John Trapp on Ezra 8:18

Verſe 18.Pauſanias. And by the good hand of God upon us] God was in all this good mans thoughts: he ſet upon every paſſage, (as the Ancients did upon every ſpecial piece of work they did) [non-Latin text not transcribed]. This was the onely way to make his journey comfortable thus to converſe with God all along, & Paradiſum mente deambulare, as Hierome counſelled the young Hermite; aſſuring him that ſo long as he had Paradiſe in his mind, and God in his apprehenſions, tamdin in eremo non eſſet, ſo long he ſhould not be in a deſert.

They brought us a man of underſtanding] The Hebrew word Shacal ſignifieth three things, 1. To underſtand. 2. To inſtruct. 3. To proſper. Thoſe that underſtand themſelves, and teach others, ſhall do much good to themſelves and others. See the Note on verſ. 16. This egregiè cordatus homo was Sherebiah, as it followeth here, and Sherebiah or, even Sherebiah, confer Neh. 8.7. and 9.4, 5.