Ezra 10:6
in Ezra 10Then 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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This verse in Ezra 10
Commentary
6 notes on this verseJohanan 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
this matter is your responsibility
on Ezra 10:4-6
Shecaniah's speech ends with a charge to Ezra: get up, "this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you." In chapter 9 Ezra confessed alone, and here support is pledged before he acts. He makes the leading priests, the Levites and all Israel take an oath.
This site's exposition
the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib
Adam Clarke names Eliashib as high priest and thinks Jehohanan is his grandson, the Jonathan of Nehemiah, son of Joiada. Some, he notes, make Jehohanan and Joiada one man. Bede traces the high priests from Jeshua son of Jozadak through Joachim to Eliashib.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
He did not eat bread, etc. Here they will have an excellent example not only of weeping and praying, but also of fasting for those who have sinned; and since blessed are those who mourn, who weep for their own sins, because after receiving remission, …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God,.... Departed from thence: and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib; who was of the family of the high priest.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The “chamber of Johanan” was probably one of those attached externally to the temple (see 1Ki 6:5-6). Eliashib was the grandson of Jeshua Ezr 3:2, and was high priest under Nehemiah Neh 3:1. He could assign chambers in the temple to whomever he pleased (see Neh 13:4-5).
The words behind it
24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֣קָם | vaiyakom | and he arose | H6965 → | 628 times |
| עֶזְרָ֗א | ʾezra' | Ezra | H5830 → | 22 times |
| מִלִּפְנֵי֙ | milifnei | from to before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ | vaiyelekh | and he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| לִשְׁכַּ֖ת | lishkat | [the] room of | H3957 → | |
| יְהוֹחָנָ֣ן | yehochanan | Jehohanan | H3076 → | |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֶלְיָשִׁ֑יב | ʾelyashiv | Eliashib | H475 → | 17 times |
| וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ | vaiyelekh | and he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| שָׁ֗ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| לֶ֤חֶם | lechem | food | H3899 → | |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אָכַל֙ | ʾakhal | he ate | H398 → | 810 times |
| וּמַ֣יִם | umayim | and water | H4325 → | |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| שָׁתָ֔ה | shatah | he drank | H8354 → | |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| מִתְאַבֵּ֖ל | mitabel | [he was] mourning | H56 → | |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מַ֥עַל | maal | [the] unfaithfulness of | H4604 → | 28 times |
| הַגּוֹלָֽה׃ ס | hagolah | the exile[s] | H1473 → | 43 times |
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.
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
Ezra 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.
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.
- Daniel 9:20
Through
Nehemiah 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…
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.
- Nehemiah 12:39
Through
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…
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.
- Exodus 34:28
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
