Ezra 9:23

23 . for this ] either prayed for this favour, or as in Ezra 9:15 , ‘because of this’, i.e. on the ground of this mingled faith and self-abasement. and he was intreated of us ] This phrase occurs also in Genesis 25:21 ; 2 Samuel 21:14 ; 2 Samuel 24:25 ; 2 Chronicles 33:13 . Ezra 8:23

Ezra 3:2 , Jeshua—his brethren the priests.) appointed the Levites ] The word ‘appointed’, lit. ‘to cause to stand’, is one very common in our author. Used of a building ‘to set up’, Ezra 2:68 , Ezra 3:3 , Ezra 9:9 ; Nehemiah 3:1 ; Nehemiah 3:3 ; Nehemiah 3:6 ; Nehemiah 3:13 ; Nehemiah 6:1 ; Nehemiah 7:1 ; of persons ‘to appoint’, ‘set over’, Ezra 3:9 , Nehemiah 4:13 ; Nehemiah 6:7 ; 1 Chronicles 6:31 ; 1 Chronicles 15:17 . from twenty years old and upward ] The limits of age for the Levite laid down in Numbers 8:24-25 excluded from service those younger than 25 and older than 50. The religious reorganization under David required the services of the Levite ‘from twenty years old and upward’; so 1 Chronicles 23:24 ; 1 Chronicles 23:27 . The small number of Levites available made it all the more important to lower the standard of age. (For modification of original legislation see also on Ezra 6:20 .) to set forward the work ] R.V. ‘to have the oversight of’ , (Marg.) ‘ set forward ’. A rare word used in Ezra and 1 Chronicles 23:4 . Elsewhere it occurs only as a participle in titles to Psalms and in Habakkuk 3:19 ‘for the Chief Musician.’ The Latin version ‘ut urgerent opus’ has suggested the rendering of the A.V. But the sense, suggested by the participial title ‘the Chief Musician, Conductor or Director’, is that of superintendence and direction.

This word is rendered "governors" in Daniel 2:48 (see the note at that place), and in Daniel 3:3, Daniel 3:27; Daniel 6:7. It does not elsewhere occur. The Hebrew word corresponding to this - סגנים segânı̂ym - occurs frequently, and is rendered "rulers" in every place except Isaiah 41:25, where it is rendered "princes:" Ezra 9:2; Nehemiah 2:16; Nehemiah 4:14 (7); Nehemiah 5:7, Nehemiah 5:17; Nehemiah 7:5; Jeremiah 51:23, Jeremiah 51:28, Jeremiah 51:57; Ezekiel 23:6, Ezekiel 23:12, Ezekiel 23:23, et al. The office was evidently one that was inferior to that of the "satrap," or governor of a whole province. And the captains - פחותא pachăvâtâ'. This word, wherever it occurs in Daniel, is rendered "captains," Daniel 3:2-3, Daniel 3:27; Daniel 6:7; wherever else it occurs it is rendered governor, Ezra 5:3, Ezra 5:6, Ezra 5:14; Ezra 6:6-7, Ezra 6:13. The Hebrew word corresponding to this (פחה pechâh) occurs frequently, and is also rendered indifferently, "governor" or "captain:" 1 Kings 10:15; 2 Chronicles 9:14; Ezra 8:36; 1 Kings 20:24; Jeremiah 51:23, Jeremiah 51:28, Jeremiah 51:57, et al. It refers to the governor of a province less than satrapy, and is applied to officers in the Assyrian empire, 2 Kings 18:24; Isaiah 36:9; in the Chaldean, Ezekiel 23:6, Ezekiel 23:23; Jeremiah 51:23; and in the Persian, Esther 8:9; Esther 9:3. The word "captains" does not now very accurately express the sense.

Verse 23. - None of the names in this or the following verse assists as yet in throwing any light upon the questions that arise in this fragment of genealogy. Lord A. C. Hervey would identify Hodaiah (ver. 24) with Abiud ( Matthew 1:13 ) and with Juda ( Luke 3:26 ), and quotes, for very just confirmation of the possibility so far as the mere names are concerned, Ezra 3:9 ; Nehemiah 11:9 ; compared with Ezra 2:40 ; 1 Chronicles 9:7 . His investigations on the comparison of the genealogies of this chapter with those of Matthew 1:9 and Luke 3:9 , are well worthy of attention, and may be found in his work above referred to, and in his articles of Smith's 'Bible Dictionary.' 1 Chronicles 3:23

On the anacoluthistic connection of Ezra 4:11. פּרשׁגן, Ezra 4:11, Ezra 4:23; Ezra 5:6; Ezra 7:11, and frequently in the Targums and the Syriac, written פּתשׁגן Esther 3:14 and Esther 4:8, is derived from the Zendish paiti (Sanscr. prati) and enghana (in Old-Persian thanhana), and signifies properly a counterword, i.e., counterpart, copy. The form with ר is either a corruption, or formed from a compound with fra; comp. Gildemeister in the Zeitschr. fr die Kunde des Morgenl. iv. p. 210, and Haug in Ewald's bibl. Jahrb. v. p. 163, etc. - The copy of the letter begins with עבדּיך, thy servants, the men, etc. The Chethib עבדיך is the original form, shortened in the Keri into עבדּך. Both forms occur elsewhere; comp. Daniel 2:29; Daniel 3:12, and other passages. The וכענת, etc., here stands for the full enumeration of the writers already given in Ezra 4:9, and also for the customary form of salutation.

On the anacoluthistic connection of Ezra 4:11. פּרשׁגן, Ezra 4:11, Ezra 4:23; Ezra 5:6; Ezra 7:11, and frequently in the Targums and the Syriac, written פּתשׁגן Esther 3:14 and Esther 4:8, is derived from the Zendish paiti (Sanscr. prati) and enghana (in Old-Persian thanhana), and signifies properly a counterword, i.e., counterpart, copy. The form with ר is either a corruption, or formed from a compound with fra; comp. Gildemeister in the Zeitschr. fr die Kunde des Morgenl. iv. p. 210, and Haug in Ewald's bibl. Jahrb. v. p. 163, etc. - The copy of the letter begins with עבדּיך, thy servants, the men, etc. The Chethib עבדיך is the original form, shortened in the Keri into עבדּך. Both forms occur elsewhere; comp. Daniel 2:29; Daniel 3:12, and other passages. The וכענת, etc., here stands for the full enumeration of the writers already given in Ezra 4:9, and also for the customary form of salutation.

(2.) Because, it is the duty of the civil Magistrate being born within the church, to take care that Peace and Unity be preserved and kept in the Church: that the Truth  and  Word of GOD,  be entirely, and soundly Preached and obeyed: that blasphemies and heresies be kept under and suppressed; that all corruptions in Worship and Discipline be reformed: that all GODS Ordinances be lawfully established, administered, and preserved. And if it should happen, that both Church and State Judicaturies, should make an universal defection from the purity of doctrine and worship received and acknowledged, it is the duty of a godly King, by virtue of his Regal Power, and Authority, to set about a work of Reformation, and to call and command all ranks of People to return to the true Worship and Service of GOD; Isa. 45. 23. Psalm 122. 7, 8, 9. Ezra 7. 23, 25, 26, 27, 28. Levit. 24. 16. Deut. 13. 5, 6, 12. 1 Chron. 13. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 2 Kings 23. from the first verse to the 26. (3.) From the example of Constantine, that did convocate the first Nicene council: From Thedosius the elder, that did call the first council of Constantinople: From Theodosius the younger, that did call the first council at Ephesus: From Martianus, that did call the Chalcedon council. ## Quest. IV.  May all Synods or Councils since the Apostles days err? And have not many actually erred?

Heb. xii. 28. John iv. 21. [Am. ed. inserts in.] iii. 7; Acts x. 2. Matt. vi. 11; [Am. ed. Josh. xxiv. 15]. Matt. vi. 6; Eph. vi. 18. xiii. 42; Luke iv. 16; Acts ii. 42. John iv. 21. iii. 7; Acts x. 2. Matt. vi. 11; [Am. ed. Josh. xxiv. 15]. Matt. vi. 6; Eph. vi. 18. xiii. 42; Luke iv. 16; Acts ii. 42. Rev. i. 10. Rev. i. 10. Isa. lviii. 13; Matt. xii. 1-13. Isa. lviii. 13; Matt. xii. 1-13. Deut. x. 20. Deut. x. 20. Deut. vi. 13. Exod. xx. 7; Jer. v. 7; Matt. v. 34, 37; James v. 12. Heb. vi. 16; 2 Cor. i. 23; Isa. lxv. 16. 1 Kings viii. 31; Neh. xiii. 25; Ezra x. 25. Deut. vi. 13. Exod. xx. 7; Jer. v. 7; Matt. v. 34, 37; James v. 12. Heb. vi. 16; 2 Cor. i. 23; Isa. lxv. 16. 1 Kings viii. 31; Neh. xiii. 25; Ezra x. 25. Exod. xx. 7; Jer. iv. 2. Numb. v. 19, 21; Neh. v. 12; Exod. xxii. 7-11. Exod. xx. 7; Jer. iv. 2. Numb. v. 19, 21; Neh. v. 12; Exod. xxii. 7-11. Jer. iv. 2; Psa. xxiv. 4. Jer. iv. 2; Psa. xxiv. 4. [Am. ed. omits the.] [Am. ed. has respects.] [Am. ed. has occasions.] 2 Chron. xxvi. 18 with Matt. xviii. 17 and xvi. 19; 1 Cor. xii. Isa. xlix. 23; Psa. cxxii. 9; Ezra vii. 23-28; Lev. xxiv. 16; 2 Chron. xix. 8-11; chaps. xxix. and xxx.; Matt. ii. 4, 5. 2 Chron. xxvi. 18 with Matt. xviii. 17 and xvi. 19; 1 Cor. xii. Isa. xlix. 23; Psa. cxxii. 9; Ezra vii. 23-28; Lev. xxiv. 16; 2 Chron. xix. 8-11; chaps. xxix. and xxx.; Matt. ii. 4, 5. [Am. ed. reads of the people.] Rom. xiii. 5; Tit. i. 3. Rom. xiii. 5; Tit. i. 3. Gen. ii. 24; Matt. xix. 5, 6; Prov. ii. 17; [Am. ed. 1 Cor. vii.