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**when Ezra had prayed.** Note the change to the third person. This does not imply another authorship. Such changes are common. Compare [Isaiah 6:5-8](../../../kjv/isaiah/6/5-8) ; [Isaiah 7:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/7/3) ; [Isaiah 37:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/37/6) with other passages. Also [Jeremiah 20:1-6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/20/1-6) with [Ezra 10:7](../../../kjv/ezra/10/7) ; and [Jeremiah 21:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/21/1) with [Jeremiah 28:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/28/1) , [Jeremiah 28:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/28/5) .
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* (with Art.) = the [true] God. App-4 .
**Israel.** Compare [Ezra 1:5](../../../kjv/ezra/1/5) .[Ezra 2:2](../../../kjv/ezra/2/2) , [Ezra 2:59](../../../kjv/ezra/2/59) , [Ezra 2:70](../../../kjv/ezra/2/70) ; [Ezra 6:21](../../../kjv/ezra/6/21) ; [Ezra 7:10](../../../kjv/ezra/7/10) , [Ezra 7:13](../../../kjv/ezra/7/13) ; [Ezra 8:25](../../../kjv/ezra/8/25) ; [Ezra 9:1](../../../kjv/ezra/9/1) . See note on [1 Kings 12:17](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/17) .
**congregation** = assembly. Assembled 24th Tisri. Compare [Nehemiah 9:3](../../../kjv/nehemiah/9/3) .
**children** = little ones. Hebrew. *yeled.* Not the same word as in [Ezra 10:7](../../../kjv/ezra/10/7) .
**wept very sore.** Hebrew "wept a great weeping". Figure of speech *Polyptoton.* See note on [Genesis 26:28](../../../kjv/genesis/26/28) .

**the sons of Elam.** Compare [Ezra 10:26](../../../kjv/ezra/10/26) .
**answered and said.** A Hebrew idiom, by which the first verb "answered" must be rendered according to the context. Here = "confessed and said".
**trespassed** = acted treacherously. Hebrew. *ma'al* . App-44 .
**people** = peoples.
**in** = for.

**such as are born.** It does not appear that Shechaniah's proposal was carried out. Compare verses: [Ezra 10:11](../../../kjv/ezra/10/11) , [Ezra 10:14](../../../kjv/ezra/10/14) .
**counsel.** See [Psalms 33:11](../../../kjv/psalms/33/11) ; [Psalms 73:24](../../../kjv/psalms/73/24) ; [Psalms 106:13](../../../kjv/psalms/106/13) .[Proverbs 8:14](../../../kjv/proverbs/8/14) ; [Proverbs 19:21](../../../kjv/proverbs/19/21) .[Isaiah 46:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/46/10) , [Isaiah 46:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/46/11) .
**my LORD*** = Jehovah. One of the 134 places where *Jehovah* was altered by the *Sopherim* to *Adonay.* See App-32 and App-4 .
**tremble.** Compare [Ezra 9:4](../../../kjv/ezra/9/4) .
**according to the law.** See [Deuteronomy 24:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/24/1) , [Deuteronomy 24:2](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/24/2) .

**Arise.** It would seem that Ezra continued kneeling.

**the chief priests** = the princes of the priests. Compare [2 Chronicles 36:14](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/36/14) .
**the Levites.** Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "and the Levites".

**Then Ezra rose up.** In response to Shechaniah.
**Johanan.** The son of Eliashib, the high priest who succeeded Joiakim, the successor of Jeshua ([Nehemiah 12:10](../../../kjv/nehemiah/12/10) , [Nehemiah 12:23](../../../kjv/nehemiah/12/23) ).
**came thither.** According to Syriac and Arabic = "lodged (or spent the night) there".
**mourned.** Compare the first occurance of Hebrew ' *abal* . [Genesis 37:34](../../../kjv/genesis/37/34) .
**transgression** = unfaithfulness. Hebrew. *ma'al.* App-44 . Compare [Ezra 10:2](../../../kjv/ezra/10/2) ; [Ezra 10:10](../../../kjv/ezra/10/10) .

**children** = sons. Not. the same word as in [Ezra 10:1](../../../kjv/ezra/10/1) .
**captivity** = exile. As in verses: [Ezra 10:6](../../../kjv/ezra/10/6) , [Ezra 10:8](../../../kjv/ezra/10/8) , [Ezra 10:16](../../../kjv/ezra/10/16) ; [Ezra 1:11](../../../kjv/ezra/1/11) ; [Ezra 2:1](../../../kjv/ezra/2/1) ; [Ezra 4:1](../../../kjv/ezra/4/1) ; [Ezra 6:19](../../../kjv/ezra/6/19) , [Ezra 6:20](../../../kjv/ezra/6/20) , [Ezra 6:21](../../../kjv/ezra/6/21) ; [Ezra 8:35](../../../kjv/ezra/8/35) .

**forfeited** = devoted.
**carried away** = into captivity.

**Judah and Benjamin.** Yet spoken of as containing representatives of all Israel. See note on [Ezra 10:1](../../../kjv/ezra/10/1) .
**ninth month.** That is Chisleu (= Nov. -Dec), four months after Ezra's arrival ([Ezra 7:8](../../../kjv/ezra/7/8) ).
**street** = broad place.

**trespass.** Hebrew. *'ashah.* See note on [Ezra 9:6](../../../kjv/ezra/9/6) .

**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .

**As thou hast said** = according to thy words. Hebrew margin reads "word".

**a time of much rain** = the rainy season.
**transgressed** = rebelled. Hebrew. *pasha'.* App-44 .

**rulers** = princes.
**for.** Hebrew. *'ad =* "until", as in the previous clause. Translate and supply Figure of speech *Ellipsis* ( App-6 ) thus: "until the fierce wrath of our God be turned from us, until this matter [be carried out]".

**Only** = But, or. Nevertheless.
**Tikvah.** Compare [2 Kings 22:14](../../../kjv/2-kings/22/14) and 1Ch 34:22 .
**were employed, &c.** = superintended [the business].

**certain** = men. Hebrew. *'enosh.* App-14 .
**chief** = heads.

**the first day of the first month.** See note on [Genesis 8:13](../../../kjv/genesis/8/13) . Ezra's last date. The commission, therefore, sat for eighty-eight days.

**the sons Of Joshua.** Who had come up with Zerubbabel ([Ezra 2:2](../../../kjv/ezra/2/2) ). There were 973 priests of that house ([Ezra 2:36](../../../kjv/ezra/2/36) ). There were found guilty seventeen priests, ten Levites singers and sorters, and eighty-six lay people, making 118 in all.

**gave their hands.** Hebrew idiom for giving their word. Compare [2 Kings 10:15](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/15) .
**being guilty.** Compare [Leviticus 5:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/5/1) .
**a ram.** See [Leviticus 5:14-19](../../../kjv/leviticus/5/14-19) .

**Nethaneel.** Some codices, with five early printed editions, read "and Nethaneel".

**and Bamoth.** Hebrew text reads "Jeremoth". Margin reads "and Ramoth".

**of.** Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, have this word "of" in the text.

**strange** = foreign.
**Thus ends** the first part of this book "Ezra-Nehemiah"; not abruptly; as it is followed by the second part, which is concerned mainly with the rebuilding of the city and the walls, instead of with the Temple. The incidents recorded in [Nehemiah 1:1](../../../kjv/nehemiah/1/1) [Nehemiah 7:4](../../../kjv/nehemiah/7/4) had taken place before the first return under Zerubbabel, See the Structures and notes on pp 617, 618, and App-58 . Compare also [Nehemiah 7:4](../../../kjv/nehemiah/7/4) with [Haggai 1:1-4](../../../kjv/haggai/1/1-4) .

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