And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.
The verse names Johanan the son of Hakkatan among the sons of Azgad who joined Ezra's company, with 110 males with him. It is part of the account of the large group of Jews who answered the invitation to leave Babylon and return to Jerusalem with Ezra. It belongs to the gathering of the returning Jews before their journey from Babylon to Jerusalem, and Ezra's departure on the first day of Nisan followed this gathering, which the timing of the decree had to precede. It is associated with the period of Ezra and Nehemiah, which is a setting for Babylonian life. It was written by Ezra, a priest, and stands in the part of the book that records the experiences of the Jews at Jerusalem, their backsliding, their humility, their seeking of God, and the faithful reproofs given by Ezra and others.
The verse belongs to the account of the journey of Ezra and his company from Babylon to Jerusalem with the decree of Artaxerxes. The book of Ezra is wholly a history of the great decree covering seventy-nine years from the first year of Cyrus in 536 B.C. to the seventh year of Artaxerxes in 457 B.C., and chapter eight shows the going up to Jerusalem with the third and last portion of that decree given in chapter seven in the seventh year of Artaxerxes. Ezra personally had no part in the work until the last of the seventy-nine years, and he had the honor of carrying up to Jerusalem this last portion, mentioning himself only as connected with carrying out the decree. The company the verse lists was organized by Ezra to return from Babylon to Jerusalem in 457 B.C.
The verse belongs to B.C. 458, closing the fifty-eight-year interval beginning in B.C. 515 with Ezra 7, about sixty years after the first return and forty years after the completion of the temple. The story of Esther falls inside that interval, near the middle of the reign of Xerxes from B.C. 485 to 474, with his third year in B.C. 482, Esther made queen in his seventh year in B.C. 478, and Haman's plot in his thirteenth year in B.C. 472. The verse is included in the account of the Israelites who returned with Ezra, and Ezra 8 is an example of fasting and prayer by the river Ahava, through which the vulnerable group passed safely through a land of robbers because they sought God's help.
The verse names Johanan the son of Hakkatan among the sons of Azgad who joined Ezra's company, with 110 males with him. It is part of the account of the large group of Jews who answered the invitation to leave Babylon and return to Jerusalem with Ezra. It belongs to the gathering of the returning Jews before their journey from Babylon to Jerusalem, and Ezra's departure on the first day of Nisan followed this gathering, which the timing of the decree had to precede. It is associated with the period of Ezra and Nehemiah, which is a setting for Babylonian life. It was written by Ezra, a priest, and stands in the part of the book that records the experiences of the Jews at Jerusalem, their backsliding, their humility, their seeking of God, and the faithful reproofs given by Ezra and others.
The verse belongs to the account of the journey of Ezra and his company from Babylon to Jerusalem with the decree of Artaxerxes. The book of Ezra is wholly a history of the great decree covering seventy-nine years from the first year of Cyrus in 536 B.C. to the seventh year of Artaxerxes in 457 B.C., and chapter eight shows the going up to Jerusalem with the third and last portion of that decree given in chapter seven in the seventh year of Artaxerxes. Ezra personally had no part in the work until the last of the seventy-nine years, and he had the honor of carrying up to Jerusalem this last portion, mentioning himself only as connected with carrying out the decree. The company the verse lists was organized by Ezra to return from Babylon to Jerusalem in 457 B.C.
The verse belongs to B.C. 458, closing the fifty-eight-year interval beginning in B.C. 515 with Ezra 7, about sixty years after the first return and forty years after the completion of the temple. The story of Esther falls inside that interval, near the middle of the reign of Xerxes from B.C. 485 to 474, with his third year in B.C. 482, Esther made queen in his seventh year in B.C. 478, and Haman's plot in his thirteenth year in B.C. 472. The verse is included in the account of the Israelites who returned with Ezra, and Ezra 8 is an example of fasting and prayer by the river Ahava, through which the vulnerable group passed safely through a land of robbers because they sought God's help.