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Verse	Translation	Text
Ezr 1:5	Strong Concordance	Then rose up [06965] the chief [07218] of the fathers [01] of Judah [03063] and Benjamin [01144], and the priests [03548], and the Levites [03881], with all them whose spirit [07307] God [0430] had raised [05782], to go up [05927] to build [01129] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] which is in Jerusalem [03389].
	King James	Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Then rose up the chief of the fathers, &c.--The paternal and ecclesiastical chiefs of the later captivity, those of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, with some also from other tribes (Ch1 9:3), who retained their attachment to the pure worship of God, naturally took the lead in this movement. Their example was followed by all whose piety and patriotism were strong enough to brave the various discouragements attending the enterprise. They were liberally assisted by multitudes of their captive countrymen, who, born in Babylonia or comfortably established in it by family connections or the possession of property, chose to remain. It seems that their Assyrian friends and neighbors, too, either from a favorable disposition toward the Jewish faith, or from imitation of the court policy, displayed hearty good will and great liberality in aiding and promoting the views of the emigrants.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Then rose up the chief of the fathers, &c.--The paternal and ecclesiastical chiefs of the later captivity, those of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, with some also from other tribes (Ch1 9:3), who retained their attachment to the pure worship of God, naturally took the lead in this movement. Their example was followed by all whose piety and patriotism were strong enough to brave the various discouragements attending the enterprise. They were liberally assisted by multitudes of their captive countrymen, who, born in Babylonia or comfortably established in it by family connections or the possession of property, chose to remain. It seems that their Assyrian friends and neighbors, too, either from a favorable disposition toward the Jewish faith, or from imitation of the court policy, displayed hearty good will and great liberality in aiding and promoting the views of the emigrants.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Only a portion of the Israelites took advantage of the permission of Cyrus. Many remained in Babylon, since they were disinclined to relinquish their property. They who returned were persons whom God had especially stirred up to make sacrifices for His glory.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
In consequence of this royal summons, the heads of the houses of Judah and Benjamin, of the priests and Levites, - in short, all whose spirit God stirred up, - rose to go up to build the house of God. The ל in לכל serves to comprise the remaining persons, and may therefore be rendered by, in short, or namely; comp. Ewald, 310, a. The relative sentence then depends upon כּל without אשׁר. The thought is: All the Jews were called upon to return, but those only obeyed the call whom God made willing to build the temple at Jerusalem, i.e., whom the religious craving of their hearts impelled thereto. For, as Josephus says, Antt. xi. 1: πολλοὶ κατέμειναν ἐν τῇ Βαβυλῶνι τὰ κτήματα καταλιπεῖν οὐ θέλοντες. Ezr 1:6 All their surrounders assisted them with gifts. The surrounders are the people of the places where Jews were making preparations for returning; chiefly, therefore, their heathen neighbours (Ezr 1:4), but also those Jews who remained in Babylon. חזּקוּ בידיהם is not identical in meaning with יד חזּק, to strengthen, e.g., Jer 23:14; Neh 2:18; but with החזיק בּיד, the Piel here standing instead of the elsewhere usual Hiphil: to grasp by the hand, i.e., to assist; comp. Lev 25:34. על לבד, separated to, besides; elsewhere joined with מן, Exo 12:37, etc. התנדּב connected with כּל without אשׁר, as the verbum fin. in Ezr 1:5, Ch1 29:3, and elsewhere. האלהים לבית must, according to Ezr 1:4, be supplied mentally; comp. Ezr 2:68; Ezr 3:5; Ch1 29:9, Ch1 29:17.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Then rose up, &c. - These being a new generation, went out like their father Abraham, from this land of the Chaldees, not knowing whither they went.

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³ And in Jerusalem [03389] dwelt [03427] of the children [01121] of Judah [03063], and of the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144], and of the children [01121] of Ephraim [0669], and Manasseh [04519];

¹⁷ I know [03045] also, my God [0430], that thou triest [0974] the heart [03824], and hast pleasure [07521] in uprightness [03476]. As for me, in the uprightness [04339] of mine heart [03824] I have willingly offered [05068] all these things: and now have I seen [07200] with joy [08057] thy people [05971], which are present [04672] here, to offer willingly [05068] unto thee.

⁹ Then the people [05971] rejoiced [08055], for that they offered willingly [05068], because with perfect [08003] heart [03820] they offered willingly [05068] to the LORD [03068]: and David [01732] the king [04428] also rejoiced [08055] with great [01419] joy [08057].

⁵ And afterward [0310] offered the continual [08548] burnt offering [05930], both of the new moons [02320], and of all the set feasts [04150] of the LORD [03068] that were consecrated [06942], and of every one that willingly offered [05068] a freewill offering [05071] unto the LORD [03068].

⁶⁸ And some of the chief [07218] of the fathers [01], when they came [0935] to the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] which is at Jerusalem [03389], offered freely [05068] for the house [01004] of God [0430] to set it up [05975] in his place [04349]:

⁴ And whosoever remaineth [07604] in any place [04725] where he sojourneth [01481], let the men [0582] of his place [04725] help [05375] him with silver [03701], and with gold [02091], and with goods [07399], and with beasts [0929], beside the freewill offering [05071] for the house [01004] of God [0430] that is in Jerusalem [03389].

³ Moreover, because I have set my affection [07521] to the house [01004] of my God [0430], I have [03426] of mine own proper good [05459], of gold [02091] and silver [03701], which I have given [05414] to the house [01004] of my God [0430], over and above [04605] all that I have prepared [03559] for the holy [06944] house [01004],

⁵ Then rose up [06965] the chief [07218] of the fathers [01] of Judah [03063] and Benjamin [01144], and the priests [03548], and the Levites [03881], with all them whose spirit [07307] God [0430] had raised [05782], to go up [05927] to build [01129] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] which is in Jerusalem [03389].

³⁷ And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] journeyed [05265] from Rameses [07486] to Succoth [05523], about six [08337] hundred [03967] thousand [0505] on foot [07273] that were men [01397], beside [0905] children [02945].

³⁴ But the field [07704] of the suburbs [04054] of their cities [05892] may not be sold [04376]; for it is their perpetual [05769] possession [0272].

¹⁸ Then I told [05046] them of the hand [03027] of my God [0430] which was good [02896] upon me; as also the king's [04428] words [01697] that he had spoken [0559] unto me. And they said [0559], Let us rise up [06965] and build [01129]. So they strengthened [02388] their hands [03027] for this good [02896] work.

¹⁴ I have seen [07200] also in the prophets [05030] of Jerusalem [03389] an horrible thing [08186]: they commit adultery [05003], and walk [01980] in lies [08267]: they strengthen [02388] also the hands [03027] of evildoers [07489], that none [0376] doth return [07725] from his wickedness [07451]: they are all of them unto me as Sodom [05467], and the inhabitants [03427] thereof as Gomorrah [06017].

⁶ And all they that were about [05439] them strengthened [02388] their hands [03027] with vessels [03627] of silver [03701], with gold [02091], with goods [07399], and with beasts [0929], and with precious things [04030], beside all that was willingly offered [05068].