Ezra 1:1
first <0259> [Now in the.]
Cyrus ..................... Cyrus <03566> [Cyrus.]
Cyrus is said to have been the son of Cambyses, king of Persia, and Mandane, daughter of Astyages, king of Media: he was born about 600 years before Christ, and died at the age of 70, after a reign of 30 years. He was mentioned by name, and his conquests foretold, by the prophet Isaiah, about a century before his birth. Josephus states the partiality he evinced towards the Jews, arose from the circumstance of these prophecies being shown him, probably by Daniel.
spoken <06310> [by the mouth.]
Lord's ....... Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
disseminated <05674> [made a proclamation. Heb. caused a voice to pass.]
Ezra 4:3
build ......... build <01129> [Ye have nothing.]
King Cyrus ... king <03566 04428> [king Cyrus.]
Ezra 5:17
search be conducted <01240> [A.M. 3485. B.C. 519. let there be.]
orders <02942> [a decree.]
Ezra 6:5
gold <01722> [the golden.]
Nebuchadnezzar <05020> [which Nebuchadnezzar.]
carried to ...... brought <02987 01946> [brought. Chal. go.]
Ezra 6:14
elders <07868> [And the elders.]
prophesying <05017> [through.]
brought ... to completion by <03635 04481> [finished it.]
by ............ command <04481 02942> [according.]
command .......... command <02941 02942> [commandment. Chal. decree. Cyrus.]
Artaxerxes <0783> [Artaxerxes.]
This was Artaxerxes, the third son and successor of Xerxes, surnamed [Makrocheir,] or Longimanus, or in Persian, {Ardsheer deeraz dest,} "Ardsheer the long-handed;" so called, according to the Greeks, from the extra-ordinary length of his hands, but according to the Easterners, from the extent of his dominions. He ascended the Persian throne, A.M. 3540, B.C. 464, and reigned forty-one years. He is said to have been the most handsome person of his age, and to have been a prince of a very mild and generous disposition.
Ezra 6:22
Feast <02282> [the feast.]
changed <05437> [turned.]
king <04428> [the king.]
Darius, as reigning over the country of Assyria, is here called "the king of Assyria."
Ezra 7:28
He .... conferred <05186> [extended.]
advisers <03289> [his counsellors.]
strength <02388> [And I was strengthened.]
In what the king decreed he saw the hand of God: he therefore gave Him the praise, and took courage.
hand <03027> [as the hand.]
Ezra 8:35
offered burnt offerings .............................. burnt offering <07126 05930> [offered burnt.]
bulls ............ twelve <08147 06499> [twelve bullocks.]
Ezra 10:3
enact <03772> [let us make.]
{Nichrath berith,} "let us cut a covenant:"
send <03318> [put away. Heb. bring forth. according to the counsel.]
respect <02730> [of those that.]
commandments <04687> [at the commandment.]
it ... done <06213> [let it.]
Shechaniah's counsel, which he was then so clear in, will not hold now: such marriages, it is certain, are contrary to the will of God, and ought not to be made; but they are not null. Our rule under the gospel is {Quod fieri non debuit, factum valet,} "That which ought not to have been done must, when done, abide." See .# 1Co 7:12,13
