Ezra 7:1-6

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Ezra’s Arrival

7 After these events, during the reign of King Artaxerxes^(A) of Persia, Ezra—

Seraiah’s^(B) son, Azariah’s son,

Hilkiah’s^(C) son, ²Shallum’s son,

Zadok’s^(D) son, Ahitub’s son,

³Amariah’s son, Azariah’s son,

Meraioth’s son, ⁴Zerahiah’s son,

Uzzi’s son, Bukki’s son,

⁵Abishua’s son, Phinehas’s son,

Eleazar’s son, the chief priest Aaron’s son^(E)

⁶—came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses,^(F) which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted him everything he requested^(G) because the hand of the Lord his God was on him.^(H)

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