Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.
The chamber
Johanan
He did eat
He mourned
Bible References
The chamber
Nehemiah 13:5
had prepared for Tobiah a large room (chamber) where previously they had put the grain offerings, the frankincense, the utensils, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and [olive] oil which were given by commandment for the Levites, the singers, and gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.
Johanan
Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests and built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set up its doors; and they consecrated the wall [westward] to the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel.
Nehemiah 12:10
Now Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, Joiakim of Eliashib, Eliashib of Joiada,
Nehemiah 13:28
One of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite, so I chased him away from me.
He did eat
Deuteronomy 9:18
Then, as before, I fell down before the Lord for [another] forty days and forty nights; I did not eat food or drink water, because of all the sin you had committed by doing what was evil in the sight of the Lord to provoke Him to anger.
Job 23:12
“I have not departed from the commandment of His lips;
I have kept the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
“I have not departed from the commandment of His lips;
I have kept the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
John 4:31
Meanwhile, the disciples were urging Jesus [to have a meal], saying, “Rabbi (Teacher), eat.”
He mourned
Ezra 9:4
Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles gathered to me as I sat appalled until the evening offering.
Isaiah 22:12
Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to mourning,
To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth [in humiliation].
Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to mourning,
To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth [in humiliation].
Daniel 9:3
So I directed my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes.