2 Esdras 1:2-4

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²son of Ahijah, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraimoth, son of Arna, son of Uzzi, son of Borith, son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, ³son of Aaron, of the tribe of Levi, who was a captive in the country of the Medes in the reign of Artaxerxes, king of the Persians.^[a]

Ezra’s Prophetic Call

⁴The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

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2 Esdras 1:3 Other ancient authorities, which place chapters 1 and 2 after 16.78, lack verses 1–3 and begin the chapter: The word of the Lord that came to Ezra son of Chusi in the days of King Nebuchadnezzar, saying, ‘Go,

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