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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 Chronicles Nehemiah
Ezra 1
1:1 Now in
the
a first year of Cyrus king of
Persia, that the word of the LORD by the
b
mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the
c
spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his
kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying,
The Argument - As the Lord is always merciful to his Church, and does not
punish them, but so that they should see their own miseries, and be exercised
under the cross, that they might contemn the world, and aspire to the heavens:
so after he had visited the Jews, and kept them in bondage 70 years in a
strange country among infidels and idolaters, he remembered his tender mercies
and their infirmities, and therefore for his own sake raised up a deliverer,
and moved both the heart of the chief ruler to pity them, and also by him
punished those who had kept them in slavery. Nonetheless, lest they should
grow into a contempt of God's great benefits, he keeps them still in
exercise, and raises domestic enemies, who try as much as they can to hinder
their worthy enterprises: yet by the exhortation of the prophet they went
forward little by little till their work was finished. The author of this book
was Ezra, who was a priest and scribe of the Law, as in (
Ezra
7:6). He returned to Jerusalem the sixth year of Darius, who succeeded
Cyrus, that is, about fifty years after the first return under Zerubbabel,
when the temple was built. He brought with him a great company and much
treasure, with letters to the king's officers for all things needed for the
temple: and at his coming he fixed that which was amiss, and set things in
order.
(
a) After he and Darius had won Babylon.
(
b) Who promised deliverance to them after 70
years were past, (
Jeremiah
25:12).
(
c) That is, moved him and gave him heart.
1:2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of
heaven hath given me
d all the kingdoms
of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which
[is] in Judah.
(
d) For he was chief monarch and had many nations
under his dominion, which this heathen king confesses to have received from
the living God.
1:4 And whosoever remaineth in
any place where he sojourneth,
e let the
men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with
beasts,
f beside the freewill offering
for the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem.
(
e) If any through poverty were not able to
return, the king's commission was that he should be furnished with all he
needed.
(
f) Which they themselves should send for the
repairing of the temple.
1:6 And all
g
they that [were] about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver,
with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all
[that] was willingly offered.
(
g) The Babylonians and Chaldeans gave them these
presents: thus rather than have the children of God be in need, he would stir
the heart of the infidels to help them.
1:8 Even those did Cyrus king
of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them
unto
h Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
(
h) So the Chaldeans called Zerubbabel who was
the chief governor, so that the preeminence still remained in the house of
David.
1:9 And this [is] the number of them: thirty
chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty
i
knives,
(
i) Which served to kill the beasts that were
offered in sacrifice.
1:11 All the vessels of gold
and of silver [were] five thousand and four hundred. All [these] did Sheshbazzar
bring up
k with [them of] the captivity
that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
(
k) With the Jews who had been kept captive in
Babylon.
Chapter 1:
| Darby
| Geneva
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| Matthew Henry
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 Chronicles Nehemiah
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalm
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
