Ezra 8:22 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | RSV

For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on our way; since we had told the king, "The hand of our God is for good upon all that seek him, and the power of his wrath is against all that forsake him."

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

What “enemy” menaced Ezra, and for what reason, is wholly uncertain . Perhaps robber-tribes, Arab or Syrian, were his opponents.

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

The journey through Ahava to Jerusalem.

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

For I was ashamed to require of the king's band of soldiers
and horsemen
Which he might have had, only as…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Ezra procured Levites to go with him; but what will that avail, unless he has God with him? Those who seek God are safe under the shadow of his win…

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