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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Ezra 7 In this chapter we have the lineage and character of Ezra described, Ezra 7:1, his expedition to Jerusalem, and of many others with him, Ezra 7:7, a copy of the commission King Artaxerxes gave him to execute, Ezra 7:11, and his thankfulness, Ezra 7:27.
John Gill
Unto one hundred talents of silver,.... Which amounted to 35,300 pounds sterling; these, according to Jarchi, were to buy the offerings or sacrifices with: and an hundred measures of wheat; or corn, the same measure with the homer, each of which held ten ephahs, or seventy five wine gallons, five pints, and upwards; these, according to the same writer, were for meat offerings, made of fine flour,...
Matthew Henry
Ezra's precious name saluted us, at first, in the title of the book, but in the history we have not met with it till this chapter introduces him into public action in another reign, that of Artaxerxes. Zerubbabel and Jeshua we will suppose, by this time, to have grown old, if not gone off; nor do we hear any more of Haggai and Zechariah; they have finished their testimony. What shall become of...