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Ezra 10:6

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Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water; for he mourned because of the trespass of them of the captivity.

KJV

Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.

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Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Johanan the son of Eliashib - Eliashib was high priest, and was succeeded in that office by his son Joiada, Neh 12:10. Probably Johanan here is the same as Jonathan in Nehemiah, who was the son of Joiada, and grandson of Eliashib. Some suppose that Johanan and Joiada were two names for the same person.

This site's exposition

be of good courage, and do it

on Ezra 10:4-6

The congregation's charge to Ezra reverses the shape of chapter 9, where he alone confessed: now the people tell him arise, for this matter belongeth unto thee, and pledge their support before he acts. He takes the oath from the chief priests, the Levites and all Israel first, then withdraws to Johanan's chamber and refuses bread and water, carrying the mourning of confession past the moment the vow was made. Grief does not end when the remedy is agreed; it continues in a leader who still fasts over the sin.

The words behind it

24 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיָּ֣קָםand he arose

    vaiyakomH6965 →628 times

  • עֶזְרָ֗אEzra

    ʾezra'H5830 →22 times

  • מִלִּפְנֵי֙from to before

    milifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • בֵּ֣ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים<the> God

    haelohimH430 →2601 times

  • וַיֵּ֕לֶךְand he went

    vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times

  • אֶל־into

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • לִשְׁכַּ֖ת[the] room of

    lishkatH3957 →

  • יְהוֹחָנָ֣ןJehohanan

    yehochananH3076 →

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • אֶלְיָשִׁ֑יבEliashib

    ʾelyashivH475 →17 times

  • וַיֵּ֣לֶךְand he went

    vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times

  • שָׁ֗םthere

    shamH8033 →834 times

  • לֶ֤חֶםfood

    lechemH3899 →

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • אָכַל֙he ate

    ʾakhalH398 →810 times

  • וּמַ֣יִםand water

    umayimH4325 →

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • שָׁתָ֔הhe drank

    shatahH8354 →

  • כִּ֥יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • מִתְאַבֵּ֖ל[he was] mourning

    mitabelH56 →

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • מַ֥עַל[the] unfaithfulness of

    maalH4604 →28 times

  • הַגּוֹלָֽה׃ סthe exile[s]

    hagolahH1473 →43 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

17 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Deuteronomy 9:18Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.5 worksDaniel 9:3So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.5 worksPsalms 119:53Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.5 worksNehemiah 12:22In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded.3 worksJohn 4:31–34Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”3 worksNehemiah 3:1At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.3 works
The other 11 cross-references, with their words ▾
Isaiah 58:5Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?3 worksPsalms 102:4My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.3 worksEzra 10:1While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.2 worksNehemiah 3:20Next to him, Baruch son of Zabbai diligently repaired another section, from the angle to the doorway of the house of Eliashib the high priest.2 worksNehemiah 12:10Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, Eliashib was the father of Joiada,2 worksNehemiah 13:5and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.2 worksJob 23:12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.2 worksExodus 34:28So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.2 worksNehemiah 13:28Even one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.2 worksEzra 9:4Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.2 worksIsaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Ezra 10:1

    While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.

    it leads to

    • Daniel 9:20

      While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—

    • Psalms 119:136

      My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.

    • Romans 9:2

      I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

    • 1 John 1:8–10

      If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

  • Through

    Nehemiah 3:1

    At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower…

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 12:39

      over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stopped at the Gate of…

    • Jeremiah 31:38

      “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

    • John 5:2

      Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 9:18

    Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you…

    it leads to

    • Exodus 34:28

      So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.

About Ezra

Ezra Kneels in Prayer, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezra Kneels in Prayer, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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