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Ezra 8:21-36
The Pulpit Commentary on Ezra 8:21-36
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The Pulpit Commentary on Ezra 8:15-31Ezra 8:15-31 · The Pulpit CommentaryDETAILS OF EZRA'S JOURNEY FROM BABYLON TO JERUSALEM (Ezra 8:15-31). We gather from scattered statements in this passage— 1. That Ezra, with his companions, after a journey of nine days' duration, reached Ahava from Baby…Matthew Henry on Ezra 8:21-23Ezra 8:21-23 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryEzra procured Levites to go with him; but what will that avail, unless he have God with him? Those who seek God, are safe under the shadow of his wings, even in their greatest dangers; but those who forsake him, are alw…Ezra's Fast. (b. c. 457.)Ezra 8:21-23 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleEZRA'S FAST. (B. C. 457.) Ezra has procured Levites to go along with him; but what will that avail, unless he have God with him? That is therefore his chief care. In all our ways we must acknowledge God, and in those pa…The Pulpit Commentary on Ezra 8:21-30Ezra 8:21-30 · The Pulpit CommentaryBefore starting. Ezra's body of travellers now duly assembled and organised, what else was required? On the one hand, they were in a condition of much danger. Without being very numerous, they were numerous enough to be…The Pulpit Commentary on Ezra 8:21-23Ezra 8:21-23 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe fast at the Ahava. The halt on the banks of the Ahava lasted three days. Ezra lost no time. He viewed his company, and finding no Levites, organised a mission to induce some of them to join him. To the credit of the…The Pulpit Commentary on Ezra 8:21-23Ezra 8:21-23 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe spiritual and secular aids of life. I. THE SPIRITUAL NEEDING THE AID OF THE SECULAR. "To require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way" (Ezra 8:22). Ezra was about to co…
commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezra 8:15-31DETAILS OF EZRA'S JOURNEY FROM BABYLON TO JERUSALEM (Ezra 8:15-31). We gather from scattered statements in this passage— 1. That Ezra, with his companions, after a journey of nine days' duration, reached Ahava from Baby…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Ezra 8:21-23Ezra procured Levites to go with him; but what will that avail, unless he have God with him? Those who seek God, are safe under the shadow of his wings, even in their greatest dangers; but those who forsake him, are alw…Matthew HenrycommentaryEzra's Fast. (b. c. 457.)EZRA'S FAST. (B. C. 457.) Ezra has procured Levites to go along with him; but what will that avail, unless he have God with him? That is therefore his chief care. In all our ways we must acknowledge God, and in those pa…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezra 8:21Then I proclaimed a fast there. The fight of the civil ruler to "proclaim a fast" was unquestioned among the Jews and Israelites. Jezebel proclaimed one in Ahab's name when she wished to impress the Jezreelites with the…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezra 8:21-23The fast at the Ahava. The halt on the banks of the Ahava lasted three days. Ezra lost no time. He viewed his company, and finding no Levites, organised a mission to induce some of them to join him. To the credit of the…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezra 8:21-23The spiritual and secular aids of life. I. THE SPIRITUAL NEEDING THE AID OF THE SECULAR. "To require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way" (Ezra 8:22). Ezra was about to co…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezra 8:21-30Before starting. Ezra's body of travellers now duly assembled and organised, what else was required? On the one hand, they were in a condition of much danger. Without being very numerous, they were numerous enough to be…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezra 8:22I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers. Before he apprehended danger Ezra had boasted to Artaxerxes of the power and goodness of God, and had spoken of himself and his brethren as assured of the Divine…Joseph S. Exell and contributors