Ezra 3:7-13
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.]
Zerubbabel <02216> [Zerubbabel.]
year ................... son ....... son ................................. Levites ...... twenty years <08141 01121 06242> [twenty years old.]
Jeshua <03442> [Jeshua.]
Not Jeshua the high-priest, before mentioned, but another Jeshua, a Levite, mentioned in the parallel passage.
Yehudah <03063> [Judah]
Hodaviah, [H“wdavyƒh <\\See definition 01938\\>,] is called Hodevah, [H“wdevƒh <\\See definition 01937\\>,] by the elision of [Y“wd,] {yood,} and was probably named Judah, from the word having the same signification.
[Hodaviah.]
[Hodevah.]
<0259> [together. Heb. as one.]
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.]
Many ............................... many <07227> [many.]
established <03245> [when the foundation.]
weeping <01058> [wept.]
People ................... people's ..... people <05971> [So that.]
This sight must have been very affecting; a whole people, one part weeping aloud with sorrow, the other shouting aloud for joy; and on the same occasion too, in which both sides felt an equal interest. The prophet Haggai (ch 2:1-9) comforted them on this occasion, by assuring them that the glory of this latter house should exceed that of the former, because the Lord would come to this temple, and fill it with His glory.
sound ....... sound ............... sound <06963> [the noise.]
shouting <07321> [shouted.]
sound ....... sound ............... sound <06963> [and the noise.]
