Ezra 7:1-10

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Ezra’s Arrival

7 After these events, during the reign of King Artaxerxes^(A) of Persia, Ezra—

Seraiah’s^(B) son, Azariah’s son,
Hilkiah’s^(C) son, ²Shallum’s son,
Zadok’s^(D) son, Ahitub’s son,
³Amariah’s son, Azariah’s son,
Meraioth’s son, ⁴Zerahiah’s son,
Uzzi’s son, Bukki’s son,
⁵Abishua’s son, Phinehas’s son,
Eleazar’s son, Aaron the chief priest’s son^(E)

⁶—came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses,^(F) which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted him everything he requested^(G) because the hand of Yahweh his God was on him.^(H) ⁷Some of the Israelites, priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants^(I) accompanied him to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.

⁸Ezra^[a] came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, during the seventh year of the king. ⁹He began the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month^(J) and arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month^(K) since the gracious hand of his God was on him.^(L) ¹⁰Now Ezra had determined in his heart to study the law of the Lord, obey it, and teach^(M) its statutes and ordinances in Israel.