Ezra

1. A famous scribe and priestEzr 7:1–5 Ezr 7:6 Ezr 7:10 Ezr 7:21 Neh 12:36
Appoints a fastEzr 8:21
Commissioned by Artaxerxes, returns to Jerusalem with a large group of JewsEzr 7:8
His charge to the priestsEzr 8:29
Exhorts people to put away their heathen wivesEzr 9 Ezr 10:1–17
Reads the lawNeh 8
Reforms corruptionsEzr 10 Neh 13
Dedicates the wall of JerusalemNeh 12:27–43
2. A leading priest among the colonists under ZerubbabelNeh 12:1
Probably identical with AZARIAH inNeh 10:2
AndEzr 7:1
3. A descendant of Judah1Ch 4:17