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Ezra

Ezra (Old Testament • 10 Chapters): Ezra (Old Testament, 10 chapters). Key figures: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Benjamin , Zerubbabel , Seraiah , Shephatiah . Key places: Persia , Jerusalem , Babylon , Jeshua , Elam , Netophah . Opens with: "Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia , that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up th..." Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Babylonian Captivity & Post-Exilic Return—In 586 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and deported Judah , including King Jehoiachin and High Priest Jehozadak ( 1 Chronicles 6:15 ), before the Persian decree of Cyrus enabled Zerubbabel , Joshua , Ezra, and Nehemiah to rebuild the Temple and walls of Jerusalem.

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Ezra (Generation 48 • Child of Seraiah ): ( Ezra 7:1 ) Ezra was the priest who returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity and recorded the events in the book of the Bible named Ezra. (mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4 , Ezra 7 , Ezra 10 ) Seraiah (Generation 47 • Child of Azariah ): Seraiah is a biblical figure in Generation 47, child of Azariah , parent of Jehozadak , Ezra. ( 1 Chronicles 6:14 , Ezra 7:1 ) (mentioned in 2 Samuel 8 , 2 Kings 25 , 1 Chronicles 4 ) Eleazar (Generation 27 • Child of Aaron ): ( Exodus 6:23 , Numbers 3:2 , Numbers 26:60 , 1 Chronicles 6:3 , 6:50 , 24:1 , Ezra 7:5 ) Moses , Aaron , and his sons were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, toward the sunrise ( Numbers 3:38 ). (mentioned in Exodus 6 , Exodus 28 , Leviticus 10 ) Azariah (Generation 38 • Child of Ahimaaz ): Azariah is a biblical figure in Generation 38, child of Ahimaaz , parent of Johanan . ( 1 Chronicles 6:9 , Ezra 7:3 ) (mentioned in 1 Chronicles 6 , Ezra 7 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Cherub (Ancient biblical location referenced in Ezra 2:59 , Neh 7:61 (identified with Babel ).) Beyond the River (region. Referenced in Ezra 4:10 , Ezra 4:11 , Ezra 4:16 , Ezra 4:17 , Ezra 4:20 .) Tel-melah (from tyndale. Referenced in Ezra 2:59 , Neh 7:61 .) Judea (region. Referenced in Ezra 9:9 , Matt 2:1 , Matt 2:5 , Matt 2:22 , Matt 3:1 .)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Ezra 10:35 : "Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,"; Ezra 10:36 : "Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,"; Ezra 10:40 : "Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,". Related canonical books and chapters: Ezra (Old Testament • 10 Chapters), Ezra 2 ( Ezra • Chapter 2 (70 verses)), Ezra 1 (Ezra • Chapter 1 (11 verses)).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

Ezra
99% Old Testament
Old Testament • 10 Chapters

Ezra (Old Testament, 10 chapters). Key figures: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Benjamin , Zerubbabel , Seraiah , Shephatiah . Key places: Persia , Jerusalem , Babylon , Jeshua , Elam , Netophah . Opens with: "Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia , that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up th..."

Ezra
99% Gen 48
Generation 48 • Child of Seraiah

( Ezra 7:1 )Ezra was the priest who returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity and recorded the events in the book of the Bible named Ezra.

Wiki Article • History & Monarchy

In 586 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and deported Judah , including King Jehoiachin and High Priest Jehozadak ( 1 Chronicles 6:15 ), before the Persian decree of Cyrus enabled Zerubbabel , Joshua , Ezra , and Nehemiah to rebuild the Temple and walls of Jerusalem .

Ezra 2
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Ezra • Chapter 2 (70 verses)

Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon , and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah , every one unto his city; Which came with Zerubbabel :... Mentions: Judah , Zerubbabel , Seraiah , Jacob/Israel , Shephatiah , Babylon, Jerusalem , Jeshua , Elam , Netophah .

Ezra 1
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Ezra • Chapter 1 (11 verses)

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia , that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia , that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, Thus saith Cyr... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Benjamin , Persia, Jerusalem , Babylon .

Ezra 5
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Ezra • Chapter 5 (17 verses)

Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo , prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel , even unto them. Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel , and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the ho... Mentions: Zechariah , Iddo , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Zerubbabel , Jerusalem , Jeshua , Babylon .

Ezra 7
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Ezra • Chapter 7 (28 verses)

Now 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 , Mentions: Ezra , Seraiah , Azariah (or Uzziah), Hilkiah , Shallum , Persia , Babylon , Jerusalem .

Ezra 3
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Ezra • Chapter 3 (13 verses)

And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem . Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel , and his brethren, and b... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Zerubbabel , Shealtiel , Moses , Judah , Jerusalem , Jeshua , Tyre , Lebanon , Joppa .

Ezra Map
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Interactive Book Map • Ezra

Geographic map plotting ancient cities, rivers, mountains, and events recorded across the Book of Ezra .

Ezra 4
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Ezra • Chapter 4 (24 verses)

Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lord God of Israel ; Then they came to Zerubbabel , and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we... Mentions: Judah , Benjamin , Jacob/Israel , Zerubbabel , Jeshua , Persia , Jerusalem , Samaria .

Ezra 8
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Ezra • Chapter 8 (36 verses)

These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that 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 Shechaniah, of the s... Mentions: Phinehas , Gershon (Gershom), Ithamar , Daniel , David , Babylon , Elam , Ahava , Ariel , Casiphia .

Ezra 10
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Ezra • Chapter 10 (44 verses)

Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of t... Mentions: Ezra , Jacob/Israel , Elam , Judah , Benjamin , Jerusalem , Jeshua , Immer , Telem .

Ezra 6
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Ezra • Chapter 6 (22 verses)

Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon . And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: In the first year of... Mentions: Zechariah , Iddo , Jacob/Israel , Moses , Babylon , Jerusalem , Persia , Assyria .

Ezra 9
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Ezra • Chapter 9 (15 verses)

Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel , and the priests, and the Levites , have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Je... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Ammonites , Moabites , Judah , Persia , Jerusalem .

Seraiah
99% Gen 47
Generation 47 • Child of Azariah

Seraiah is a biblical figure in Generation 47, child of Azariah , parent of Jehozadak , Ezra . ( 1 Chronicles 6:14 , Ezra 7:1 )

Eleazar
99% Gen 27
Generation 27 • Child of Aaron

( Exodus 6:23 , Numbers 3:2 , Numbers 26:60 , 1 Chronicles 6:3 , 6:50 , 24:1 , Ezra 7:5 ) Moses , Aaron , and his sons were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, toward the sunrise ( Numbers 3:38 ).

Azariah
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Generation 38 • Child of Ahimaaz

Azariah is a biblical figure in Generation 38, child of Ahimaaz , parent of Johanan . ( 1 Chronicles 6:9 , Ezra 7:3 )

דַּיָּן
dayyan
H1782 Hebrew
judge, magistrate

judge, magistrate. Judge, magistrate administering divine and civil law in Ezra 7:25.

בֵּן
ben
H1123 Hebrew
son, children, building block

son, children, building block. Son, building block of community; 'children of the captivity' (Ezra 6:16).

Phinehas
99% Gen 28
Generation 28 • Child of Eleazar

( Exodus 6:25 , Numbers 25:7-8 , 1 Chronicles 6:50 , Ezra 7:5 ) The LORD gave Phinehas His covenant of peace- covenant of a perpetual priesthood ( Numbers 25:11-13 )

Azariah
99% Gen 40
Generation 40 • Child of Johanan

Azariah is a biblical figure in Generation 40, child of Johanan , parent of Amariah . ( 1 Chronicles 6:10 , Ezra 7:3 )

Nehemiah 8
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Nehemiah • Chapter 8 (18 verses)

And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses , which the Lord had commanded to Israel . And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregatio... Mentions: Ezra, Moses , Jacob/Israel , Hilkiah , Pedaiah , Shema , Jeshua , Jerusalem , Ephraim .

Uzzi
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Generation 31 • Child of Bukki

Uzzi is a biblical figure in Generation 31, child of Bukki , parent of Zerahiah . ( 1 Chronicles 6:5 , 6:51 , Ezra 7:4 )

Abishua
99% Gen 29
Generation 29 • Child of Phinehas

Abishua is a biblical figure in Generation 29, child of Phinehas , parent of Bukki . ( 1 Chronicles 6:4 , 1 Chronicles 6:50 , Ezra 7:5 )

Bukki
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Generation 30 • Child of Abishua

Bukki is a biblical figure in Generation 30, child of Abishua , parent of Uzzi . ( 1 Chronicles 6:5 , 6:51 , Ezra 7:4-5 )

Zerahiah
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Generation 32 • Child of Uzzi

Zerahiah is a biblical figure in Generation 32, child of Uzzi , parent of Meraioth . ( 1 Chronicles 6:6 , 6:51 , Ezra 7:4 )

Meraioth
99% Gen 33
Generation 33 • Child of Zerahiah

Meraioth is a biblical figure in Generation 33, child of Zerahiah , parent of Amariah . ( 1 Chronicles 6:6 , 6:52 , Ezra 7:3-4 )

Azariah
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Generation 46 • Child of Hilkiah

Azariah is a biblical figure in Generation 46, child of Hilkiah , parent of Seraiah . ( 1 Chronicles 6:13 , Ezra 7:1 )

Cherub
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Babel • 32.537°N, 44.421°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Ezra 2:59 , Neh 7:61 (identified with Babel ).

Amariah
99% Gen 41
Generation 41 • Child of Azariah

Amariah is a biblical figure in Generation 41, child of Azariah , parent of Ahitub . ( 1 Chronicles 6:11 , Ezra 7:2-3 )

Hilkiah
99% Gen 45
Generation 45 • Child of Shallum

Hilkiah is a biblical figure in Generation 45, child of Shallum , parent of Azariah . ( 1 Chronicles 6:13 , Ezra 7:1-2 )

Amariah
99% Gen 34
Generation 34 • Child of Meraioth

Amariah is a biblical figure in Generation 34, child of Meraioth , parent of Ahitub . ( 1 Chronicles 6:7 , 6:52 , Ezra 7:3 )

Beyond the River
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

region. Referenced in Ezra 4:10 , Ezra 4:11 , Ezra 4:16 , Ezra 4:17 , Ezra 4:20 .

Tel-melah
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Biblical Place • Calneh • 32.127°N, 45.230°E

from tyndale. Referenced in Ezra 2:59 , Neh 7:61 .

Judea
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

region. Referenced in Ezra 9:9 , Matt 2:1 , Matt 2:5 , Matt 2:22 , Matt 3:1 .

Ahitub
99% Gen 42
Generation 42 • Child of Amariah

Ahitub is a biblical figure in Generation 42, child of Amariah , parent of Zadok . ( 1 Chronicles 6:11 , Ezra 7:2-3 )

Scripture Passages (24)

Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,

Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,

Benjamin , Malluch, and Shemariah.

Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,

Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,

And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei ,

And Shelemiah, and Nathan , and Adaiah ,

The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.

The men of Netophah , fifty and six.

The children of Azmaveth , forty and two.

The children of Nebo , fifty and two.

Ezra 2:9 (KJV)
Ezra 2 KJV

The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.

The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.

The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.

The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.

The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.

Ezra 2:4 (KJV)
Ezra 2 KJV

The children of Shephatiah , three hundred seventy and two.

Ezra 2:5 (KJV)
Ezra 2 KJV

The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.

Ezra 2:8 (KJV)
Ezra 2 KJV

The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.

The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.

The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.

The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.

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