Ezra 3:7
provided money <03701 05414> [gave money.]
carpenters <02796> [carpenters. or, workmen. meat.]
Joppa <03305> [Joppa]
Joppa, now Jaffa or Yaffa, one of the most ancient sea-ports in the world, is situated in a fine plain on the shore of the Mediterranean, between Jamnia south and Caesarea of Palestine north, 150 stadia from Antipatris, according to Josephus, 30 miles south of Caesarea, 12 miles north of Ashdod, 9 miles west of Ramla, and 40 miles west of Jerusalem, according to modern authorities; and in lat. 32 degrees 50' long. 65 degrees 40' according to Ptolemy. It is still a considerable town, containing about 4,000 or 5,000 souls, and occupying a circular eminence close to the seaside, with a citadel on the summit; the bottom of the hill being surrounded by a wall 12 or 14 feet high, and two or three feet thick. The environs are occupied by extensive gardens.
in accord with the edict <07558> [according.]
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 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 9:11
through ... servants <03027 05650> [by thy servants. Heb. by the hand of thy servants. The land.]
defiled .... impurities <05079> [the filthiness.]
end <06310> [one end to another. Heb. mouth to mouth.]
Ezra 10:1
Ezra <05830> [when Ezra.]
confessing <03034> [when he had.]
weeping ............................. wept <01058> [weeping.]
before ... temple <06440 01004> [before the house.]
very large <03966 07227 07235> [a very great.]
<07235 01059> [very sore. Heb. a great weeping.]
Ezra 10:6
room <03957> [the chamber.]
Jehohanan <03076> [Johanan.]
eat <0398> [he did eat.]
mourning <056> [he mourned.]
