Ezra

-1. A famous scribe and priest EZR 7:1-5,6,10,21; NEH 12:36 -Appoints a fast EZR 8:21 -Commissioned by Artaxerxes, returns to Jerusalem with a large group of Jews EZR 7:8 -His charge to the priests EZR 8:29 -Exhorts people to put away their heathen wives EZR 9; 10:1-17 -Reads the law NEH 8 -Reforms corruptions EZR 10; NEH 13 -Dedicates the wall of Jerusalem NEH 12:27-43 -2. A leading priest among the colonists under Zerubbabel NEH 12:1 -Probably identical with AZARIAH in NEH 10:2 -And EZR 7:1 -3. A descendant of Judah 1CH 4:17