Ezra 1:6
in Ezra 1And all their neighbors supported them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuables, in addition to all their freewill offerings.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And all they that were round about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered.
KJV
And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.
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This verse in Ezra 1
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThe earth helped the woman. Besides what was willingly offered by the Jews themselves who staid behind, from a principle of love to God and his house, much was offered, as one may say, unwillingly by the Babylonians, who were influenced to do it by a divine power on their minds of which they themselves could give no account. How this proclamation was seconded by Cyrus himself.
This site's exposition
everyone whose spirit God had stirred
on Ezra 1:5-6
The family heads of Judah and Benjamin rise with the priests and Levites, everyone whose spirit God had stirred. The same stirring moved Cyrus in verse 1, so the king's decree and the exiles' readiness come from one hand. Those who remain in Babylon fund those who leave it.
This site's exposition
all their neighbors supported them
The verse counts two kinds of gift. Matthew Henry takes the freewill offerings as given by the Jews who stayed in Babylon, out of love to God and his house. He reads the silver, gold and livestock of the Babylonian neighbors as moved by a divine power on their minds.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And all they that were about them,.... Their neighbours, the Chaldeans: strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things; which they either did of themselves at their own motion, or by the direction and example of Cyrus, Ezr 1:4 and perhaps many of them to ingratiate themselves into the favour of their new monarch: besides all that was willingly offered: by the rich Jews, who thought fit, at least for the present, to remain in Babylon.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Vessels of silver - Articles of silver, gold, etc.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| סְבִיבֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ | sevivoteihem | around them | H5439 → | |
| חִזְּק֣וּ | chizeku | they encouraged | H2388 → | 291 times |
| בִֽידֵיהֶ֔ם | videihem | <in> hands their | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| בִּכְלֵי־ | bikhlei- | with vessels of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| כֶ֧סֶף | khesef | silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| בַּזָּהָ֛ב | bazahav | with <the> gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| בָּרְכ֥וּשׁ | barekhush | with <the> property | H7399 → | 28 times |
| וּבַבְּהֵמָ֖ה | uvabehemah | and with <the> cattle | H929 → | |
| וּבַמִּגְדָּנ֑וֹת | uvamigdanot | and with <the> precious things | H4030 → | |
| לְבַ֖ד | levad | <to> besides | H905 → | |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | <on> | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all of | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הִתְנַדֵּֽב׃ ס | hitnadev | ering of freewill offerings | H5068 → | 17 times |
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
סְבִיבֹֽתֵיהֶם֙around them
sevivoteihemH5439 →
חִזְּק֣וּthey encouraged
chizekuH2388 →291 times
בִֽידֵיהֶ֔ם<in> hands their
videihemH3027 →1618 times
בִּכְלֵי־with vessels of
bikhlei-H3627 →325 times
כֶ֧סֶףsilver
khesefH3701 →403 times
בַּזָּהָ֛בwith <the> gold
bazahavH2091 →389 times
בָּרְכ֥וּשׁwith <the> property
barekhushH7399 →28 times
וּבַבְּהֵמָ֖הand with <the> cattle
uvabehemahH929 →
וּבַמִּגְדָּנ֑וֹתand with <the> precious things
uvamigdanotH4030 →
לְבַ֖ד<to> besides
levadH905 →
עַל־<on>
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כָּל־all of
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הִתְנַדֵּֽב׃ סering of freewill offerings
hitnadevH5068 →17 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
2 Corinthians 9:7Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 8:12
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
- Acts 20:35
In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
- 1 Chronicles 29:17
I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are…
- Exodus 25:2
“Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.
- Proverbs 11:25
A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
- 2 Corinthians 8:12
Through
Psalms 110:3Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
it leads to
- Judges 5:2
“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.
- Hebrews 13:21
equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Titus 2:14
He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
- Judges 5:2
Where this verse is studied
On this page
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About Ezra
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.