Ezra 8:25-34
weighed <08254> [weighed.]
silver <03701> [the silver.]
exquisite ..... bronze <05178 02896> [fine copper. Heb. yellow, or shining brass.]
The Syriac renders, {nechosho korinthyo tovo,} "good Corinthian brass;" so called from the brass found after the burning of Corinth by Lucius Mummius, which was, as is generally supposed, brass, copper, silver, and gold, melted together. Sir J. Chardin, however, in a MS. note, cited by Harmer, mentioned a factitious metal used in the East, and highly esteemed there, which might probably be of an origin as ancient as Ezra. He says, "I have heard some Dutch gentlemen speak of a metal in the island of Sumatra, and among the Macassars, much more esteemed than gold, which royal personages alone are privileged to wear. It is a mixture, if I remember right, of gold and steel, or copper and steel." He afterwards added, "calmbac is the name of this metal, which is composed of gold and copper."
valuable <02532> [precious. Heb. desirable.]
holy .......... holy <06944> [Ye are holy.]
vessels <03627> [the vessels.]
Be careful ..... protect <08245 08104> [Watch ye.]
weigh .... before <06440 08254> [until ye weigh them before.]
temple .... God <0430 01004> [the house of our God.]
Ahava Canal <0163 05104> [the river of Ahava.]
hand <03027 03709> [the hand.]
delivered <05337> [and he delivered.]
Ezra and his company had now entered upon a journey of several hundred miles through the desert, which they were nearly four months in completing, encumbered with families and possessions, and carrying large treasures with them, which would invite the attempts of the Arabian hordes, and others, that infested that neighbourhood; yet, having declared to the king, "that the hand of God was upon all them for good that seek him, and that his power and wrath were against all them that forsook him," (ver. 22,) he determined to travel without a guard, except that of the Almighty, being ashamed to ask any other, after his former avowed confidence in Him! Having, therefore, humbled themselves before the Lord, and besought his guidance and protection, he was intreated by them, their enemies were restrained or disabled, and they arrived unmolested at Jerusalem.
weighed <08254> [weighed.]
Meremoth <04822> [Meremoth.]
Uriah <0223> [Uriah.]
[Urijah. Jozabad.]
Binnui <01131> [Binnui.]
Ezra 8:1
leaders <07218> [the chief.]
enrolled with them by genealogy <03187> [genealogy.]
coming up <05927> [them that went up.]
Ezra 7:1
Artaxerxes <0783> [A.M. 3547. B.C. 457. Artaxerxes.]
Ezra <05830> [Ezra.]
Seraiah <08304> [Seraiah.]
Hilkiah <02518> [Hilkiah.]
Ezra 7:1
Artaxerxes <0783> [A.M. 3547. B.C. 457. Artaxerxes.]
Ezra <05830> [Ezra.]
Seraiah <08304> [Seraiah.]
Hilkiah <02518> [Hilkiah.]
Ezra 1:1
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.]
Ezra 1:1
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.]
Nehemiah 7:71-72
leaders <07218> [chief.]
minas <04488> [pound. Manim, manehs or minas.]
As a weight, the maneh was equal to 100 shekels; but as a coin, equal to 60 shekels, or about 9Å“.
