Ezra 7:9

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

He began the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month  and arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month  since the gracious hand of his God was on him.

Cross References

Ezra 7:6

#– #came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses,  which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted him everything he requested  because the hand of the Lord his God was on him.

Nehemiah 2:8

And let me have a letter written to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to rebuild the gates of the temple’s fortress,  the city wall, and the home where I will live.’  , The king granted my requests, for the gracious hand of my God was on me.

Nehemiah 2:18

I told them how the gracious hand of my God had been on me,  and what the king had said to me. They said, ‘Let’s start rebuilding,’ and their hands were strengthened  to do this good work.

Ezra 7:8

Ezra  came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, during the seventh year of the king.

Ezra 8:22

I did this because I was ashamed to ask the king for infantry and cavalry to protect us from enemies during the journey, since we had told him, ‘The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek him, but his fierce anger is against all who abandon him.’

Ezra 8:31

We set out from the River Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem. We were strengthened by our God,  , and he kept us from the grasp of the enemy and from ambush along the way.

Isaiah 66:14

You will see, you will rejoice, and you  will flourish like grass; then the Lord’s power will be revealed to his servants, but he will show his wrath against his enemies.

Ezra 7:28

and who has shown favour to me before the king,  his counsellors, and all his powerful officers. So I took courage because I was strengthened by the hand of the Lord my God,  , and I gathered Israelite leaders to return with me.

Ezra 8:18

Since the gracious hand of our God was on us,  they brought us Sherebiah   #– #a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli, a descendant of Levi son of Israel #– #along with his sons and brothers, 18 men,

Ezra 8:32

So we arrived at Jerusalem and rested there for three days.