Ezra 7:28

Filipino Cebuano Bible

28 Ug naghatag sa mahigugmaong-kalolot kanako sa atubangan sa hari, ug sa iyang mga magtatambag, ug sa atubangan sa tanang mga gamhanang principe sa hari. Ug ako gipalig-on sumala sa pagmando sa kamot ni Jehova nga akong Dios kanako, ug akong gitigum sa pagtingub gikan sa Israel mga tawo nga pangulo aron sa pag-adto uban kanako.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

extended: Ezra 9:9, Genesis 32:28, Genesis 43:14, Nehemiah 1:11

his counsellors: Ezra 7:14, Jonah 3:7

And I was strengthened: In what the king decreed he saw the hand of God: he therefore gave Him the praise, and took courage.

as the hand: Ezra 7:6, Ezra 7:9, Ezra 5:5, Ezra 8:18, Nehemiah 2:8, 2 Timothy 4:17, 2 Timothy 4:18

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 8:50 - and give them Ezra 8:22 - The hand Ezra 8:31 - the hand Psalms 126:3 - General Proverbs 21:1 - The king's Proverbs 29:26 - ruler's favour Daniel 1:9 - General Haggai 1:14 - stirred Luke 6:38 - and it Luke 7:5 - and

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And hath extended mercy unto me, before the king and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes,.... Before Artaxerxes, his seven counsellors, Ezra 7:14 and the nobles of his realm, in being appointed by them to carry their freewill offerings to Jerusalem, and the king's commands to his treasurers, with leave to take as many of the Jews with him as were willing to go:

and I was strengthened as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me; animated to undertake this work, and execute this commission, being under the influence of divine favour and protection:

and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me; he went about in the several parts where Israelites dwelt, and persuaded some of the principal men among them to go along with him to Jerusalem, showing them the king's decree, which gave them leave; and their names and numbers are described in the next chapter.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezra 7:28. And I was strengthened — In what the king decreed he saw the hand of God; he therefore gave him the praise, and took courage. There is a most amiable spirit of piety in these reflections. Ezra simply states the case; shows what the king had determined, and tells what he said; and then points out the grand agent in the whole business-it was the Lord God of his fathers. Thus God had put it into the king's heart to beautify the house of Jehovah; and, as that house was built for the salvation of the souls of men, he gives God praise for putting it into the king's heart to repair it: he who loves God and man will rejoice in the establishment of the Divine worship, because this is the readiest way to promote the best interests of man.