Ezra 7:27
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| Overview - Ezra 7 | |
| 1 | Ezra goes up to Jerusalem. |
| 11 | The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra. |
| 27 | Ezra blesses God for this favour. |
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Ezra 7:27 (King James Version)
Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
- Blessed
- There is a most amiable spirit of piety in these reflections. Instead of expatiating on the praises of his munificent patron, or boasting of his own services, he blesses God for "putting such a thing in the king's heart;" and for all the
- assistance and favour shown him by the king and his counsellors. 6:22 1 Chronicles 29:10-30 ; Philippians 4:10
- put such
- 6:22 Nehemiah 2:12 ; 7:5 2 Corinthians 8:16 ; Hebrews 8:10 ; 10:16 James 1:17 ; Revelation 17:17
- in the king's heart
- Nehemiah 2:8 ; Proverbs 21:1
- to beautify
- Isaiah 60:13