Ezra 1:4
<0582> [let the men.]
helped ...... silver <05375 03701> [help him. Heb. lift him up.]
voluntary offerings <05071> [the freewill.]
Ezra 5:8
province <04083> [the province.]
great God <0426 07229> [the great God.]
large stones <069 01560> [great stones. Chal. stones of rolling.]
Ezra 7:23
Everything ........ required <03606 02941> [Whatsoever is commanded. Chal. Whatsoever is of the decree.]
precisely <0149> [let it be.]
Why .... be wrath <04101 01934 07109> [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 8:17
Casiphia ................... Casiphia <03703> [Casiphia.]
Casiphia is supposed to denote the Caspian mountains, between Media and Hyrcania, near the Caspian Sea. It is evident, from a comparison of ch. 7:9 with ver. 31, that Casiphia could not be far from Ahava.
told ... what <07760 01697> [I told them. Heb. I put words in their mouth.]
temple servants <05411> [the Nethinims.]
attendants <08334> [ministers.]
Ezra 10:16
consider ... matter <01875 01697> [to examine the matter.]
