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Ezra 1
Ezra 1 — Overview
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Ezra 1 — OverviewEzra 1 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have, I. The proclamation which Cyrus, king of
Persia, issued out for the release of all the Jews that he found
captives in Babylon, and the building of their temple in Jerusalem,
ver. 1-4.…Ezra 1 — OverviewEzra 1 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis book, in the Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions, is called the "First" Book of Ezra, Nehemiah being reckoned the "second"; but with the Jews both were accounted but one book ; in the Syriac version, it is called the…Ezra 1:1-4Ezra 1:1-4 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIt will be proper for us here to consider, 1. What was the state of the
captive Jews in Babylon. It was upon many accounts very deplorable;
they were under the power of those that hated them, had nothing they…Ezra 1:1Ezra 1:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryIn the first year of Cyrus. The context shows that it is the first year of Cyrus at Babylon which is intended. Cyrus the Great became King of Persia by his final defeat and capture of Astyages, in b.c. 559 probably. His…Ezra 1:1Ezra 1:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe crisis.
The very first word of this book (literally "and," Keil, Wordsworth, etc.) has its importance. It shows the book to be an additional and continuous portion of that most important of all histories, the…Ezra 1:1Ezra 1:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe sovereignty of God.
Dualities are everywhere seen. Amongst these are things passive and active; things ruled over and things ruling. The mechanical heavens are active and rule the passive earth. In animated nature…