After these things - These words mark an interval of 57 years, if, with most commentators, we take Artaxerxes to be Longimanus. See the intr…

II.—THE SECOND RETURN UNDER EZRA.
VII.

1. General summary of Ezra’s expedition under Divine guidance.
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Ver. 1-5. Now after these things
The finishing of the temple, Ezra 7:2

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Ezra went from Babylon to Jerusalem, for the good of his country. The king was kind to him; he granted all his requests, whatever Ezra desired to e…