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Selected Verse: Ezra 3:9 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ezr 3:9 |
King James |
Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Jeshua with his sons--not the high priest, but a Levite (Ezr 2:40). To these, as probably distinguished for their mechanical skill and taste, the duty of acting as overseers was particularly committed. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Jeshua - See the marginal reference. Not the high priest, but the head of one of the two Levitical houses which had returned.
Together - The Hebrew phrase is very emphatic - "they stood up as one man." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Joshua - Not the high - priest so called, but a Levite, of whom see Ezr 2:40. To set forward - To encourage them to a vigorous prosecution of the work. |
40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four.
40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four.