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Ezra

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Ezra in the Bible Dictionary

  1. 1. A famous scribe and priest Ezra 7:1–5, 6, 10, 21; Neh 12:36
  2. Appoints a fast Ezra 8:21
  3. Commissioned by Artaxerxes, returns to Jerusalem with a large group of Jews Ezra 7:8
  4. His charge to the priests Ezra 8:29
  5. Exhorts people to put away their heathen wives Ezra 9; 10:1–17
  6. Reads the law Neh 8
  7. Reforms corruptions Ezra 10; Neh 13
  8. Dedicates the wall of Jerusalem Neh 12:27–43
  9. 2. A leading priest among the colonists under Zerubbabel Neh 12:1
  10. Probably identical with AZARIAH in Neh 10:2
  11. And Ezra 7:1
  12. 3. A descendant of Judah 1 Chr 4:17

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.