Ezra 8:31
And we journey from the river Ahava, on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God hath been upon us, and He delivereth us from the hand of the enemy and the lier in wait by the way;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
32and we come in to Jerusalem, and dwell there three days.
Cross References
Ezra 7:9for on the first of the month he hath founded the ascent from Babylon, and on the first of the fifth month he hath come in unto Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him,
Ezra 8:15And I gather them unto the river that is going unto Ahava, and we encamp there three days; and I consider about the people, and about the priests, and of the sons of Levi I have found none there;
Job 5:19In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
Psalms 91:14Because in Me he hath delighted, I also deliver him — I set him on high, Because he hath known My name.
Acts 25:3asking favour against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to death in the way.
Matthew Henry on Ezra 8:25-31
Ezra's Care of the Temple Treasure. ( b. c. 457.) 24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, 25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered: 26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels a hundred talents, and of gold a hundred talents; 27… Read the whole commentary →