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Ezra 10:9

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So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within the three days (it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month); and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

KJV

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

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Commentary

2 notes on this verse
It was the ninth month - Or, our December, a time when rain fails heavily in Palestine: four months, therefore, after Ezra’s arrival in Jerusalem (compare Ezr 7:9). The street - Rather, “the court,” the “broad,” “spacious, place” (compare the 2Ch 29:4 note).

This site's exposition

made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem

on Ezra 10:7-9

The proclamation carries a deadline: three days to gather at Jerusalem, or forfeit both property and standing in the congregation of the returned exiles. The men of Judah and Benjamin keep it, and the narrator names the season along with the crowd, the ninth month, the coldest and wettest weeks of the Judean year. The assembly sits in the open street of the house of God trembling for two things at once, the matter before them and the great rain falling on them while they wait.

The words behind it

23 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.

  • וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּand they assembled

    vaiyikavetzuH6908 →127 times

  • כָל־all

    khol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אַנְשֵֽׁי־[the] people of

    ʾanshei-H582 →566 times

  • יְהוּדָה֩Judah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • וּבִנְיָמִ֨ן׀and Benjamin

    uvinyaminH1144 →166 times

  • יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םJerusalem

    yerushalimH3389 →643 times

  • לִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתto [the] three

    lishloshetH7969 →432 times

  • הַיָּמִ֗יםthe days

    haiyamimH3117 →2304 times

  • ה֛וּאit

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

  • חֹ֥דֶשׁ[was the] month

    chodeshH2320 →284 times

  • הַתְּשִׁיעִ֖י<the> ninth

    hateshiiH8671 →

  • בְּעֶשְׂרִ֣יםon [day] twenty

    beesrimH6242 →315 times

  • בַּחֹ֑דֶשׁin the month

    bachodeshH2320 →284 times

  • וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּand they sat

    vaiyeshevuH3427 →1079 times

  • כָל־all

    khol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הָעָ֗םthe people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

  • בִּרְחוֹב֙in [the] open place of

    birchovH7339 →

  • בֵּ֣ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים<the> God

    haelohimH430 →2601 times

  • מַרְעִידִ֥יםtrembling

    maridimH7460 →

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הַדָּבָ֖רthe matter

    hadavarH1697 →1440 times

  • וּמֵהַגְּשָׁמִֽים׃ פand from the rains

    umehageshamimH1653 →

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

Related verses

13 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.

1 Samuel 12:17–18Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”4 works1 Samuel 12:18So Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.3 works2 Chronicles 32:6Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,3 works2 Corinthians 7:15And his affection for you is even greater when he remembers that you were all obedient as you welcomed him with fear and trembling.3 worksJob 37:13Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.3 worksNehemiah 1:1These are the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,3 works
The other 7 cross-references, with their words ▾
Esther 2:16She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.2 worksJeremiah 10:13When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.2 worksJeremiah 10:10But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.2 worksEzra 7:8–9Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.2 worksJob 37:6For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’2 worksActs 24:25As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”2 worksActs 28:2The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.1 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

    Jeremiah 10:10

    But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 32:4

      He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.

    • Isaiah 57:15

      For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit,…

    • Psalms 76:7

      You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?

    • Nahum 1:6

      Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.

    • Psalms 18:7

      Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 10:13

    When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from…

    it leads to

    • Psalms 135:7

      He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

    • Job 38:22

      Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,

  • Through

    Esther 2:16

    She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

    it leads to

    • Esther 8:9

      At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors,…

About Ezra

Ezra Kneels in Prayer — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Ezra Kneels in Prayer — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther.

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