Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came there, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Before. 3 Esdras, "the court or hall of the temple. "(Haydock)
Eliasib. His son and successor is styled Joiada, 2 Esdras xii. 10. The same person had often many names, (Calmet) or Johanan might be a younger son. (Menochius)
Josephus ( xi. 5.) says, that Esdras went to the apartments of John and Eliasib. (Haydock)
Esdras, though sent extraordinarily by God, repairs to the son of the priest, as St. Paul conferred with other apostles, Galatians ii. (Worthington)