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Ezra Chapter
Eight
New King James Version (NKJV)
Ezra
8:1 These are
the heads of their fathers’ houses, and this is the genealogy of
those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of King Artaxerxes:
YLT And these [are] heads of their fathers, and the genealogy of those
going up with me, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king, from Babylon.
These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the
genealogy of them
Which follows from hence to the end of ( Ezra
8:14 ) ,
that went up with me from Babylon;
with Ezra the priest and scribe, the writer of this book:
in the reign of Artaxerxes the king;
that is, Darius Hystaspis, in the seventh year of his reign, see ( Ezra
7:1 Ezra 7:7 ) , though many think Artaxerxes
Longimanus is meant.
Ezra
8:2 of the sons of
Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David,
Hattush;
YLT From the sons of Phinehas: Gershom; from the sons of Ithamar:
Daniel; from the sons of David: Hattush;
Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel
Not Daniel the prophet, he was of the royal blood, and of the tribe of Judah;
this was a priest, a descendant of Ithamar, as Gershom was of Eleazar in the
line of Phinehas:
of the sons of David; Hattush;
perhaps the same with him in ( 1 Chronicles 3:22 ) , who was a descendant of
David the king; these three men seem to have come alone without any of their
families, at least they are not mentioned, nor their numbers given, as the rest
that follow be.
Ezra
8:3 of the sons of
Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and registered with him were
one hundred and fifty males;
YLT from the sons of Shechaniah, from the sons of Pharosh: Zechariah,
and with him, reckoning themselves by genealogy, of males a hundred and fifty.
Ezra
8:3~8:14Ver. 3-14. Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh
Who is so described, to distinguish him from another Shechaniah, ( Ezra
8:5 ) ,
Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy, of the males
an hundred and fifty;
males only were reckoned, not women and children; though that there were such
that went up is clear from ( Ezra
8:21 ) , from hence to the end of ( Ezra
8:14 ) an account is given of the number of the males that went up
with Ezra, who were chiefly, if not altogether, sons of those that went up with
Zerubbabel; such of them as were left there behind, and now returned, at least
a great number of them, see ( Ezra
2:1 ) , it is particularly remarked of the sons of Adonikam, ( Ezra
8:13 ) , that they were the last of them; not that they were the
last that came in to go with Ezra, or were backward and dilatory, but the last
with respect to the first of his sons that were gone before, and seem with them
to be the whole of his family; the number of all that went up under their
respective heads amounts to 1496.
Ezra
8:4 of the sons of
Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males;
YLT From the sons of Pahath-Moab: Elihoenai son of Zerahiah, and with
him two hundred who are males.
Ezra
8:5 of the sons of
Shechaniah,[a]
Ben-Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males;
YLT From the sons of Shechaniah: the son of Jahaziel, and with him
three hundred who are males.
Ezra
8:6 of the sons of
Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males;
YLT And from the sons of Adin: Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him
fifty who are males.
Ezra
8:7 of the sons of
Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males;
YLT And from the sons of Elam: Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him
seventy who are males.
Ezra
8:8 of the sons of
Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him eighty males;
YLT And from the sons of Shephatiah: Zebadiah son of Michael, and with
him eighty who are males.
Ezra
8:9 of the sons of
Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males;
YLT From the sons of Joab: Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him two
hundred and eighteen who are males.
Ezra
8:10 of the sons of
Shelomith,[b]
Ben-Josiphiah, and with him one hundred and sixty males;
YLT And from the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah, and with him
a hundred and sixty who are males.
Ezra
8:11 of
the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males;
YLT And from the sons of Bebai: Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him
twenty and eight who are males.
Ezra
8:12 of the sons of
Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him one hundred and ten males;
YLT And from the sons of Azgad: Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him
a hundred and ten who are males.
Ezra
8:13 of the last
sons of Adonikam, whose names are these—Eliphelet, Jeiel, and
Shemaiah—and with them sixty males;
YLT And from the younger sons of Adonikam -- and these [are] their
names -- Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty who are males
Ezra
8:14 also of the
sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
YLT And from the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them
seventy who are males.
Ezra
8:15 Now
I gathered them by the river that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three
days. And I looked among the people and the priests, and found none of the sons
of Levi there.
YLT And I gather them unto
the river that is going unto Ahava, and we encamp there three days; and I
consider about the people, and about the priests, and of the sons of Levi I
have found none there;
And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava
From whence also the river bore the same name; or that from the river, see ( Ezra
8:21 ) , and may be the same with Adiabene, a country in Assyria,
which had its name from the river Adiava:
and there abode we in tents three days;
or pitched their camp; this was the place of their rendezvous:
and I viewed the people and the priests;
mustered them, took the number of them, and what tribe and families they were
of:
and found there none of the sons of Levi;
excepting the priests.
Ezra
8:16 Then
I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan,
Zechariah, and Meshullam, leaders; also for Joiarib and Elnathan, men of
understanding.
YLT and I send for Eliezer,
for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and
for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, heads, and for Joiarib, and
for Elnathan, men of understanding;
Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan,
and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for
Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
] These were all in the camp, in some part of it, to whom Ezra sent messengers
to come unto him; three of them are of the same name; the first nine were men
of chief note, rank, and dignity in their family, and the other two were noted
for men of good sense, and that could speak to a case well, and so fit to be
sent on such an affair as they were.
Ezra
8:17 And
I gave them a command for Iddo the chief man at the place Casiphia, and I told
them what they should say to Iddo and his brethren[c] the
Nethinim at the place Casiphia—that they should bring us servants for the house
of our God.
YLT and I charge them for
Iddo the head, in the place Casiphia, and put in their mouth words to speak
unto Iddo, [and] his brethren the Nethinim, in the place Casiphia, to bring to
us ministrants for the house of our God.
And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief, at the place
Casiphia
Not a place by the Caspian sea, and near the Caspian mountains, as Munster,
which was too far off to go and return in the time they must, see ( Ezra
7:9 ) ( Ezra 8:15 Ezra
8:31 ) , but, as Jarchi, a place in Babylon so called, a village
near it, or a parish or street in it, where Ezra knew lived many of the Levites
and Nethinims, and where Iddo was the chief of the Levites, and over them both:
and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his
brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia;
but Iddo was not one of the Nethinims; for he was chief of the Levites, and by
his authority many of them were sent as well as of the Nethinims; but none of
the latter were over the Levites, for they were servants to them, ( Ezra
8:20 ) , but, according to Jarchi, the Nethinims are not at all
intended in this clause, who reads the words,
to Iddo and Achim,
(the name of a man with him; perhaps it may be better rendered, "to Iddo
and his brother",)
who were appointed, or settled, in the place Casiphia;
and with him De Dieu agrees, and so the Syriac version,
who dwelt in Casiphia: that they should bring unto us ministers
for the house of our God;
both Levites to be singers and porters there, and the Nethinims to wait on
them.
Ezra
8:18 Then,
by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of understanding, of
the sons of Mahli the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, with
his sons and brothers, eighteen men;
YLT And they bring to us,
according to the good hand of our God upon us, a man of understanding, of the
sons of Mahli, son of Levi, son of Israel, and Sherebiah, and his sons, and his
brethren, eighteen;
And by the good hand of our God upon us
Favouring their designs and orders, protecting those that were sent, and
inclining those they were sent to use their interest and authority with those
that were under them, and making them willing also to agree to what was
proposed to them:
they brought us a man of understanding of the sons of Mahli, the
son of Levi, the son of Israel;
an Israelite, of the tribe of Levi, in the line of Mahli a son of Merari, the
third son of Levi:
and Sherebiah;
or rather "even Sherebiah"; so Aben Ezra; for he is the understanding
man that is meant, and described by his pedigree:
with his sons and his brethren,
eighteen; all together made this number.
Ezra
8:19 and
Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their
sons, twenty men;
YLT and Hashabiah, and with
him Jeshaiah, of the sons of Merari, his brethren, and their sons, twenty;
And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari,
&c.] These were of the same division of Levites as Sherebiah:
his brethren and their sons, twenty;
these thirty eight, with those they came with, were all Levites; the Nethinims
follow.
Ezra
8:20 also
of the Nethinim, whom David and the leaders had appointed for the service of
the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim. All of them were designated by
name.
YLT and from the Nethinim,
whom David and the heads gave for the service of the Levites, two hundred and
twenty Nethinim, all of them defined by name.
Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed
for the service of the Levites
To wait upon them, and minister to them, as they did to the priests; some think
those were the same with the Gibeonites, whom Joshua gave to the service of the
sanctuary, and David confirmed; but others are of opinion these were different
from them, and an addition to them:
two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by
name;
in the history that Iddo sent of them to Ezra; and so the names of the Levites,
though not here expressed, only the names of those they came with.
Ezra
8:21 Then
I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves
before our God, to seek from Him the right way for us and our little ones and
all our possessions.
YLT And I proclaim there a
fast, by the river Ahava, to afflict ourselves before our God, to seek from Him
a right way for us, and for our infants, and for all our substance,
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava
After the messengers to Iddo were returned with those they brought with them:
that we might afflict ourselves before our God;
humble themselves before him for their sins, confess them, and declare their
repentance of them, and ask forgiveness for them:
to seek of him a right way for us;
to take from thence towards Jerusalem, to be directed by him in it: either by a
prophet, or by a vision in a dream, as Eben Ezra; or rather by the guidance of
his providence; this they sought in prayer by the river side, where it had been
usual with them, and since has been, to perform religious exercises, see ( Ezekiel
1:1 ) ( 3:15 ) ( Acts
16:13 ) , hence Tertullian F26
calls the prayers of the Jews "orationes littorales"; they sought not
so much which was the shortest and easiest way for them to travel in, as which
was the safest:
and for our little ones and for all our substance;
for the safe conveyance of them; this shows, that though males only are
numbered, as before, yet they had their wives and children with them; for
little ones cannot be supposed without women to take care of them.
FOOTNOTES:
F26 Ad nationes, l. 1. c. 13. Vid. lib. de jejuniis, c. 16.
Ezra
8:22 For
I was ashamed to request of the king an escort of soldiers and horsemen to help
us against the enemy on the road, because we had spoken to the king, saying,
“The hand of our God is upon all those for good who seek Him, but His
power and His wrath are against all those who forsake Him.”
YLT for I was ashamed to ask
from the king a force and horsemen to help us because of the enemy in the way,
for we spake to the king, saying, `The hand of our God [is] upon all seeking
Him for good, and His strength and His wrath [is] upon all forsaking Him.'
For I was ashamed to require of the kings band of soldiers and
horsemen
Which he might have had, only asking for them; so great was the interest he had
in the king's favour:
to help us against the enemy in the way;
the Arabs, Samaritans, and others, that might lie in wait for them, to rob them
of their substance:
because we had spoken unto the king:
of the special favour of God to them, his singular providence in the protection
of them:
saying, the hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek
him;
that pray unto him, serve and worship him; his hand is open to them to bestow all
needful good upon them, temporal and spiritual, and his power and providence
are over them, to protect and defend them from all evil:
but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him;
his word, his ways and worship; his powerful wrath, or the strength and force
of it, is exerted against them and they are sure to feel the weight and
dreadful effects of it: and now all this being said to the king, after this, to
desire a guard to protect them, it would look as if they had not that favour in
the sight of God, and did not believe what they had said, but distrusted his
power and providence towards them; therefore, rather than reflect any dishonour
on God, they chose to expose themselves to danger, seeking his face and favour,
and relying on his goodness and power.
Ezra
8:23 So
we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He answered our prayer.
YLT And we fast, and seek
from our God for this, and He is entreated of us.
So we fasted, and besought our God for this
Sought the Lord by fasting and prayer for a good journey, and preservation in
it:
and he was entreated of us;
accepted their prayer, as Jarchi, so that they came safe to Jerusalem.
Ezra
8:24 And
I separated twelve of the leaders of the priests—Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten
of their brethren with them—
YLT And I separate from the
heads of the priests, twelve, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them of their
brethren ten,
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests
That were in company with him; so that it seems there were more than the two
mentioned, ( Ezra 8:2 ) , very probably their families, or
some of their brethren, were with them:
Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them;
these men named were Levites, and not priests, ( Ezra
8:18 Ezra 8:19 ) and therefore the copulative
"and" must be supplied:
and Sherebiah
or with the twelve priests, Sherebiah, &c. and ten Levites more with them;
so that the number of priests and Levites were equal, and in all twenty four.
Ezra
8:25 and weighed out
to them the silver, the gold, and the articles, the offering for the house of
our God which the king and his counselors and his princes, and all Israel who
were present, had offered.
YLT and I weigh to them the
silver, and the gold, and the vessels, a heave-offering of the house of our
God, that the king, and his counsellors, and his heads, and all Israel -- those
present -- lifted up;
And I weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels
When he delivered them to them; this he did as a proof of his own integrity and
faithfulness, and as a security against any charge or accusation of embezzling
any part of them, and to set them an example, and also that they might be under
no temptation of acting such a part, and might be vindicated should they be
charged with it: even
the offering of the house of our God;
what was freely offered for the service of it:
which the king and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel
there present, had offered;
as freewill offerings, see ( Ezra
7:15 Ezra 7:16 ) .
Ezra
8:26 I
weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, silver
articles weighing one hundred talents, one hundred talents of gold,
YLT and I weigh to their
hand, of silver, talents six hundred and fifty, and of vessels of silver a
hundred talents, of gold a hundred talents,
I even weighed unto their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver
Which, according to Scheuchzer F1
amount to 975,000 imperials, and, of our money, 2,229,450 pounds sterling: and
silver vessels one hundred talents; which came to 35,300 pounds, or 50,000
imperials; according to Jarchi, there were one hundred vessels, and every
vessel weighed a talent, and so Aben Ezra, which, with Brerewood {b}, was three
hundred and seventy five pounds:
and of gold one hundred talents;
which, according to Scheuchzer F3,
were equal to 1,222,000 ducats of gold; the value of gold now is above 14 and a
3d to the value of silver, by which may be judged the difference between one
hundred talents of gold and one hundred talents of silver; according to David
de Pomis F4,
there were two sorts of talents; common talents, which weighed sixty pounds,
and the talent of the sanctuary, which weighed double to that.
FOOTNOTES:
F1 Physica Sacra, vol. 4. p. 651.
F2 De Pond. & Pret. Vet. Num. c. 4.
F3 Ut supra. (Physica Sacra, vol. 4. p. 651.)
F4 Tzemach David, fol. 57. 3.
Ezra
8:27 twenty
gold basins worth a thousand drachmas, and two vessels of fine polished
bronze, precious as gold.
YLT and basins of gold
twenty, of a thousand drams, and two vessels of good shining brass, desirable
as gold.
Also twenty basins of gold, of a thousand drams
Which were upwards of 1000 pounds of our money; for Bishop Cumberland says {e},
the Persian "daric", "drachma", or "drachm",
weighed twenty shillings and four pence; and, according to Dr. Bernard, it
exceeded one of our guineas by two grains, (See Gill on 1 Chronicles 29:7)
and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold;
which perhaps is the same with the Indian or Persian brass Aristotle F6
speaks of, which is so bright and pure, and free from rust, that it cannot be
known by its colour from gold, and that there are among the cups of Darius such
as cannot be discerned whether they are brass or gold but by the smell: the
Syriac version interprets it by Corinthian brass, which was a mixture of gold,
silver, and copper, made when Corinth was burnt, and which is exceeding
valuable; of which Pliny F7
makes three sorts, very precious, and of which he says, it is in value next to,
and even before silver, and almost before gold; but this sort of brass was not
as yet in being: Kimchi F8
interprets the word here of its colour, being next to the colour of gold.
FOOTNOTES:
F5 Scripture Weights and Measures, ch. 4. p. 115.
F6 De Mirabilibus, p. 704, vol. 1.
F7 Nat. Hist. l. 34. c. 1, 2.
F8 Sepher Shorash. rad. (bhu)
.
Ezra
8:28 And
I said to them, “You are holy to the Lord; the articles are
holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the Lord God of your
fathers.
YLT And I say unto them, `Ye
[are] holy to Jehovah, and the vessels [are] holy, and the silver and the gold
[are] a willing-offering to Jehovah, God of your fathers;
And I said unto them, ye are holy unto the Lord, the vessels are
holy also
As they were dedicated and set apart to holy service, so the vessels were
sacred to holy uses, and therefore not to be converted to any other:
and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord
God of your fathers:
and therefore not to be made use of but in his service.
Ezra
8:29 Watch
and keep them until you weigh them before the leaders of the
priests and the Levites and heads of the fathers’ houses of Israel in
Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord.”
YLT watch, and keep, till ye
weigh before the heads of the priests, and of the Levites, and the heads of the
fathers of Israel, in Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah.'
Watch ye, and keep them
The vessels, the gold, and the silver, that they be not hurt and diminished:
until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the
Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel at Jerusalem, in the chambers of
the house of the Lord:
that is, until they had delivered them in full weight, as they had received
them, in the presence of those persons as witnesses, and into their hands, in
order to be laid up in the chambers and treasuries of the temple.
Ezra
8:30 So
the priests and the Levites received the silver and the gold and the articles
by weight, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.
YLT And the priests and the
Levites took the weight of the silver, and of the gold, and of the vessels, to
bring to Jerusalem to the house of our God.
So took the priests and the Levites
The twelve priests and twelve Levites, mentioned in ( Ezra
8:24 ) ,
the weight of the silver and the gold, and the vessels, to bring
them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God;
this they undertook to do, and did.
Ezra
8:31 Then
we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first
month, to go to Jerusalem. And the hand of our God was upon us, and He
delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambush along the road.
YLT And we journey from the
river Ahava, on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem, and the
hand of our God hath been upon us, and He delivereth us from the hand of the
enemy and the lier in wait by the way;
Then we departed from the river of Ahava, on the twelfth day of
the first month, to go unto Jerusalem
The month Nisan, answering to part of March and part of April; this was two
days before the passover began:
and the hand of our God was upon us;
guiding, directing, and protecting them by his providence:
and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay
in wait by the way;
either by intimidating them, that they dared not attack them, or by directing
them to take a different road, whereby they escaped them, see ( Ezra
8:22 ) .
Ezra
8:32 So
we came to Jerusalem, and stayed there three days.
YLT and we come in to
Jerusalem, and dwell there three days.
And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
Before they went about any business, delivered what was committed to them for
the use of the temple, and the commissions to the king's officers; as it was
but proper they should have some rest after such a fatiguing journey.
Ezra
8:33 Now
on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the articles were weighed in the
house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest, and with
him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; with them were the Levites,
Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui,
YLT And on the fourth day
hath been weighed the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, in the house of
our God, unto the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah the priest, and with him
Eleazar son of Phinehas, and with them Jozabad son of Jeshua, and Noadiah son
of Binnui, the Levites:
Now on the fourth day
After their arrival at Jerusalem:
was the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, weighed in the
house of our God;
the temple, that it might be seen and known that the exact weight which had
been deposited with them was now faithfully delivered:
this was done by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest,
and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas;
these were priests:
and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son
of Binnui, Levites;
two priests and two Levites; for since there were of both that were charged
with the above things, it was proper there should be some of both, when
weighed, that they might be witnesses of their fidelity.
Ezra
8:34 with
the number and weight of everything. All the weight was written down at
that time.
YLT by number, by weight of
every one, and all the weight is written at that time.
By number and by weight of everyone
They were delivered in by tale and weight, which exactly agreed to the number
and weight in which they received them:
and all the weight was written at that time;
an account was taken in writing, and laid up, that it might not only be known
hereafter what freewill offerings had been made in Babylon, but that it might
be a voucher for the fidelity and integrity of those that brought them, should
it ever be called in question.
Ezra
8:35 The
children of those who had been carried away captive, who had come from the
captivity, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all
Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats as a
sin offering. All this was a burnt offering to the Lord.
YLT Those coming in of the
captives -- sons of the removal -- have brought near burnt-offerings to the God
of Israel, bullocks twelve, for all Israel, rams ninety and six, lambs seventy
and seven, young he-goats for a sin-offering twelve -- the whole a
burnt-offering to Jehovah;
Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were
come out of the captivity
Namely, those that now came along with Ezra:
offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel;
by way of thankfulness for their deliverance from captivity, and for their safe
journey:
twelve bullocks for all Israel:
according to the number of the tribes; and there might be some of every tribe
that now came up:
ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs;
these and the bullocks were burnt offerings:
twelve he goats for a sin offering;
according to the number of the twelve tribes, also to make atonement for sins
they had been guilty of:
all this was a burnt offering unto the Lord;
excepting the twelve he goats, which were a sin offering.
Ezra
8:36 And
they delivered the king’s orders to the king’s satraps and the governors in
the region beyond the River. So they gave support to the people and the
house of God.
YLT and they give the laws
of the king to the lieutenants of the king and the governors beyond the river,
and they have lifted up the people and the house of God.
And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's
lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river
The governors of the provinces of Syria, Palestine, and Judea, which were on
that side of Euphrates the land of Israel was:
and they furthered the people, and the house of God;
or "lifted them up" F9,
eased them of all burdens, and freed them from all impediments, and assisted
them and furnished them with everything, as the decree of Artaxerxes enjoined
them; and provided everything as they required for ornamenting the temple, and
for the sacrifices of it; all which is to be understood of the king's
lieutenants and governors, who obeyed his commands.
FOOTNOTES:
F9 (wavnw)
"elevaverunt", V. L. Piscator; "exaltaverunt", Pagninus,
Montanus, Vatablus; "sublevarunt", Junius & Tremellius.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》
New
King James Version (NKJV)
a.
Ezra 8:5 Following
Masoretic Text and Vulgate; Septuagint reads the sons of Zatho, Shechaniah.
b.
Ezra 8:10
Following Masoretic Text and Vulgate; Septuagint reads the sons of Banni,
Shelomith.
c.Ezra 8:17
Following Vulgate; Masoretic Text reads to Iddo his brother; Septuagint
reads to their brethren.