The "chamber of Johanan" was probably one of those attached externally to the temple (see 1 Kings 6:5–6). Eliashib was the grandson of …

The covenant of repentance and amendment. Here the narrative assumes another form; and, in accordance with the solemnity of a great public transact…

Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God
Departed from thence:

and went into the chamber of…

There is hope concerning people when they are convinced not only that it is good to part with their sins, but that it is necessary; we must do it, …