Ezra 1:5

Then arose the ancestral chiefs of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites,—even every one whose spirit God had aroused, to go up to build the house of Yahweh, which was in Jerusalem;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

4And, whosoever is left, of all the places where he doth sojourn, let the men of his place uphold him, with silver and with gold, and with goods and with beasts,—along with a voluntary offering for the house of God, which is in Jerusalem.

6and, all they who were round about them, strengthened their hands, with utensils of silver, with gold with goods and with beasts, and with precious things,—besides any thing he had volunteered.

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Cross References

Ezra 1:1In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, to fulfil the word of Yahweh from the mouth of Jeremiah, Yahweh aroused the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, and he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, moreover also in writing, saying:

Proverbs 16:1To man, belong the preparations of the heart, but, from Yahweh, cometh the answer of the tongue.

2 Corinthians 8:16Thanks, however, unto God!—who is putting the same earnestness in your behalf in the heart of Titus,

James 1:16Be not deceived, my brethren beloved:—

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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