Ezra 7:1-10

Ezra Journeys from Babylon to Jerusalem

1 ¹Now after these things, in the reign of ²Artaxerxes king of Persia, there went up Ezra son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,

2 son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub,

3 son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth,

4 son of Zerahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Bukki,

5 son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the chief priest.

6 This Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a ³scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all he requested ⁴because the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.

7 ⁵Some of the sons of Israel and some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.

8 He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

9 For on the first of the first month he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, ⁶because the good hand of his God was upon him.

10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD and to practice it, and ⁷to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel.

Ezra 7:1-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 7

In this chapter we have the lineage and character of Ezra described, Ezr 7:1-6, his expedition to Jerusalem, and of many others with him, Ezr 7:7-10, a copy of the commission King Artaxerxes gave him to execute, Ezr 7:11-26, and his thankfulness, Ezr 7:27,28.

and the dedication of it, and keeping the passover:

\\in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia\\; in the seventh year of his reign, Ezr 7:7,8, who is the same with Darius in the preceding chapter; so Jarchi and Aben Ezra; \\See Gill on "Ezr 6:14"\\.

\\Ezra the son of Seraiah\\; the high priest slain by Nebuchadnezzar Jer 52:24,27, this Ezra was a younger son of his, brother to Josedech, and uncle to Joshua, who were high priests in succession; his pedigree is carried in the ascending line up to Aaron, in this and the four following verses; only six generations, for brevity sake, are omitted, between Azariah and Meraioth, which may be supplied from 1Ch 6:7-10, \\See Gill on "1Ch 6:3\\. 20133-950205-1547-Ezr7.2

Cross References

• 1. 1 Chronicles 6:4-14
• 2. Ezra 7:12, 21; Nehemiah 2:1
• 3. Ezra 7:11, 12, 21
• 4. Ezra 7:9, 28; Ezra 8:22
• 5. Ezra 8:1-20
• 6. Ezra 7:6; Nehemiah 2:8
• 7. Deuteronomy 33:10; Ezra 7:25; Nehemiah 8:1

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "his request"
• [b]. Lit "was the foundation"
• [c]. Lit "seek"