And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims , at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.
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Gill's Exposition
And by the good hand of our God upon us,.... Favouring their designs and orders, protecting those that were sent, and inclining those they were sent to use their interest and authority with those that…
Barnes' Notes
Casiphia - Its situation is wholly unknown; but it cannot have been far from Ahava.
Adam Clarke
At the place Casiphia - The most judicious commentators are agreed that by Casiphia, the Caspian mountains, between Media and Hyrcania, are intended; where, probably, the Nethinim were employed in…
Ezra, having received his commission from the king, beats up for volunteers, as it were, sets up an ensign to assemble the outcasts of Israel and the dispersed of Judah, Isa 11:12. "Whoever of the…
Cambridge Bible
And I sent them with commandment R.V. And I sent them forth. Marg. another reading is I gave them commandment. The A.V. combines the two readings.
The variety of reading arises from the uncertainty…
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