Ezra 8:36 - Barnes' Notes

Ezra 8:36

34 with the number and weight of everything. All the weight was written down at that time.

35 The children of those who had been ^acarried away captive, who had come from the captivity, ^boffered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering to the Lord.

36 And they delivered the king’s ^aorders to the king’s satraps and the governors in the region beyond¹ the River. So they gave support to the people and the² house of God.

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Ezra 8:36

The kings commissions - i. e., the orders issued to all governors of provinces near Judaea by Artaxerxes, given in Ezra 7:21-24.

The kings lieutenants - literally, "the king' s satraps." The word is used in its strict sense, referring to the chief rulers of Persian provinces, from which the "governors" or rulers of smaller districts are distinguished.

Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Ezra 8:36:

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