Ezra
Ezra 1
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the LORD’s word by Jeremiah’s mouth might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,“Cyrus king of Persia says, ‘The LORD, the...
Ezra 2
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Now these are the children of the province who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city;who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai,...
Ezra 3
Last Updated: October 10, 2026When the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak stood up with his brothers the priests and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his relatives, and built the altar of the God of Israel,...
Ezra 4
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to the LORD, the God of Israel,they came near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers’ households, and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we seek your God as you do; and...
Ezra 5
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem. They prophesied to them in the name of the God of Israel.Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build God’s house which is...
Ezra 6
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Then Darius the king made a decree, and the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon, was searched.A scroll was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, and in it this was written for a record:In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus...
Ezra 7
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the...
Ezra 8
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Now these are the heads of their fathers’ households, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, Hattush.Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of...
Ezra 9
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Now when these things were done, the princes came near to me, saying, “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, following their abominations, even those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.For...
Ezra 10
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before God’s house, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very bitterly.Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, “We have trespassed...