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Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra went up to Jerusalem; Ezra was the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,

Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub,

The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,

son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth,

The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,

son of Zerahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Bukki,

The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,

son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the chief priest.

The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:

So this Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all he requested because the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.

This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.

Some of the sons of Israel and some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.

And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

For on the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, because the good hand of his God was upon him.

For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

For Ezra had firmly resolved to study the Law of the LORD and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel.

For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord , and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.