Ezra 5:10
“We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
We asked their names also,.... The names of the elders, those that set men about this work:
to certify that we might…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ezra 5:3-17
We have here, I. The cognizance which their neighbours soon took of the reviving of this good work. A jealous eye, it…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
We asked their names R.V. we asked them their names. So the Aramaic. For the names of the Elders, cf. Ezr 2:2.
the chief…