Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezra 7:20
And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow [it] out of the king’s treasure house.
20. Permission to draw, for further expenditure, upon the king’s treasury, i. e. upon the sums in the local treasury, which the satrap paid annually out of the tribute money into the king’s treasury at Susa or Ecbatana.
out of the king’s treasure house ] See note on Ezr 6:8 ‘of the king’s goods even of the tribute beyond the river, &c.’ The treasury of the satrapy of the country W. of the Euphrates (Abhar-Nahara). Cf. ‘the king’s treasure house’ Ezr 5:17, ‘the king’s house’ Ezr 6:4.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
For the house of thy God; towards the reparation, or adorning, or completing of it. See Poole “Ezr 6:14“.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shall have occasion to bestow,…. For the beautifying and ornamenting the temple, Ezr 7:27,
bestow it out of the king’s treasure house; where the money collected by tribute, tax, and custom, was deposited; his exchequer, as it may be called, see Ezr 6:8.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(20) Out of the kings treasure house.Every satrap had his local treasury. The decree gives Ezra very large powers, but the following verses add a measure of qualification.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Ezr 7:20 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow [it] out of the king’s treasure house.
Ver. 20. And whatsoever more, &c. ] What could this king say more to seal up his good affection to the work in hand? Shall not this liberal heathen rise up in judgment and condemn such hold fasts among us, such miserly money hoarders, as have no quick silver, no current money for God or any good uses; but are, the richer the harder, as Dives?
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
bestow, bestow. Figure of speech Anadiplosis (App-6), for emphasis.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
bestow it: Ezr 6:4, Ezr 6:8-18
Reciprocal: Deu 32:31 – General Neh 11:23 – the king’s Neh 13:14 – house
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ezr 7:20. Whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God
Toward the reparation, or adorning, or completing of it.