Ezra 7:8 - Easy To Read Version Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month {\cf2\super [46]} of the seventh year that Artaxerxes was king. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king. American Standard Version (1901) And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. Common English Bible They reached Jerusalem in the fifth month, in the seventh year of the king. Catholic Public Domain Version And they arrived at Jerusalem in the fifth month, in the same seventh year of the king. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, in the seventh year of the king. |
So, in three days all the men from the families of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem. And on the twentieth day of the ninth month, {\cf2\super [58]} all the people met together in the temple yard. They were very upset because of the reason for the meeting and because of the heavy rain.
\{Many people of Israel came with Ezra.\} Those were priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants. Those people of Israel arrived in Jerusalem during the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.
Ezra \{and the group with him\} left Babylon on the first day of the first month. He arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month. The Lord God was with Ezra.
Yes, we were slaves, but you would not let us be slaves forever. You were kind to us. You made the kings of Persia be kind to us. Your temple was ruined. But you gave us new life so we can build your temple again and fix it like new. God, you helped us build a wall to protect Judah and Jerusalem.
So Esther was taken to King Xerxes in the palace. {\cf2\super [11]} This happened in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his rule.
“Learn these things, Daniel. Understand these things! From the time that the message went out to go back and build Jerusalem again until the time for the chosen king {\cf2\super [109]} to come will be seven weeks. {\cf2\super [110]} Then Jerusalem will be built again. There will again be places for people to meet together in Jerusalem. And there will be a ditch around the city to protect it. Jerusalem will be built for 62 weeks. {\cf2\super [111]} But there will be many troubles during that time.