Ezra 1:1--2:70
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.]
Lord God <0430 03068> [Lord God.]
given <05414> [hath given.]
kingdoms <04467> [all the kingdoms.]
According to the testimony of ancient writers, Cyrus, at this time, reigned over the Medes, Persians, Hyrcanians, Syrians, Assyrians, Indians, etc., and all lesser Asia.
instructed <06485> [he hath charged.]
God ...................... God ....... God <0430> [his God.]
God ...................... God ....... God <0430> [he is the God.]
<0582> [let the men.]
helped ...... silver <05375 03701> [help him. Heb. lift him up.]
voluntary offerings <05071> [the freewill.]
mind <07307> [whose spirit.]
assisted <03027 02388> [strengthened their hands. that is, helped them.]
voluntary <05068> [willingly offered.]
Cyrus <03566> [Also Cyrus.]
Nebuchadnezzar <05019> [Nebuchadnezzar.]
Sheshbazzar <08339> [Sheshbazzar.]
gold basins .... basins <0105 02091> [chargers of gold.]
29 <08672> [nine.]
vessels <03627> [the vessels.]
5,400 <0505 02568> [five thousand.]
Instead of 5,400, the enumeration of the articles in ver. 9, 10, only amounts to 2,499; but in the account, Esdras 2:13, 14, the amount is 5,469, as will be evident from the following statements: In Ezra. In Esdras. Gold chargers..... 30 Gold cups......... 1,000 Silver ditto...... 1,000 Silver cups....... 1,000 Knives............ 29 Silver censers.... 29 Gold basons....... 30 Gold vials........ 30 Silver ditto...... 410 Silver vials...... 2,410 Other vessels..... 1,000 Other vessels..... 1,000 _____ _____ Said to be........ 5,400 Total............. 5,469 But only.......... 2,499 _____ _____ Deficiency........ 2,901 Surplus........... 69 It is supposed that they actually amounted to 5,400, but that only the chief of them were specified, the spoons, etc. being omitted.
captives <01473> [captivity. Heb. transportation.]
people <01121> [the children.]
<05019> [whom Nebuchadnezzar.]
Zerubbabel <02216> [Zerubbabel.]
[Sheshbazzar.]
[Zorobabel. Jeshua.]
[Joshua. Seraiah.]
[Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mispereth, Nehum. Rehum.]
descendants <01121> [children.]
The word children, in this table, when prefixed to the name of a man, signifies the descendants of that person, as from ver. 3-21; and when prefixed to the name of a town, place, etc., it signifies the inhabitants of that place, as from ver. 21-25.
Parosh <06551> [Parosh.]
[Pharosh.]
Shephatiah <08203> [Shephatiah.]
Arah <0733> [Arah.]
[652.]
Pahath-Moab <06355> [Pahath-moab.]
[2,818.]
Joab <03097> [Joab.]
Elam <05867> [Elam.]
Zattu <02240> [Zattu.]
[845.]
Zaccai <02140> [Zaccai.]
Bani <01137> [Bani.]
The variation of Bani, [BƒnŒy <\\See definition 01137\\>,] and Binnui, [Binn–wy <\\See definition 01131\\>,] arises from the elision of, [Vƒv,] {wav:} but the LXX., have here [Banoui,] as in the parallel place.
[Binnui. 648.]
Bebai <0893> [Bebai.]
[628.]
Azgad <05803> [Azgad.]
[2,322.]
Adonikam <0140> [Adonikam.]
[667.]
Bigvai <0902> [Bigvai.]
[2,067.]
Adin <05720> [Adin.]
[655.]
Ater <0333> [Ater.]
Bezai <01209> [Bezai.]
[324.]
Jorah <03139> [Jorah.]
[Hariph.]
Hashum <02828> [Hashum.]
[328.]
Gibbar <01402> [Gibbar.]
[Gibeon.]
Bethlehem <01035> [Beth-lehem.]
Netophah <05199> [Netophah.]
[188.]
Anathoth <06068> [Anathoth.]
Azmaveth <05820> [Azmaveth.]
[Beth-azmaveth.]
Kiriath Jearim <07157> [Kirjath-arim.]
[Kirjath-jearim.]
Ramah <07414> [Ramah.]
Micmash <04363> [Michmas.]
[Michmash.]
Ai <05857> [Ai.]
[Hai.]
[133.]
Nebo <05015> [Nebo.]
This Nebo was probably the Nabau which Eusebius and Jerome place eight miles south from Hebron.
Magbish <04019> [Magbish. i.e., congregating; crystallizing.]
<\\See definition 04019\\>. The children of Magbish are not named in our present copies of Nehemiah; but the Alexandrian MS. of the LXX. has the same reading as here.
Elam <05867> [Elam.]
Harim <02766> [Harim.]
Lod <03850> [Lod.]
Hadid <02307> [Hadid. or, Harid, as it is in some copies.]
Hadid is probably the Adida of Josephus, and the Maccabees, (1 Mac 12:38; 13:13,) a city situated on a hill in the plain country of Judah, and the Aditha of Eusebius, which he places near Diospolis, Lydda, or Lod.
Jericho <03405> [Jericho.]
Senaah <05570> [Senaah.]
[3,930.]
Jedaiah <03048> [Jedaiah.]
Jeshua <03442> [Jeshua.]
Immer <0564> [Immer.]
Pashhur <06583> [Pashur.]
Harim <02766> [Harim.]
Hodaviah <01938> [Hodaviah.]
[Judah.]
[Hodevah.]
Asaph <0623> [Asaph.]
gatekeepers <07778> [the porters.]
[138.]
temple servants <05411> [Nethinims.]
Hasupha <02817> [Hasupha.]
This variation only exists in the translation, the original being written here Husupha, and in the parallel place defectively, Hasupha.
[Hashupha.]
Siaha <05517> [Siaha.]
{Sia,} [CŒyƒ <\\See definition 05517\\>,] is merely a contraction of, [CŒyahƒ <\\See definition 05517\\>,] Siaha, by the elision of, [Hˆ,] {hay.}
[Sia.]
Lebanah <03838> [Lebanah.]
These variations merely arise from the mutation of, [Hˆ,] {hay,} into, ['Aleph,] according to the Chaldee dialect; the original, being respectively [Lebƒnƒh <\\See definition 03838\\>,] Lebanah, [\\See definition 03838\\>,] and Lebana; [Chagƒbƒ <\\See definition 02286\\>,] Hagabah, and [Chagƒbƒh <\\See definition 02286\\>,] Hagaba.
[Lebana, Hagaba.]
<08073> [Shalmai. or, Shamlai.]
Shamlai, of the Kethiv, is evidently a mistake for Shalmai, as the Keri and LXX. have.
Paseah <06454> [Paseah.]
[Phaseah.]
Meunim <04586> [Mehunim.]
[Meunim, Nephishesim.]
Bazluth <01213> [Bazluth.]
[Bazlith.]
Temah <08547> [Thamah.]
[Tamah.]
Solomon <08010> [Solomon's.]
Peruda <06514> [Peruda.]
[Perida.]
Jaala <03279> [Jaalah.]
[Jaala.]
Pokereth-Hazzebaim <06380> [Pochereth.]
Ami <0532> [Ami.]
[Amon.]
temple servants <05411> [Nethinims.]
Solomon <08010> [Solomon's.]
Tel Harsha <08521> [Tel-harsa.]
[Tel-haresha, Addon. seed. or, pedigree.]
Delaiah <01806> [of Delaiah.]
[642.]
descendants ..... descendants ...... descendants <01121> [the children.]
Barzillai ........... Barzillai <01271> [Barzillai.]
excluded <01351> [therefore.]
excluded .... priesthood <03550 01351> [were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. Heb. they were polluted from the priesthood.]
governor <08660> [Tirshatha. or, governor.]
The person who held this office at this time was probably Zerubbabel. The word {Tirshatha} is supposed to be Persian; and if, as Castel supposes, it signifies austerity, or that fear which is impressed by the authority of a governor, it may be derived from {tars,} "ear," or {tursh,} "acid, austere."
eat <0398> [should not.]
Urim <0224> [Urim.]
42,360 <0702> [forty.]
Though the sum total, both here and in Nehemiah, is equal, namely, 42,360, yet the particulars reckoned up only make 29,818 in Ezra, and 31,089 in Nehemiah; and we find that Nehemiah mentions 1,765 persons who are not in Ezra, and Ezra has 494 not mentioned in Nehemiah. This last circumstance, which seems to render all hope of reconciling them impossible, Mr. Alting thinks is the very point by which they can be reconciled; for, if we add Ezra's surplus to the sum in Nehemiah, and Nehemiah's surplus to the number in Ezra, they will both amount to 31,583; which subtracted from 42,360, leaves a deficiency of 10,777, which are not named because they did not belong to the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, or to the priests, but to the other Israelitish tribes.
servants <05650> [servants.]
7,337 ..... 200 <03967> [two hundred.]
voluntary offerings <05068> [offered freely.]
site <04349> [in his place.]
treasury <0214> [the treasure.]
