This verse a igns limits to the permi ion of Ezra 7:20. As the Persian tribute was paid partly in money and partly in kind (see the note on Ezra 4:…

Credentials and commission of Ezra. After the general statement, the particulars are given, beginning with the letter of authorization, in which we…

Unto one hundred talents of silver
Which amounted to 35,300 pounds sterling; these, according to Jarchi, were to buy…

The generosity of Gentile kings in supporting the worship of God rebuked the conduct of many kings of Judah, and will rise up in judgment against t…