This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
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Glossary
- Ezra Person
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Help. (1. ) A priest among those that returned to Jerusalem under Zerubabel ( Neh. 12:1 ). (2. ) The “scribe” who led the second body of exiles that returned from Babylon to Jerusalem B. C.
- Jerusalem Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.
- Babylonia Place
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Biblical region. Modern identification: Babylon.