Ezra 8:36
in Ezra 8They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates, who proceeded to assist the people and the house of God.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s satraps, and to the governors beyond the River: and they furthered the people and the house of God.
KJV
And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.
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This verse in Ezra 8
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThey also delivered the king's edicts to the satraps, etc. Another edition has: And they glorified the people and the house of God. Therefore, they uplifted the people by making royal authority, with which Ezra was exalted, honorable to all. They also uplifted the house …
This site's exposition
sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel
on Ezra 8:35-36
The exiles first offer burnt offerings: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs and 12 male goats. Twelve names all Israel, though only part of the tribes had come home. Worship comes before business, as at the altar of Ezra 3 before the foundation was laid.
This site's exposition
to the royal satraps and governors
Adam Clarke takes the royal satraps as a Persian title. Bede knew a text where they glorified the people and the house of God. In his reading the satraps and governors raised the people by making the king's authority honourable to all.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river,....
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
The king’s lieutenants - אחשדרפני achashdarpeney: this is generally understood to mean lieutenant or deputy, and is probably of Persian origin, though here greatly corrupted. The Vulgate renders it regis satrapis, to the satraps of the king, which is the Persian satrab. A viceroy in Persian is soubah-dar; viceroys, soubahdaran. Darafreen signifies a person in whom one has confidence; and achi is an epithet of a vizir. These two words conjoined will make nearly that of the text. But I do not give any of these etymologies with confidence.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The returned exiles offered burnt offerings, and Ezra delivered the royal commission to the satraps and inferior magistrates; while the Levitical portion of them lent all the assistance they could in performing the additional work which the arrival of so many new worshippers occasioned.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The kings commissions - i. e., the orders issued to all governors of provinces near Judaea by Artaxerxes, given in Ezr 7:21-24. The kings lieutenants - literally, “the king’s satraps.” The word is used in its strict sense, referring to the chief rulers of Persian provinces, from which the “governors” or rulers of smaller districts are distinguished.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיִּתְּנ֣וּ׀ | vaiyitenu | and they gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דָּתֵ֣י | datei | [the] decrees of | H1881 → | |
| הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| לַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנֵי֙ | laachashdarpenei | to [the] satraps of | H323 → | |
| הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| וּפַחֲו֖וֹת | ufachavot | and [the] governors of | H6346 → | |
| עֵ֣בֶר | ʾever | beyond | H5676 → | |
| הַנָּהָ֑ר | hanahar | the River | H5104 → | 119 times |
| וְנִשְּׂא֥וּ | veniseu | and they supported | H5375 → | 656 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָעָ֖ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בֵּֽית־ | beit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ ס | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
וַֽיִּתְּנ֣וּ׀and they gave
vaiyitenuH5414 →2011 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
דָּתֵ֣י[the] decrees of
dateiH1881 →
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
לַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנֵי֙to [the] satraps of
laachashdarpeneiH323 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
וּפַחֲו֖וֹתand [the] governors of
ufachavotH6346 →
עֵ֣בֶרbeyond
ʾeverH5676 →
הַנָּהָ֑רthe River
hanaharH5104 →119 times
וְנִשְּׂא֥וּand they supported
veniseuH5375 →656 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָעָ֖םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
בֵּֽית־[the] house of
beit-H1004 →2046 times
הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ ס<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 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
Acts 18:27When Apollos resolved to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival, he was a great help to those who by grace…
it leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14
But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by…
- James 1:16–18
Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
- Acts 18:18
Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria,…
- Philippians 1:29
For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him,
- 2 Corinthians 3:1–2
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14
Through
Ezra 6:13In response, Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed.
it leads to
- Ezra 4:9
From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,
- Esther 6:11
So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted…
- Ezra 5:6
This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.
- Ezra 4:9
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezra
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; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.