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Ezra 7:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

After these events, during the reign of King Artaxerxes  of Persia, Ezra – Seraiah’s   son, Azariah’s son, Hilkiah’s   son,

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During the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes,  when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,


I, King Artaxerxes, issue a decree to all the treasurers in the region west of the River Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, an expert in the law of the God of the heavens, asks of you must be provided in full,


Artaxerxes, king of kings,  to Ezra the priest, an expert in the law of the God of the heavens: Greetings.


So the Jewish elders continued successfully with the building under the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo.  They finished the building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus,  Darius, and King Artaxerxes  of Persia.


‘Go up to the high priest Hilkiah so that he may total up the silver brought into the Lord’s temple #– #the silver the doorkeepers have collected from the people.


Seraiah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s temple,


Now Ezra had determined in his heart to study the law of the Lord, obey it, and teach  its statutes and ordinances in Israel.


Consequently,  Hilkiah told the court secretary Shaphan, ‘I have found the book of the law in the Lord’s temple,’ and he gave the book to Shaphan.


So they went to the high priest Hilkiah  and gave him the silver brought into God’s temple. The Levites and the doorkeepers had collected it from Manasseh, Ephraim,  and from the entire remnant of Israel, and from all Judah, Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.


Azariah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the chief official  of God’s temple;


The captain of the guards  also took away Seraiah  the chief priest, Zephaniah  the priest of the second rank, and the three doorkeepers.


The high priest Hilkiah told the court secretary Shaphan, ‘I have found the book of the law  in the Lord’s temple,’ and he gave the book to Shaphan, who read it.


Shallum’s son, Zadok’s   son, Ahitub’s son,


During the time of King Artaxerxes of Persia,  Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his colleagues wrote to King Artaxerxes. The letter was written in Aramaic  and translated.


all the people gathered together  at the square in front of the Water Gate.  They asked the scribe Ezra  to bring the book of the law of Moses  that the Lord had given to Israel.





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