Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
The book is the writing of Ezra the priest, and this verse stands after the renewed and greatly enlarged decree of Artaxerxes Longimanus recorded in chapter 7, in the remainder 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. It is part of the account in chapter 8 of the journey from Babylon to Jerusalem carrying the decree of Artaxerxes. That journey carried the third and last portion of the great decree to restore and to build Jerusalem, given in the seventh year of Artaxerxes in 457 B.C., which closes the seventy-nine years from the first year of Cyrus in 536 B.C. covered by the book of Ezra. Ezra personally had no part in the work until this last period, and had the honor of carrying this final portion up to Jerusalem.
The verse is part of the account of the large number of Jews who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem with Ezra in response to the invitation to return. The company fasted and prayed by the river Ahava before traveling through dangerous territory, and God answered them and brought them safely through. Their experience shows that God's hand is for good toward those who seek Him, while His power and wrath are against those who forsake Him.
The verse belongs to the lists in Ezra and Nehemiah of the leading ones who went up from the captivity and of those who had married strange wives. It is simply names of persons rather than an expressed precious promise to God's people. Not every verse of the Bible can therefore be counted as a distinct promise.
The book is the writing of Ezra the priest, and this verse stands after the renewed and greatly enlarged decree of Artaxerxes Longimanus recorded in chapter 7, in the remainder 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. It is part of the account in chapter 8 of the journey from Babylon to Jerusalem carrying the decree of Artaxerxes. That journey carried the third and last portion of the great decree to restore and to build Jerusalem, given in the seventh year of Artaxerxes in 457 B.C., which closes the seventy-nine years from the first year of Cyrus in 536 B.C. covered by the book of Ezra. Ezra personally had no part in the work until this last period, and had the honor of carrying this final portion up to Jerusalem.
The verse is part of the account of the large number of Jews who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem with Ezra in response to the invitation to return. The company fasted and prayed by the river Ahava before traveling through dangerous territory, and God answered them and brought them safely through. Their experience shows that God's hand is for good toward those who seek Him, while His power and wrath are against those who forsake Him.
The verse belongs to the lists in Ezra and Nehemiah of the leading ones who went up from the captivity and of those who had married strange wives. It is simply names of persons rather than an expressed precious promise to God's people. Not every verse of the Bible can therefore be counted as a distinct promise.