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Ezra 8:17-27

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17 and sent them to Iddo, the leading man at the place Casiphia, telling them what to say to Iddo and his brothers and[a] the temple servants at the place Casiphia, namely, to send us ministers for the house of our God.
18 And 1by the good hand of our God on us, they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of 2Mahli the son of Levi, son of Israel, namely Sherebiah with his sons and kinsmen, 18;
19 also 3Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of 4the sons of Merari, with his kinsmen and their sons, 20;
20 5besides 220 of the temple servants, whom David and his officials had set apart to attend the Levites. These were all 6mentioned by name.

Fasting and Prayer for Protection

21 7Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river 8Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, 9to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.
22 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, 10“The hand of our God is for good on 11all who seek him, and the power of his wrath is against all who forsake him. ”
23 So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty.

Priests to Guard Offerings

24 Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests: 12Sherebiah, 13Hashabiah, and ten of their kinsmen with them.
25 And I weighed out to them the 14silver and the gold and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God that the king and his 15counselors and his lords and all Israel there present had offered.
26 16I weighed out into their hand 650 talents[b] of silver, and silver vessels worth 200 talents, [c] and 100 talents of gold,
27 20 bowls of gold worth 1,000 darics, [d] and two vessels of fine bright bronze as precious as gold.
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Ezra 8:17-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 8

In this chapter we are told who and how many went up with Ezra to Jerusalem, Ezr 8:1-14, the gathering of them together at a river, from whence he sent to Babylon for Levites to come to him, who did, Ezr 8:15-20, the proclaiming a fast for a safe and prosperous journey, Ezr 8:21-23, the delivery of the vessels and money given him into the hands of priests, to take the care and charge thereof, Ezr 8:24-30, their safe arrival at Jerusalem, where they deposited the gifts in the temple, offered sacrifices to God, and delivered the king's commissions to his lieutenants and governors, Ezr 8:31-36.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 16

  • 1. 8:18 See ch. 7:6
  • 2. 8:18 1 Chr. 6:19
  • 3. 8:19 Neh. 12:24
  • 4. 8:19 1 Chr. 6:1, 16
  • 5. 8:20 ch. 2:43; 7:7
  • 6. 8:20 Num. 1:17
  • 7. 8:21 See 2 Chr. 20:3
  • 8. 8:21 ver. 15, 31
  • 9. 8:21 [Ps. 5:8]
  • 10. 8:22 See ch. 7:6
  • 11. 8:22 [2 Chr. 15:2]
  • 12. 8:24 [See ver. 19 above]
  • 13. 8:24 [See ver. 19 above]
  • 14. 8:25 ch. 7:15, 16
  • 15. 8:25 See ch. 7:14
  • 16. 8:26 [ch. 1:9-11]

Footnotes 4

  • [a] 8:17 Hebrew lacks 'and'
  • [b] 8:26 A 'talent' was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
  • [c] 8:26 Revocalization; the number is missing in the Masoretic Text
  • [d] 8:27 A 'daric' was a coin weighing about 1/4 ounce or 8.5 grams
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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