Ezra 1:3
God ...................... God ....... God <0430> [his God.]
God ...................... God ....... God <0430> [he is the God.]
Ezra 3:2
Jeshua <03442> [Jeshua.]
[Joshua the son of Josedech. Zerubbabel.]
[Zorobabel, Salathiel. as it is written.]
Bp. Patrick observes, that before the temple was built, there seems to have been a tabernacle pitched for Divine service, as was in David's time, not on mount Moriah, but mount Sion, to be used while the temple was building. Let us learn hence to begin with God, and to do what we can in the worship of God, when we cannot do what we would. They could not immediately have a temple, but they would not be without an altar. Wherever a Christian goes, if he carry not with him the sacrifices of prayer and praise, he is wanting in his duty; for he has an altar ever ready that sanctifies both the gift and the giver.
Ezra 3:10-11
builders <01129> [when the builders.]
<05975> [they set.]
clarions <02689> [trumpets.]
sons ... Asaph <01121 0623> [the sons of Asaph.]
by <03027> [after the ordinance.]
sang <06030> [they sang.]
good ............................ established <02896 03245> [because.]
shout <07321> [shouted.]
good ............................ established <02896 03245> [because.]
Ezra 4:3
build ......... build <01129> [Ye have nothing.]
King Cyrus ... king <03566 04428> [king Cyrus.]
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 7:6
skilled <04106> [a ready.]
{Sopher mahir} does not merely signify a speedy writer, or an excellent penman, but one eminently skilful in expounding the law, {sophro chochmo,} "a wise scribe," as the Syriac renders.
scribe <05608> [scribe.]
law <08451> [the law.]
given ......... requested <05414 01246> [granted him.]
hand <03027> [according to.]
Ezra 8:18
good hand <03027 02896> [by the good hand.]
skilled man <07922 0376> [a man of understanding.]
Mahli <04249> [Mahli.]
Sherebiah <08274> [Sherebiah.]
Ezra 9:1
leaders <08269> [the princes.]
separated <0914> [have not separated.]
detestable <08441> [doing according.]
Canaanites <03669> [of the Canaanites.]
Ammonites <05984> [Ammonites.]
Moabites <04125> [Moabites.]
Ezra 9:15
righteous <06662> [thou art righteous.]
left <07604> [for we remain.]
guilt <0819> [in our trespasses.]
stand <05975> [we cannot.]
