467 BC · Return

Ezra's return and reform

Ezra, a scribe skilled in the Law, came up from Babylon in Artaxerxes' seventh year with the king's commission, and set his heart to study, do, and teach the Law in Israel (Ezra 7:6-10).

📖 Ezra 7:1

1Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

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