Ezra
12 references
- 1. A famous scribe and priest Ezra 7:1-5,6,10,21; Neh. 12:36
- Appoints a fast Ezra 8:21
- Commissioned by Artaxerxes, returns to Jerusalem with a large group of Jews Ezra 7:8
- His charge to the priests Ezra 8:29
- Exhorts people to put away their heathen wives EZR 9; 10:1-17
- Reads the law NEH 8
- Reforms corruptions Ezra 10; Neh. 13
- Dedicates the wall of Jerusalem Neh. 12:27-43
- 2. A leading priest among the colonists under Zerubbabel Neh. 12:1
- Probably identical with AZARIAH in Neh. 10:2
- And Ezra 7:1
- 3. A descendant of Judah 1 Chr. 4:17
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.