Ezra H5830
H5831
1. A famous scribe and priest
- General references
Ezra 7:6; Ezra 7:10; Ezra 7:21; Nehemiah 12:36
- Appoints a fast
Ezra 8:21
- Commissioned by Artaxerxes, returns to Jerusalem with a large company of Jews
Ezra 7:8
- His charge to the priests
Ezra 8:29
- Exhorts people to put away their heathen wives
Ezra 9:15; Ezra 10:17
- Reads the law
Nehemiah 8
- Reforms corruptions
Ezra 10; Nehemiah 13
- Dedicates the wall of Jerusalem
Nehemiah 12:43
2. A leading priest among the colonists under Zerubbabel
- General references
Nehemiah 12:1
- Probably identical with Azariah
Nehemiah 10:2; Ezra 7:1
3. A descendant of Judah
1 Chronicles 4:17