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Bible Commentaries
Scofield's Reference Notes Scofield's Notes
List of Returning Exiles From Babylon.Chapter 3
Rebuilding the Altar and Temple Foundation.Chapter 4
Opposition to Rebuilding; Work Halted Temporarily.Chapter 5
Prophets Encourage Rebuilding; Investigation by Persian Officials.Chapter 6
Temple Completed; Dedication and Passover Celebrated.Chapter 7
Ezra's Mission to Teach God's Law.Chapter 8
Ezra's Journey to Jerusalem; Offerings for the Temple.Chapter 10
Repentance and Reform Regarding Foreign Marriages.
- Ezra
by C.I. Scofield
Book Introduction - Ezra
Ezra 1:1
Ezra, the first of the post-captivity books (Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi), records the return to Palestine under Zerubbabel, by decree of Cyrus, of a Jewish remnant who laid the temple foundations (B.C. 536). Later (B.C. 458) Ezra followed, and restored the law and ritual. But the mass of the nation, and most of the princes, remained by preference in Babylonia and Assyria, where they were prospering. The post-captivity books deal with that feeble remnant which alone had a heart for God.
The book is in two parts: From the decree of Cyrus to the dedication of the restored temple, Ezra 1:1-22. The ministry of Ezra, Ezra 7:1-44.
The events recorded in Ezra cover a period of 80 years (Ussher).
