The book of nehemiah jerusalem walls summary overview. Textbook series ezra and nehemiah by ruben ratzlaff. This workbook was designed for bible class study, family study, or personal study. As the curtain rises and the orchestra dramatically swells, king cyrus of persia has just defeated the babylonians. Loring woart batten 18591946, a critical and exegetical commentary on the books of ezra and nehemiah. In many ways, the time of ezra and nehemiah was like our own. Ezra and nehemiah tyndale old testament commentaries kidner, derek on. Date if the final compilation of ezra nehemiah happened as described in the previous paragraph, then the date of writing logically followed soon after the close of nehemiah s ministry in jerusalem. On this first page you will see an outline of this commentary. The questions contain minimal human commentary, but instead urge students to study to understand scripture. Webpage, word, pdf here is a sample excerpt from davis comments on ezra 7.
The restoration of the holy land, united by the temple. Why was ezra astonished until the evening sacrifice. Walter adeney commentary on ezra expositors bible commentary 1900. The talmud, the massoretic text, as well as the septuagint treat the books of ezra and nehemiah as one. Inspired by gods spirit, he tells the israelites that they can head home and rebuild their temple. The books of ezra and nehemiah and esther cover about 100 years, closing the old testament historical books. Study the bible online using commentary on nehemiah and more. The chequered story of the kings, a matter of nearly five centuries, had ended disastrously in 587 b. The two postexile books of ezra and nehemiah record the return from babylon after its fall to the pe. Nehemiah had the same kind of zeal, also directed towards getting the returned exiles to aim at religious and moral purity.
The most important works are by dod genesis, chadwick exodus and mark, kellogg leviticus, blaikie joshua, i and ii samuel, adeney ezra, nehemiah and esther, maclaren psalms, moule romans. Barber this set, originally published in 1903, contains expositions by both conservative and liberal theologians. The book of nehemiah begins 15 years after the book of ezra ends. Also, ezra was probably the writer of 1 and 2 chronicles and psalm 119 the longest chapter in the bible. In the ancient hebrew manuscripts the books of ezra and nehemiah were written as if they were one. The seventhday adventist commentary reference series is a set of volumes produced primarily by seventhday adventist scholars, and designed for both scholarly and church member use. The journey between babylonia and judah took about 4 months to walk. Others may say nehemiah is a book that encourages christians of all gender and race to perform their god given duties no matter the consequences. It is based on the german lexicon by william gesenius. What happened while ezra was praying, and while he was confessing, weeping. The revival began with the reading of the word of god by ezra. Lexical there are several excellent lexicons available for ancient hebrew. Hebrew and english lexicon of the old testament by francis brown, s.
Ezra, in his eagerness for holiness, infected those around him with his own optimism and brought the remnant of israel to really commit itself to its religion. Derek kidner clearly and succinctly deals with the complex literary and historical problems surrounding these two books and their chief characters. These postexile books record the return from babylon after. Brazos theological commentary on the bible series editors r. The book of ezra the books of ezra and nehemiah and esther cover about 100 years, closing the old testament historical books. Aside from esther, ezra and nehemiah are the only historical books of the postexilic period, and are of great importance for a. Investigating the issue of mixed marriages in malachi, ezranehemiah and the pentateuch 177 broken faith with her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant. From a theological perspective, the return of the israelites from exile and the rebuilding of jerusalem showed the jews.
He organized the synagogue, founded the order of scribes, helped settle the canon of scripture and arranged the psalms. Jewish tradition identifies that chronicler as ezra, who is known from the text to have been a skilled scribe see neh. It includes the sevenvolume seventhday adventist bible commentary, the twovolume seventhday adventist encyclopedia, as well as the single volumes seventhday adventist bible dictionary, seventh. That is, there is no and a prophet spoke in the assembly, thus saith the. For many years, believers regarded ezra and nehemiah as twin books. Ezranehemiah commentary exilic and postexilic history. Starting your free trial of bible gateway plus is easy. But they did return, and in the days of ezra, they rebuilt the temple and laid a spiritual foundation for israel once again. Gods people had been in apostasy, which led to the babylonian captivity. Zerubbabel and nehemiah both play a part in restoring gods temple, while zerubbabel takes charge over governing affairs, and nehemiah rebuilds the walls of jerusalem. Some leaders had begun the work of restoring the people to gods service, but there were still many problems and the people continued to fall into sin. This book, as was true in the book of ezra, has copies of letters, decrees, registers and other documents. In english bibles, they are usually split into two, with the book of nehemiah appearing as a separate book from ezra, but in the hebrew tradition, they are one book, entitled ezra, and nehemiah is simply the second part of ezra.
The books of samuel, kings, and chronicles closed with the southern kingdom judahs going into captivity. Date if the final compilation of ezranehemiah happened as described in the previous paragraph, then the date of writing logically followed soon after the close of nehemiahs ministry in jerusalem. The books of ezra and nehemiah are the only completely historical books in the third section of the hebrew bible, the ketuvim writings. Please identify the section you wish to read, and then use your readers searchfind feature to navigate to it.
He gives much needful information, and thus supplements more didactic works. How did ezra react to the news from the leaders of the people. Show how god accomplishes his work by putting joseph in egypt, ezra in babylon, nehemiah in susa, esther in susa, daniel in babylon, etc. Nehemiah commentary matthew henry commentary on the. A free bible version and commentary on the old testament book of nehemiah in easy english. The books of samuel, kings, and chronicles closed with the southern kingdom judah going into captivity. Also, he probably was the writer of 1 and 2 chronicles and of psalm 119, which exalts the word of god. Ezra, a descendant of aaron, arrives in jerusalem later and instills gods laws to the postexile jewish generation. You can find the best commentary on ezranehemiah for you using the tools on the right side. The history of the samaritans ezra 4 recounts the threat to the rebuilding project posed by the adversaries of judah and benjamin. Life after destruction goes on in ezra and nehemiah.
See all of our coronavirus resources here toggle navigation. It explains why the good hand of his god was upon him ezra 7. Aside from esther, ezra and nehemiah are the only historical books of the postexilic period, and are of great importance for a reconstruction of the history of postexilic jewry. The task of ezra and nehemiah was to provide leadership. Reno, general editor creighton university omaha, nebraska robert w. The niv matthew henry commentary, matthew henry how did nehemiah react after hearing the news of the present state of the jews and jerusalem. Ezranehemiah asbury bible commentary bible gateway. The babylonians had defeated the people from judah. Page 4 page 5 session 1 the book of ezra the books of ezra and nehemiah and esther cover about 100 years, closing the old testament historical books. When god gives a command let us do all within our power to.
Ezra and nehemiah tyndale old testament commentaries. Nehemiah 7 commentary, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely available, this commentary, filling six volumes, provides an exhaustive look at every verse in the bible. This fact illustrates the close relationship that exists between these two books. They tell us about the time when the jews returned from babylonia to their own country, judah. The next step is to enter your payment information. If ezra was the writer, he was copying from the journal of nehemiah.
Rowley, the chronological order of ezra and nehemiah, in the servant of the lord and other essays on the old testament, pp. Top 5 commentaries on the books of ezra and nehemiah. In this sense the unit clearly displays a chiastic structure. Nehemiah led the third 3rd exodus back to jerusalem, 94 years after zerubbabel 1st exodus of approx. The books of ezra and nehemiah are two parts of the same story.
Read nehemiah commentary using matthew henry commentary on the whole bible complete. The authors of ezra 16 provide a list, from the archives, of those who came from exile to judah. The decree authorizing ezra and a caravan of others to return to judea in chap. Nehemiah, a man who shares gods passion for his glory, is used of god to bring about a unity among gods people, a renewed focus on his law, and a people repositioned. Ezra and nehemiah chart the jews return to jerusalem from exile and the beginnings of a rebirth. The story of nehemiah provides believers a model of passionate, determined discipleship. They called them 1 and 2 ezra or esdras, the greek transliteration of ezra. Seventhday adventist bible commentary 1978 revised vols. Youre already logged in with your bible gateway account. Did god give his people more or less than they deserved.
Record of gods providence the books of ezra, nehemiah, and esther are unique among the historical writings in that they give us no new communication from god within the context of the respective stories themselves. Nehemiah the jews build jerusalems city wall again. Nehemiah, who was a contemporary or served around the same time as ezra, was a cupbearer to the king in the persian empire. Although ezra is a continuation of the historical books begun with joshua, the precaptivity and captivity books could be profitably studied before beginning with ezra. Nehemiahs prayer for remnant at jerusalem, chapter 1. Nehemiah a2 classic bible study guide 3 nehemiah 1.
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