Ezra 5:9
“Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Then asked we those elders,.... The elders of the province of Judea; the chief men of it:
who commanded you to build…
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
Who commanded …, and to make up R.V. Who gave … a decree, … and to finish. Cf. on Ezr 5:3.
these walls R.V. - this wall…