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Ezra 1

End of the Babylonian Captivity

In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, to fulfill the word of the Lord from the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also in writing, saying: “Thus says King Cyrus of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Let any of those among you who are of his people—may their God be with them!—go up to Jerusalem in Judah and rebuild the house of the Lord, the God of Israel; he is the God who is in Jerusalem. ...

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  1. He was wiser than anyone else, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, children of Mahol; his fame spread throughout all the surrounding nations.
  2. The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. These are the sons of Bithiah, daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married, and she conceived and bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah father of Eshtemoa.
  3. The Coming and Work of Ezra

    After this, in the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,
  4. this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses that the Lord the God of Israel had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was upon him.
  5. For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord and to do it and to teach the statutes and ordinances in Israel.
  6. The Letter of Artaxerxes to Ezra

    This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest and scribe, a scholar of the words of the commandments of the Lord and his statutes for Israel:
  7. “Artaxerxes, king of kings, to the priest Ezra, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven: Peace. And now
  8. “I, King Artaxerxes, decree to all the treasurers in the province Beyond the River: Whatever the priest Ezra, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, requires of you, let it be done with all diligence,
  9. “And you, Ezra, according to the God-given wisdom you possess, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people in the province Beyond the River who know the laws of your God, and you shall teach those who do not know them.
  10. Heads of Families Who Returned with Ezra

    These are their family heads, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylonia, in the reign of King Artaxerxes:
  11. Ezra’s Prayer

    At the evening sacrifice I got up from my fasting, with my garments and my mantle torn, and fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the Lord my God,
  12. The People’s Response

    While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children gathered to him out of Israel; the people also wept bitterly.
  13. Shecaniah son of Jehiel, of the descendants of Elam, addressed Ezra, saying, “We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land, but even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.
  14. Then Ezra stood up and made the leading priests, the Levites, and all Israel swear that they would do as had been said. So they swore.
  15. Foreign Wives and Their Children Rejected

    Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and went to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib, where he spent the night. He did not eat bread or drink water, for he was mourning over the faithlessness of the exiles.
  16. Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have trespassed and married foreign women and so increased the guilt of Israel.
  17. Then the returned exiles did so. Ezra the priest selected men, heads of families, according to their families, each of them designated by name. On the first day of the tenth month they sat down to examine the matter.
  18. So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns.

    Ezra Summons the People to Obey the Law

    When the seventh month came, the Israelites being settled in their towns,
  19. all the people gathered together into the square before the Water Gate. They told Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had given to Israel.
  20. Accordingly, Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could hear with understanding. This was on the first day of the seventh month.
  21. Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform that had been made for the purpose, and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam on his left hand.
  22. And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was standing above all the people, and when he opened it, all the people stood up.
  23. Then Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” lifting up their hands. Then they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
  24. And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
  25. The Festival of Booths Celebrated

    On the second day the heads of ancestral houses of all the people, with the priests and the Levites, came together to Ezra the scribe in order to study the words of the law.
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71 topical index results for “EzrA”

ARIEL : A messenger from Ezra to Iddo (Ezra 8:16)
ELNATHAN : Name of three Levites in the time of Ezra (Ezra 8:16)
JEIEL : A son of Adonikam, an exile who returned to Jerusalem with Ezra (Ezra 8:13)
JESAIAH : A Levite who joined Ezra to return to Jerusalem (Ezra 8:19)
JESHUA : A Levite who explained the law to the people when Ezra read it aloud (Nehemiah 8:7;12:8)
MALCHIAH : A Jew who stood by Ezra when he read the book of the law to the people (Nehemiah 8:4)
MATTITHIAH : A prince who stood beside Ezra when he read the law aloud to the people (Nehemiah 8:4)
MESHULLAM : A chief who returned with Ezra (Ezra 8:16)