Ezra 1:9

“And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,”

"And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives," - Ezra 1:9
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What does Ezra 1:9 mean?

Ezra 1:9 in the King James Version reads: "And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives," The book of Ezra is a historical narrative that tells the story of the Israelites' return from exile in Babylon and the…

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The Generosity of God's Restoration

In Ezra 1:9, we are given a specific account related to the return of the exiles to Jerusalem and the restoration of the temple. The verse states, "And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives." Though it may seem…

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A Prayer of Abundance and Restoration

Dear Heavenly Father, We come before You with hearts full of gratitude and reverence. As we reflect on the passage from Ezra 1:9, where it speaks of the wealth and provision which You arranged for Your people—"And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand…

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Ezra 2:9 - "The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore."
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Ezra 8:9 - "Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males."
Ezra 7:1 - "Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,"
"The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore." - Ezra 2:9
Ezra 9:1 - "Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites."
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Ezra 9:10 - "And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,"
Ezra 6:1-12
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?"
Ezra 4:9 - "Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,"
Ezra 9:3 - "And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied."
Altar rebuilt in Jerusalem. Ezra 3:1-3
Ezra 9:9 - "For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem."
"Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males." - Ezra 8:9
Ezra 3:9 - "Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites."
Ezra 9:2 - "For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass."
Ezra 10:1 - "Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore."