John Gill Commentary Ezra 10:6

"Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib: and [when] he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water; for he mourned because of the trespass of them of the captivity." — Ezra 10:6 (ASV)

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

and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib ;
who was of the family of the high priest. Eliashib was grandson of Joshua the high priest, and succeeded his father Joiakim as such; but though Johanan was never high priest, being a younger son, however he was a person of note, and had a chamber in the temple, where Ezra went, either to advise with the princes and elders in it, (Ezra 10:8) or to refresh himself with food:

and when he came there, he did eat no bread, nor drink water ;
or rather "not yet had he ate bread" ^F15 , as some render it; that is, not till he came there, from the time he first heard of the evil the people had committed; which very probably was early in the morning, and it was now evening:

for he mourned for the transgression of them that had been carried
away ;
into captivity, but were now returned from it, and it grieved him the more, that, after such kindness shown them, they should be guilty of such an evil.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F15: (lka al) "nondum comederat", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.