The Book of Ezra
EZRA - NEHEMIAH - Written originally as one book, these two books describe the return of the Jewish exiles after more than a half-century of bondage in Babylon, and the subsequent restoration of Jerusalem, its Temple and it walls. Ezra and Nehemiah are of special importance, since they contain nearly all of the direct information known of the post-Exilic period of Hebrew history.
Author: Prophet Ezra?
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
| kjv@Ezra:1 | Cyrus Helps the Exiles to Return |
| kjv@Ezra:2 | The List of the Exiles Who Returned |
| kjv@Ezra:3:1-6 | Rebuilding the Altar |
| kjv@Ezra:3:7-13 | Rebuilding the Temple |
| kjv@Ezra:4:1-5 | Opposition to the Rebuilding |
| kjv@Ezra:4:6-24 | Later Opposition Under Xerxes and Artaxerxes |
| kjv@Ezra:5 | Tattenai's Letter to Darius |
| kjv@Ezra:6:1-12 | The Decree of Darius |
| kjv@Ezra:6:13-18 | Completion and Dedication of the Temple |
| kjv@Ezra:6:19-22 | The Passover |
| kjv@Ezra:7:1-10 | Ezra Comes to Jerusalem |
| kjv@Ezra:7:11-28 | King Artaxerxes' Letter to Ezra |
| kjv@Ezra:8:1-14 | List of the Family Heads Returning With Ezra |
| kjv@Ezra:8:15-36 | The Return to Jerusalem |
| kjv@Ezra:9 | Ezra's Prayer About Intermarriage |
| kjv@Ezra:10:1-17 | The People's Confession of Sin |
| kjv@Ezra:10:18-44 | Those Guilty of Intermarriage |
| kjv@Nehemiah:8 | Ezra: Reads the Law |
(see also: BIBLEBYCHAPTER-Ezra )
SUMMARY:
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Ezra, Book of
(1.) The history of the first return of exiles, in the first year of Cyrus (B.C. 536), till the completion and dedication of the new temple, in the sixth year of Darius Hystapes (B.C. 515), ch. 1-6. From the close of the sixth to the opening of the seventh chapter there is a blank in the history of about sixty years.
(2.) The history of the second return under Ezra, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes Longimanus, and of the events that took place at Jerusalem after Ezra's arrival there (7-10). The book thus contains memorabilia connected with the Jews, from the decree of Cyrus (B.C. 536) to the reformation by Ezra (B.C. 456), extending over a period of about eighty years. There is no quotation from this book in the New Testament, but there never has been any doubt about its being canonical. Ezra was probably the author of this book, at least of the greater part of it (comp. 7:27-28; 8:1, etc.), as he was also of the Books of Chronicles, the close of which forms the opening passage of Ezra.
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