Ezra 8:19

. See Gill on "Ezra 7:3". Ezra 8:7 Ver. 7. See Gill on "Ezra 7:3". Ezra 8:8 Ver. 8. See Gill on "Ezra 7:3". Ezra 8:9 Ver. 9. See Gill on "Ezra 7:3". Ezra 8:10 Ver. 10. See Gill on "Ezra 7:3". Ezra 8:11 Ver. 11. See Gill on "Ezra 7:3". Ezra 8:12 Ver. 12. See Gill on "Ezra 7:3". Ezra 8:13 Ver. 13. See Gill on "Ezra 7:3". Ezra 8:14 Ver. 14. See Gill on "Ezra 7:3". Ezra 8:15 . See Gill on "Ezra 10:19". Ezra 10:24 Ver. 24. See Gill on "Ezra 10:19". Ezra 10:25 Ver. 25. See Gill on "Ezra 10:19". Ezra 10:26 Ver. 26. See Gill on "Ezra 10:19". Ezra 10:27 Ver. 27. See Gill on "Ezra 10:19". Ezra 10:28 Ver. 28. See Gill on "Ezra 10:19". Ezra 10:29 Ver. 29. See Gill on "Ezra 10:19". Ezra 10:30 Ver. 30. See Gill on "Ezra 10:19". Ezra 10:31 Ver. 31. See Gill on "Ezra 10:19". . See Gill on "Nehemiah 7:6". Nehemiah 7:15 Ver. 15. See Gill on "Nehemiah 7:6". Nehemiah 7:16 Ver. 16. See Gill on "Nehemiah 7:6". Nehemiah 7:17 Ver. 17. See Gill on "Nehemiah 7:6". Nehemiah 7:18 Ver. 18. See Gill on "Nehemiah 7:6". Nehemiah 7:19 Ver. 19. See Gill on "Nehemiah 7:6". Nehemiah 7:20 Ver. 20. See Gill on "Nehemiah 7:6". Nehemiah 7:21 Ver. 21. See Gill on "Nehemiah 7:6". Nehemiah 7:22 Ver. 22. See Gill on "Nehemiah 7:6". . See Gill on "Nehemiah 7:6". Nehemiah 7:50 Ver. 50. See Gill on "Nehemiah 7:6". Nehemiah 7:51 Ver. 51. See Gill on "Nehemiah 7:6". Nehemiah 7:52 Ver. 52. See Gill on "Nehemiah 7:6". Nehemiah 7:53 Ver. 53. See Gill on "Nehemiah 7:6". Nehemiah 7:54 Ver. 54. See Gill on "Nehemiah 7:6". Nehemiah 7:55 Ver. 55. See Gill on "Nehemiah 7:6". Nehemiah 7:56 Ver. 56. See Gill on "Nehemiah 7:6". Nehemiah 7:57 Ver. 57. See Gill on "Nehemiah 7:6". Nehemiah 7:58

16-20. then sent I for Eliezer … with commandment unto Iddo the chief—Ezra sent this deputation, either by virtue of authority which by his priestly character he had over the Levites, or of the royal commission with which he was invested. The deputation was despatched to Iddo, who was a prince or chief of the Nethinims—for the Persian government allowed the Hebrews during their exile to retain their ecclesiastical government by their own chiefs, as well as to enjoy the privilege of free worship. Iddo's influence procured and brought to the camp at Ahava thirty-eight Levites, and two hundred twenty Nethinims, the descendants of the Gibeonites, who performed the servile duties of the temple.

The delegates sent to Iddo succeeded, through the gracious assistance of God (אל בּיד, see Ezra 7:6 ), in inducing forty Levites, and two hundred and twenty Nethinim, by means of Iddo's influence, to join their fellow-countrymen in their journey to Jerusalem. They brought to us ... לנוּ and עלינוּ refer to Ezra and his fellow-travellers. שׂכל אישׁ, a man of understanding, seems to be a proper name, being joined to Sherebiah, the name following, by a ו copulative. He was one of the descendants of Mahli, the son, i.e., grandson, of Levi the son of Israel, i.e., Jacob: comp. Exodus 6:16 , Exodus 6:19 ; 1 Chronicles 6:4 . Sherebiah occurs again in Ezra 8:24 , and Nehemiah 8:7 ; Nehemiah 9:4 , etc., Ezra 10:13 ; Ezra 12:24 . The Levite Hashabiah, Ezra 10:19 , is also named again, Ezra 8:24 , Nehemiah 10:2 , and Nehemiah 12:24 , while the name of the Levite Jeshaiah, on the contrary, is not again met with in the books of either Ezra or Nehemiah.

The delegates sent to Iddo succeeded, through the gracious assistance of God (אל בּיד, see Ezra 7:6 ), in inducing forty Levites, and two hundred and twenty Nethinim, by means of Iddo's influence, to join their fellow-countrymen in their journey to Jerusalem. They brought to us ... לנוּ and עלינוּ refer to Ezra and his fellow-travellers. שׂכל אישׁ, a man of understanding, seems to be a proper name, being joined to Sherebiah, the name following, by a ו copulative. He was one of the descendants of Mahli, the son, i.e., grandson, of Levi the son of Israel, i.e., Jacob: comp. Exodus 6:16 , Exodus 6:19 ; 1 Chronicles 6:4 . Sherebiah occurs again in Ezra 8:24 , and Nehemiah 8:7 ; Nehemiah 9:4 , etc., Ezra 10:13 ; Ezra 12:24 . The Levite Hashabiah, Ezra 10:19 , is also named again, Ezra 8:24 , Nehemiah 10:2 , and Nehemiah 12:24 , while the name of the Levite Jeshaiah, on the contrary, is not again met with in the books of either Ezra or Nehemiah.

Verse 7. - They made proclamation. Literally, "they made to pass a voice" ( παρήνεγ καν φωνήν - LXX.). They sent criers to make the matter known. To all the children of the captivity . i.e. to all those who, having returned from the captivity, were now in the land. The expression is a favourite one with Ezra (see Ezra 2:1 ; Ezra 4:1 ; Ezra 6:16, 19 ; Ezra 8:35 , etc.). Ezra 10:7