And he came to Jerusalem in the {d} fifth month, which was in the seventh year {e} of the king.

(d) That contained part of July and part of August.

(e) Of king Darius.

Scofield Reference Notes

Margin fifth month

i.e. August.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

8. he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month-that is, corresponding to the end of our July or beginning of our August. As he left Babylon on the Jewish New Year's Day (Ezr 7:9), the journey must have occupied not less than four months (a long period), but it was necessary to move at a slow pace and by short, easy stages, as he had to conduct a large caravan of poor people, including women, children, and all their household gear (see on [487]Ezr 8:24).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

7:1-10 Ezra went from Babylon to Jerusalem, for the good of his country. The king was kind to him; he granted all his requests, whatever Ezra desired to enable him to serve his country. When he went, many went with him; he obtained favour from his king, by the Divine favour. Every creature is that to us, which God makes it to be. We must see the hand of God in the events that befal us, and acknowledge him with thankfulness.