And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:Find — Procure, as that word is used, Genesis 6:8; 26:12 Psalm 84:3. Whatsoever thou canst get of my subjects by way of free gift.The people — Of Israel. read more
And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.The wisdom — Which God hath put into thy heart, and which appears in the works of thy hand. All that professed the Jewish religion, were to be under the jurisdiction of these judges. read more
And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.Let judgment — What could David himself, as king, have done more, for the honour of God, and the furtherance of religion? read more
Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:Blessed, … — Ezra cannot proceed in his story, without inserting this thankful acknowledgment of God's goodness to him and the people. read more
And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.As the hand, … — If God gives us his hand, we are bold and chearful: if he withdraws it, we are weak as water. Whatever service we are enabled to do for God and our generation, God must have all the glory of it. read more
SECTION SECOND. THE ACTS OF EZRA. CHAPS. 7-10. EZRA’S GOING UP TO JERUSALEM, Ezra 7:1-10. 1. After these things Fifty-seven years after the events narrated at the close of the last chapter. In the reign of Artaxerxes In the seventh year of his reign, as appears from Ezra 7:7-8. So that between the sixth year of Darius Hystaspes, with which the last chapter closed, (vi, 15,) and the present date, fall the last thirty years of Darius, (for he reigned thirty-six years,) and the whole of... read more
6. A ready scribe in the law of Moses Not merely skilled as a copyist, the lowest function of a scribe, but a man thoroughly versed in the history and meaning of the law. From the time of the exile the office of scribe obtained among the Jews a character and worth that it never had before. From being a sort of secretary to the king, (see note on 2 Samuel 8:17,) he now came to be a professional student and expounder of the sacred books. The age of Ezra was a time when the exiles would be... read more
7. There went up A list of the chief persons who accompanied Ezra to Jerusalem is given in Ezra 8:1-20. Singers… porters… Nethinim Comp. Ezra 2:41-43, and the passages there referred to. read more
8. The fifth month Ab, corresponding nearly with our August. read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ezra 7:14
Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;According, … — To make inquiry into all abuses and deviations from your law, and to redress them.Which — Which is now and always in thine hand, being the matter of thy daily study. read more