The vessels Ezra 8:27-30, Ezra 8:33-34 the God of Jerusalem 2Chr 32:19; Jer 3:17 bestow it Ezra 6:4, Ezra 6:8-18 Artaxerxes Ezra 7:12-13 beyond the river Ezra 4:16, Ezra 4:20, Ezra 6:6 Ezra the priest Ezra 7:6, Ezra 7:10-11 measures Chal, cors, Luke 16:7 *marg. baths of wine Ezek 45:14; Luke 16:6 *marg. salt Lev 2:13 Whatsoever is commanded Chal, Whatsoever is of the decree, Ezra 7:13, Ezra 7:18 let it be Ps 119:4 why should there be wrath As Artaxerxes believed he was appointed by the Almighty to do this work, he therefore wished to do it heartily; knowing that if he did not, God would be displeased, and that the kingdom would be cut off from him or his posterity. Ezra 6:10-12; Zech 12:3 touching any Ezra 7:7, Ezra 2:36-55 the wisdom Ezra 7:14; 1Kgs 3:28; 1Chr 22:12; Ps 19:7, Ps 119:98-100; Prov 2:6, Prov 6:23; Jas 1:5; Jas 3:17-18 set magistrates Exod 18:21-25; Deut 16:18; 1Chr 23:4; 2Chr 19:8-10 beyond the river That is, "west of the Euphrates," which was beyond with regard to the king of Persia, who was on the east. Ezra 6:6 teach ye Ezra 7:10; 2Chr 17:7-9; Neh 8:1-3, Neh 8:7-8, Neh 9:3, Neh 13:1-3; Mal 2:7; Matt 13:52, Matt 23:2-3; Mark 6:34; Rom 10:14-17 whosoever Ezra 6:11; Dan 3:28-29, Dan 6:26 the law of thy God 2Chr 30:12 whether it be Exod. 21:1-22:31; Lev 20:1-27; Deut 13:1-18 banishment Chal, rooting out, Ps 52:5
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