Ezra 7:16
all ... silver ......... all <03702 03606> [all the silver.]
contributions <05069> [offering.]
Ezra 5:7
as follows <01459> [wherein. Chal. in the midst whereof. all peace.]
Ezra 7:21
Artaxerxes <0783> [Artaxerxes.]
Trans-Euphrates <05103 05675> [beyond the river.]
Ezra ... priestly <03549 05831> [Ezra the priest.]
Ezra 7:25
wisdom <02452> [the wisdom.]
appoint judges <04483 08200> [set magistrates.]
Trans-Euphrates <05103 05675> [beyond the river.]
That is, "west of the Euphrates," which was beyond with regard to the king of Persia, who was on the east.
know ........... know ...... taught <03046> [teach ye.]
Ezra 4:14
that ..................... sustain <04415 01768> [have maintenance, etc. Chal. are salted with the salt of the palace.]
Salt is reckoned among the principal necessaries of life, (Ecclus. 39:26 or 31;) hence, by a very natural figure, salt is used for food or maintenance in general. I am well informed, says Mr. Parkhurst, that it is a common expression of the natives in the East Indies, "I eat such a one's salt," meaning, I am fed by him. Salt was also, as it still is, among eastern nations, a symbol of friendship and hospitality; and hence, to eat a man's salt, is to be bound to him by the ties of friendship.
not <03809> [and it was.]
Ezra 4:20
Powerful <08624> [mighty king.]
Trans-Euphrates <05675> [beyond.]
tribute <04061> [toll.]
Ezra 7:13-14
I .... issued ......... from <04481 07761> [I make.]
wishes to do so <05069> [minded.]
[of the king. Chal. from before the king. seven counsellors.]
Seven princes of Persia having conspired against and slain the usurper Smerdis, and thus made way for the family of Darius, which afterwards filled the throne, the Persian kings of this race had always seven chief princes as their counsellors, who possessed peculiar privileges, were his chief assistants in the government, and by whose advice all the public affairs of the empire were transacted. The names of these counsellors are given in the parallel place of the book of Esther.
law <01882> [according.]
God <0426> [thy God.]
Ezra 6:11-12
anyone <03606> [whosoever.]
beam <0636> [timber.]
impaled <04223> [hanged. Chal. destroyed. his house.]
name <08036> [caused.]
overthrow ................ destroy <04049 02255> [destroy.]
I Darius <0576 01868> [I Darius.]
precision <0629> [speed.]
Ezra 6:17
offered <07127> [offered.]
sin <02402> [a sin offering.]
number <04510> [according to.]
Though the tribes of Benjamin and Judah, with the priests and Levites, formed the bulk of the people, yet many from the other tribes had returned with them from captivity.
Ezra 7:17
sure ... purchase <0629 07066> [buy speedily.]
meal offerings <04504> [their meat offerings.]
bring them <01994 07127> [offer them.]
Ezra 7:23-24
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.
any <03606> [touching any.]
Ezra 7:26
Everyone <03606> [whosoever.]
law .... God .... law <01882 0426> [the law of thy God.]
does ...................... appropriate ... whether .... death or ... or <01934 02006 04193> [whether it be.]
banishment <08332> [banishment. Chal. rooting out.]
