Ezra 1:5

וַיָּקוּמוּ רָאשֵׁי הָאָבוֹת לִֽיהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִן וְהַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם לְכֹל הֵעִיר הָאֱלֹהִים אֶת ־ רוּחוֹ לַעֲלוֹת לִבְנוֹת אֶת ־ בֵּית יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4וְכָל ־ הַנִּשְׁאָר מִֽכָּל ־ הַמְּקֹמוֹת אֲשֶׁר הוּא גָֽר ־ שָׁם יְנַשְּׂאוּהוּ אַנְשֵׁי מְקֹמוֹ בְּכֶסֶף וּבְזָהָב וּבִרְכוּשׁ וּבִבְהֵמָה עִם ־ הַנְּדָבָה לְבֵית הָאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם ׃

6וְכָל ־ סְבִיבֹֽתֵיהֶם חִזְּקוּ בִֽידֵיהֶם בִּכְלֵי ־ כֶסֶף בַּזָּהָב בָּרְכוּשׁ וּבַבְּהֵמָה וּבַמִּגְדָּנוֹת לְבַד עַל ־ כָּל ־ הִתְנַדֵּֽב ׃ ס

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Cross References

Ezra 1:1וּבִשְׁנַת אַחַת לְכוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס לִכְלוֹת דְּבַר ־ יְהוָה מִפִּי יִרְמְיָה הֵעִיר יְהוָה אֶת ־ רוּחַ כֹּרֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ ־ פָּרַס וַיַּֽעֲבֶר ־ קוֹל בְּכָל ־ מַלְכוּתוֹ וְגַם ־ בְּמִכְתָּב לֵאמֹֽר ׃

Proverbs 16:1לְאָדָם מַֽעַרְכֵי ־ לֵב וּמֵיְהוָה מַעֲנֵה לָשֽׁוֹן ׃

Matthew Henry on Ezra 1:2-5

Ezra The Jewish church puts on quite another face in this book from what it had appeared with; its state much better, and more pleasant, than it was of late in Babylon, and yet far inferior to what it had been formerly. The dry bones here live again, but in the form of a servant; the yoke of their captivity is taken off, but the marks of it in their galled necks remain. Kings we hear no more of; the crown has fallen from their heads. Prophets they are blessed with, to direct them in their re-establishment, but,… Read the whole commentary →

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