Ezra
에스라
Named at Ezra 7:1 as the son of Seraiah. 7:1–6 says, “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, the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the LORD his God’s hand on him.” The Korean Revised Version gives the line by generations, from 스라야의 아들이요 (the son of Seraiah) to 대제사장 아론의 십 륙대손이라 (the descendant of Aaron the chief priest in the sixteenth generation), and reads 웃시엘 where WEB reads Uzzi (7:4). At 7:8 Ezra (WEB “He”; the Korean Revised Version 이 에스라가 올라왔으니, this Ezra came up) comes to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king, and 7:10 says, “For Ezra had set his heart to seek the LORD’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.” 7:11 says, “Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the LORD’s commandments, and of his statutes to Israel”; in the letter (7:12–26) the king makes a decree to all the treasurers beyond the River “that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, requires of you, it shall be done with all diligence” (7:21), and at 7:25 turns to him: “You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, who all know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn’t know them.” Ezra 10:1–17 says that while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before God’s house, Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra with words that begin, “We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land. Yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing”; that Ezra arose and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel to swear that they would do according to this word, rose up from before God’s house, and went into the room of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib, and when he came there, didn’t eat bread or drink water, for he mourned because of the trespass of the exiles; that Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have trespassed, and have married foreign women, increasing the guilt of Israel. Now therefore make confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers and do his pleasure. Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign women”; and that Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ households, were set apart, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. Nehemiah 8:1–3 says that all the people gathered into the wide place that was in front of the water gate and spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, and that Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly on the first day of the seventh month, and read from it (WEB “He read”) from early morning until midday; 8:4–6 that Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood and opened the book in the sight of all the people, and, “Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. All the people answered, ‘Amen, Amen,’ with the lifting up of their hands.” At 8:9 Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “Today is holy to the LORD your God. Don’t mourn, nor weep.” 8:13 says that on the second day the heads of fathers’ households of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered together to Ezra the scribe, to study the words of the law, and 8:18, “Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God” (the Korean Revised Version names Ezra here: 에스라는).
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- EZR 7:1–6, engwebp
1Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
2the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
3the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
4the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
5the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—
6this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the LORD his God’s hand on him.
- EZR 7:7–10, engwebp
7Some of the children of Israel, including some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
8He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
9For on the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God on him.
10For Ezra had set his heart to seek the LORD’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.
- EZR 7:11–20, engwebp
11Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the LORD’s commandments, and of his statutes to Israel:
12Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven. Now
13I make a decree that all those of the people of Israel and their priests and the Levites in my realm, who intend of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with you.
14Because you are sent by the king and his seven counselors to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your hand,
15and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
16and all the silver and gold that you will find in all the province of Babylon, with the free will offering of the people and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem.
17Therefore you shall with all diligence buy with this money bulls, rams, and lambs with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, and shall offer them on the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
18Whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do that according to the will of your God.
19The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.
20Whatever more will be needed for the house of your God, which you may have occasion to give, give it out of the king’s treasure house.
- EZR 7:21–26, engwebp
21I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, requires of you, it shall be done with all diligence,
22up to one hundred talents of silver, and to one hundred cors of wheat, and to one hundred baths of wine, and to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
23Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
24Also we inform you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, or laborers of this house of God.
25You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, who all know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn’t know them.
26Whoever will not do the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed on him with all diligence, whether it is to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
- EZR 10:1–4, engwebp
1Now 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.
2Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land. Yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.
3Now therefore let’s make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives and those who are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God. Let it be done according to the law.
4Arise, for the matter belongs to you and we are with you. Be courageous, and do it.”
- EZR 10:5–6, engwebp
5Then Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel to swear that they would do according to this word. So they swore.
6Then Ezra rose up from before God’s house, and went into the room of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. When he came there, he didn’t eat bread or drink water, for he mourned because of the trespass of the exiles.
- EZR 10:10–11, engwebp
10Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have trespassed, and have married foreign women, increasing the guilt of Israel.
11Now therefore make confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers and do his pleasure. Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign women.”
- EZR 10:16–17, engwebp
16The children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ households, after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
17They finished with all the men who had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.
- NEH 8:1–3, engwebp
1All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the wide place that was in front of the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.
2Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
3He read from it before the wide place that was in front of the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand. The ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.
- NEH 8:4–8, engwebp
4Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
5Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people (for he was above all the people), and when he opened it, all the people stood up.
6Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. All the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” with the lifting up of their hands. They bowed their heads, and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
7Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law; and the people stayed in their place.
8They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.
- NEH 8:9–12, engwebp
9Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “Today is holy to the LORD your God. Don’t mourn, nor weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
10Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
11So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Hold your peace, for the day is holy. Don’t be grieved.”
12All the people went their way to eat, to drink, to send portions, and to celebrate, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
- NEH 8:13–15, engwebp
13On the second day, the heads of fathers’ households of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered together to Ezra the scribe, to study the words of the law.
14They found written in the law how the LORD had commanded by Moses that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month;
15and that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the mountain, and get olive branches, branches of wild olive, myrtle branches, palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make temporary shelters, as it is written.”
- NEH 8:16–18, engwebp
16So the people went out and brought them, and made themselves temporary shelters, everyone on the roof of his house, in their courts, in the courts of God’s house, in the wide place of the water gate, and in the wide place of Ephraim’s gate.
17All the assembly of those who had come back out of the captivity made temporary shelters and lived in the temporary shelters, for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun to that day the children of Israel had not done so. There was very great gladness.
18Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. They kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.
- NEH 12:22–26, engwebp
22As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ households; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.
23The sons of Levi, heads of fathers’ households, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
24The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers close to them, to praise and give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God, section next to section.
25Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates.
26These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest and scribe.
- NEH 12:31–37, engwebp
31Then I brought the princes of Judah up on the wall, and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession. One went on the right hand on the wall toward the dung gate;
32and after them went Hoshaiah, with half of the princes of Judah,
33and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
34Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,
35and some of the priests’ sons with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph;
36and his brothers, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them.
37By the spring gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of David’s city, at the ascent of the wall, above David’s house, even to the water gate eastward.
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Unresolved interpretation: Ezra’s line in Ezra 7:1–5, Seraiah the chief priest and Hilkiah the high priest
- 2 Samuel 8:17 says, “Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests”.
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- 2SA 8:15–18, engwebp
15David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness for all his people.
16Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder,
17Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, Seraiah was scribe,
18Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief ministers.
- 2SA 8:15–18, engwebp
- 2 Kings 22:3–4 says that in the eighteenth year of King Josiah the king sent Shaphan the scribe to the LORD’s house, saying words that begin, “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money which is brought into the LORD’s house”.
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- 2KI 22:3–7, engwebp
3In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the LORD’s house, saying,
4“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money which is brought into the LORD’s house, which the keepers of the threshold have gathered of the people.
5Let them deliver it into the hand of the workers who have the oversight of the LORD’s house; and let them give it to the workers who are in the LORD’s house, to repair the damage to the house,
6to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and cut stone to repair the house.
7However, no accounting shall be asked of them for the money delivered into their hand, for they deal faithfully.”
- 2KI 22:3–7, engwebp
- 2 Kings 25:18 says, “The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold”, and 25:20–21, “Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. The king of Babylon attacked them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath.”
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- 2KI 25:18–21, engwebp
18The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold;
19and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city.
20Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
21The king of Babylon attacked them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
- 2KI 25:18–21, engwebp
- Ezra 7:1–5 gives Ezra’s line: “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 son of Bukki, the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest”. The Korean Revised Version gives the same line by generations, and reads 웃시엘 where WEB reads Uzzi (7:4).
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- EZR 7:1–6, engwebp
1Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
2the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
3the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
4the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
5the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—
6this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the LORD his God’s hand on him.
- EZR 7:1–6, engwebp
- Nehemiah 11:11 names “Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of God’s house”. The Korean Revised Version sets these last words before Seraiah’s name (하나님의 전을 맡은 자 스라야니, Seraiah, who had charge of God’s house) and counts the generations to Ahitub (아히둡의 오대손, the fifth generation from Ahitub).
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- NEH 11:10–14, engwebp
10Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin,
11Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of God’s house,
12and their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,
13and his brothers, chiefs of fathers’ households, two hundred forty-two; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
14and their brothers, mighty men of valor, one hundred twenty-eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.
- NEH 11:10–14, engwebp
2 Samuel 8:17 says that Zadok the son of Ahitub was one of the priests; 2 Kings 22:4 names Hilkiah the high priest, and 25:18 Seraiah the chief priest, without naming their fathers. Ezra 7:1–5 names 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, and his line on to Aaron the chief priest; Nehemiah 11:11 names Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, “the ruler of God’s house” (the Korean Revised Version sets these words before Seraiah’s name). This collection records the Zadok son of Ahitub of Ezra 7:2 with the Zadok son of Ahitub of 2 Samuel 8:17, keeps the Seraiah and Hilkiah of Ezra 7:1 apart from Seraiah the chief priest and Hilkiah the high priest of 2 Kings, and keeps the Seraiah, Hilkiah, Zadok, Meraioth and Ahitub of Nehemiah 11:11, whose fathers or sons the text gives otherwise than those of the same names in Ezra 7:1–5, apart from them and from the priests of 2 Samuel and 2 Kings. The text does not say whether any of them are the same men, and the collection does not decide whether they are.
Unresolved interpretation: The speaker of Ezra 7:27–9:15
- Ezra 7:1–5 opens, “Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah”, and gives his line to “Aaron the chief priest”; 7:6 says, “this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given”.
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- EZR 7:1–6, engwebp
1Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
2the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
3the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
4the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
5the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—
6this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the LORD his God’s hand on him.
- EZR 7:1–6, engwebp
- Ezra 7:27–28 opens, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers”, and says, “I was strengthened according to the LORD my God’s hand on me, and I gathered together chief men out of Israel to go up with me.” These verses do not name the speaker.
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- EZR 7:27–28, engwebp
27Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the LORD’s house which is in Jerusalem;
28and has extended loving kindness to me before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. I was strengthened according to the LORD my God’s hand on me, and I gathered together chief men out of Israel to go up with me.
- EZR 7:27–28, engwebp
- Ezra 9:3–5 opens, “When I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled the hair out of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded”, and says, “At the evening offering I rose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn; and I fell on my knees, and spread out my hands to the LORD my God”. These verses do not name the speaker.
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- EZR 9:3–5, engwebp
3When I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled the hair out of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.
4Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel were assembled to me because of the trespass of the exiles; and I sat confounded until the evening offering.
5At the evening offering I rose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn; and I fell on my knees, and spread out my hands to the LORD my God;
- EZR 9:3–5, engwebp
- Ezra 10:1 says, “Now 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.”
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- EZR 10:1–4, engwebp
1Now 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.
2Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land. Yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.
3Now therefore let’s make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives and those who are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God. Let it be done according to the law.
4Arise, for the matter belongs to you and we are with you. Be courageous, and do it.”
- EZR 10:1–4, engwebp
Ezra 7:1–26 tells of Ezra and of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra, and 7:27–28 begins to speak in the first person, “according to the LORD my God’s hand on me”. No verse of 7:27–9:15 names this “I”, and 9:3–5 and 9:6–15 speak as “I” too. 10:1 names Ezra again, praying and making confession, weeping and casting himself down before God’s house. The text does not say who the speaker of 7:27–9:15 is. This collection writes the speaker as the text does, gives no entry a part in those events, and does not decide who the speaker is.
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Seraiah (father of Ezra) — Father of — Ezra
Evidence: Ezra 7:1–6
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Took part in (14) — Ezra the son of Seraiah, a skilled scribe, goes up from Babylon, Ezra, who had set his heart to seek the LORD’s law, comes to Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king, The letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, King Artaxerxes’ decree to all the treasurers beyond the River, and the charge to Ezra to appoint magistrates and judges, While Ezra prays before God’s house, Shecaniah the son of Jehiel answers Ezra, Ezra makes the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel swear, and goes into the room of Jehohanan, Ezra the priest stands up and tells them to separate themselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign women, Ezra the priest and certain heads of fathers’ households sit down to examine the matter, Ezra the priest brings the law before the assembly and reads from it from early morning until midday, Ezra the scribe stands on a pulpit of wood, opens the book, and blesses the LORD, and the people answer and worship, Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites tell the people not to weep, and the people celebrate, The booths of the feast of the seventh month, found written in the law by those gathered to Ezra the scribe, The people make temporary shelters and keep the feast seven days, and on the eighth day is a solemn assembly, The company of those who gave thanks that went on the right hand toward the dung gate
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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,
this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the LORD his God’s hand on him.
For Ezra had set his heart to seek the LORD’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.
Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the LORD’s commandments, and of his statutes to Israel:
Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven. Now
I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, requires of you, it shall be done with all diligence,
You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, who all know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn’t know them.
Now 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 against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land. Yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.
Then Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel to swear that they would do according to this word. So they swore.
Then Ezra rose up from before God’s house, and went into the room of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. When he came there, he didn’t eat bread or drink water, for he mourned because of the trespass of the exiles.
Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have trespassed, and have married foreign women, increasing the guilt of Israel.
The children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ households, after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the wide place that was in front of the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.
Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people (for he was above all the people), and when he opened it, all the people stood up.
Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. All the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” with the lifting up of their hands. They bowed their heads, and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “Today is holy to the LORD your God. Don’t mourn, nor weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
On the second day, the heads of fathers’ households of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered together to Ezra the scribe, to study the words of the law.
These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest and scribe.
and his brothers, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Ezra (person-ezra) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/ezra Current wording: Named at Ezra 7:1 as the son of Seraiah. 7:1–6 says, “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, the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the LORD his God’s hand on him.” The Korean Revised Version gives the line by generations, from 스라야의 아들이요 (the son of Seraiah) to 대제사장 아론의 십 륙대손이라 (the descendant of Aaron the chief priest in the sixteenth generation), and reads 웃시엘 where WEB reads Uzzi (7:4). At 7:8 Ezra (WEB “He”; the Korean Revised Version 이 에스라가 올라왔으니, this Ezra came up) comes to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king, and 7:10 says, “For Ezra had set his heart to seek the LORD’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.” 7:11 says, “Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the LORD’s commandments, and of his statutes to Israel”; in the letter (7:12–26) the king makes a decree to all the treasurers beyond the River “that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, requires of you, it shall be done with all diligence” (7:21), and at 7:25 turns to him: “You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, who all know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn’t know them.” Ezra 10:1–17 says that while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before God’s house, Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra with words that begin, “We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land. Yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing”; that Ezra arose and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel to swear that they would do according to this word, rose up from before God’s house, and went into the room of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib, and when he came there, didn’t eat bread or drink water, for he mourned because of the trespass of the exiles; that Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have trespassed, and have married foreign women, increasing the guilt of Israel. Now therefore make confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers and do his pleasure. Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign women”; and that Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ households, were set apart, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. Nehemiah 8:1–3 says that all the people gathered into the wide place that was in front of the water gate and spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, and that Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly on the first day of the seventh month, and read from it (WEB “He read”) from early morning until midday; 8:4–6 that Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood and opened the book in the sight of all the people, and, “Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. All the people answered, ‘Amen, Amen,’ with the lifting up of their hands.” At 8:9 Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “Today is holy to the LORD your God. Don’t mourn, nor weep.” 8:13 says that on the second day the heads of fathers’ households of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered together to Ezra the scribe, to study the words of the law, and 8:18, “Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God” (the Korean Revised Version names Ezra here: 에스라는). Cited evidence: EZR 7:1–6, engwebp / EZR 7:7–10, engwebp / EZR 7:11–20, engwebp / EZR 7:21–26, engwebp / EZR 10:1–4, engwebp / EZR 10:5–6, engwebp / EZR 10:10–11, engwebp / EZR 10:16–17, engwebp (and 7 more of 15) Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.