Esdra 7:7

7 E alcuni de’ figliuoli d’Israele e alcuni de’ sacerdoti, de’ Leviti, de’ cantori, dei portinai e de’ Nethinei saliron pure con lui a Gerusalemme, il settimo anno del re Artaserse.

Esdra 7:7 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 7:7

And there went up some of the children of Israel
Perhaps some of the ten tribes, as well as others of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin; who, notwithstanding the edict of Cyrus, chose to remain in Babylon, and in the countries of it, until they saw how things would go in Judea; and hearing that the temple was finished, and that those that had returned had built them houses in their several cities, and prospered, thought fit to return also:

and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters,
and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem;
to take their places, and execute their offices in the temple now built; for of the Levites especially, some of which were singers, and others porters, and of the Nethinims, there were but few that went up with Zerubbabel: now this journey of theirs was taken

in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king;
that is, of Darius Artaxerxes, and this was the year after the temple was finished: though it is thought by many learned men, and not without some show of reason, that Artaxerxes Longimanus is meant.

Esdra 7:7 In-Context

5 figliuolo di Bukki, figliuolo di Abishua, figliuolo di Fineas, figliuolo di Eleazar, figliuolo d’Aaronne il sommo sacerdote.

6 Quest’Esdra veniva da Babilonia; era uno scriba versato nella legge di Mosè data dall’Eterno, dall’Iddio d’Israele; e siccome la mano dell’Eterno, del suo Dio, era su lui, il re gli concedette tutto quello che domandò.

7 E alcuni de’ figliuoli d’Israele e alcuni de’ sacerdoti, de’ Leviti, de’ cantori, dei portinai e de’ Nethinei saliron pure con lui a Gerusalemme, il settimo anno del re Artaserse.

8 Esdra giunse a Gerusalemme il quinto mese, nel settimo anno del re.

9 Infatti, avea fissata la partenza da Babilonia per il primo giorno del primo mese, e arrivò a Gerusalemme il primo giorno del quinto mese, assistito dalla benefica mano del suo Dio.