John Gill's Exposition on Ezra 1:6

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And all they that were about them, etc.] Their neighbours, the Chaldeans: strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things; which they either did of themselves at their own motion, or by the direction and example of Cyrus, (<150104>Ezra 1:4) and perhaps many of them to ingratiate themselves into the favour of their new monarch: besides all that was willingly offered: by the rich Jews, who thought fit, at least for the present, to remain in Babylon.

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