Book of Ezra
10
Chapters
280
Verses
15
Cross-Refs
12
Sub-Topics
Quick Facts
- Author
- Ezra
- Date Written
- c. 450-400 BC
- Category
- Historical
- Chapters
- 10
- Verses
- 280
- Testament
- Old Testament
- Etymology
- “help”, “court”
About the Book of Ezra
The book of Ezra presents one of the Bible’s most significant historical accounts—the return of the Israelites from Babylonian captivity and the subsequent reconstruction of the temple in Jerusalem. After seventy years of exile, exactly as foretold by Jeremiah, God moved the heart of Cyrus, the Persian king, to authorize the Jewish people’s return to their homeland and the rebuilding of the LORD’s sanctuary. This narrative powerfully affirms that God’s promises are unfailing, that His sovereign hand governs even foreign empires, and that His divine plan for His people endures beyond severe judgment.
Read the full Ezra study guide →Famous Verses
“Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD.”
Ezra 7:10
“O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face.”
Ezra 9:6
“Let him go up to Jerusalem, and build the house of the LORD.”
Ezra 1:3
Topical Index
12 sub-topics from Nave's Topical Bible
1. A famous scribe and priest
Appoints a fast
Commissioned by Artaxerxes, returns to Jerusalem with a large group of Jews
His charge to the priests
Exhorts people to put away their heathen wives
Reads the law
Reforms corruptions
Dedicates the wall of Jerusalem
2. A leading priest among the colonists under Zerubbabel
Probably identical with AZARIAH in
And
3. A descendant of Judah
Key Verses
Ezra 7:1-5,6,10,21
1. A famous scribe and priest
Ezra 8:21
Appoints a fast
Ezra 7:8
Commissioned by Artaxerxes, returns to Jerusalem with a large group of Jews
Ezra 8:29
His charge to the priests
Ezra 9
Exhorts people to put away their heathen wives
Nehemiah 8
Reads the law
Ezra 10
Reforms corruptions
Nehemiah 12:27-43
Dedicates the wall of Jerusalem
Nehemiah 12:1
2. A leading priest among the colonists under Zerubbabel
Nehemiah 10:2
Probably identical with AZARIAH in
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