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**seventh month.** Tisri. See App-51 .
**children** = sons.
**of Israel.** See note on [Ezra 2:2](../../../kjv/ezra/2/2) , and [1 Kings 12:17](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/17) .
**the cities.** Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read "their cities".
**to** = in. Therefore this was *after* [Nehemiah 7:1-4](../../../kjv/nehemiah/7/1-4) .

**Jeshua** . The high priest. Spelled Joshua in [Haggai 1:1](../../../kjv/haggai/1/1) ; [Haggai 2:2](../../../kjv/haggai/2/2) .[Zechariah 3:1](../../../kjv/zechariah/3/1) .
**Jozadak.** The son of Seraiah ([1 Chronicles 6:14](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/14) , [1 Chronicles 6:15](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/15) ). But Ezra was the son of Seraiah ([Ezra 7:1](../../../kjv/ezra/7/1) ). Therefore Ezra was brother to Jozadak and uncle to Joshua the high priest.
**Zerubbabel.** Compare [Matthew 1:12](../../../kjv/matthew/1/12) .[Luke 3:27](../../../kjv/luke/3/27) , called Zorobabel.
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* (with Art.) = the [true] God. App-4 .
**offer** = offer up. Hebrew. *'alah* . App-43 .
**written in the law of Moses.** See note on [Exodus 17:14](../../../kjv/exodus/17/14) , and App-47 .
**the man Of God** (with Art.) = the [true] God. See note on [Deuteronomy 33:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/33/1) ; and App-49 .

**people** = peoples.
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .

**kept, &c.** As recorded also in the parallel passage ([Nehemiah 8:1-18](../../../kjv/nehemiah/8/1-18) ).
**as it is written.** See [Leviticus 23:34-43](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/34-43) .[Deuteronomy 16:13-15](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/16/13-15) , and compare [1 Kings 8:2](../../../kjv/1-kings/8/2) , [1 Kings 8:65](../../../kjv/1-kings/8/65) .

**and.** Note the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton* ( App-6 ), to emphasize each detail.
**carpenters** = artificers.
**bring cedar trees.** Compare [1 Kings 5:6](../../../kjv/1-kings/5/6) . 2Ch 2:8 , [2 Chronicles 2:10](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/2/10) .
**Joppa.** Compare [Joshua 19:46](../../../kjv/joshua/19/46) . [Acts 9:35](../../../kjv/acts/9/35) , [3 John 1:3](../../../kjv/3-john/1/3); [3 John 1:3](../../../kjv/3-john/1/3) .
**grant.** Occurs only here.
**Of** = from. Genitive of Origin. See App-17 .

**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* (with Art.) the [true] God. App-4 . set forward = oversee.

**Judah:** or Hodaviah, as in [Ezra 2:40](../../../kjv/ezra/2/40) .

**they set the priests:** or, the priests took their stand.
**cymbals.** Hebrew mziltayim. Dual form, meaning two metal discs struck together, making a clashing sound. Not *zilzilim,* which = timbrels, but is translated cymbals in [2 Samuel 6:5](../../../kjv/2-samuel/6/5) and [Psalms 150:5](../../../kjv/psalms/150/5) , from the rustling sound. See note on [1 Chronicles 13:8](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/13/8) .

**mercy** = lovingkindness, or grace.
**shouted with a great shout.** Figure of speech *Polyptoton.* App-6 .

**chief** = heads.
**who were.** Some codices, with one early printed edition and "Vulgate, read "and the".
**shouted aloud for joy.** Thus fulfilling [Jeremiah 33:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/33/10) , [Jeremiah 33:11](../../../kjv/jeremiah/33/11) .

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