Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God,.... Departed from thence:and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib; who was of the family of the high priest. Eliashib was grandson of Joshua the high priest, and succeeded his father Joiakim as such; but though Johanan was never high priest, being a younger son, however he was a person of note, and had a chamber in the temple, whither Ezra went, either to advise with the princes and elders in it, Ezr 10:8 or to refresh himself with food:and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water; or rather "not yet had he ate bread" , as some render it; that is, not till he came thither, from the time he first heard of the evil the people had committed; which very probably was early in the morning, and it was now evening:for he mourned for the transgression of them that had been carried away; into captivity, but were now returned from it, and it grieved him the more, that, after such kindness shown them, they should be guilty of such an evil.
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Ezra 10:6
Ezra 10:6
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when the iron was hot, and soon set the wheels of reformation a-going.…Ezra 10:6Ezra 10:6 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgethe chamber: Nehemiah 13:5
Johanan: Nehemiah 3:1, Nehemiah 3:20, Nehemiah 12:10, Nehemiah 12:22, Nehemiah 13:28
he did eat: Deuteronomy 9:18; Job 23:12; John 4:31-34
he mourned: Ezra 9:4; Isaiah 22:12; Daniel 9:3
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