13 By the commandment of the king, Ezra and his companions come to Jerusalem. 27 He giveth thanks to God.

Now after these things, in the reign of [a]Artaxerxes king of Persia, was Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 7:1 The Hebrews write, that divers of the kings of Persia were called by this name, as Pharaoh was a common name to the kings of Egypt, and Caesar to the Emperors Roman.

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