Ezra
The Book of Ezra
How each chapter begins
- Ezra 1
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the LORD’s word by Jeremiah’s mouth might be accomplished, the LORD…
- Ezra 2
Now these are the children of the province who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom…
- Ezra 3
When the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together…
- Ezra 4
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to the…
- Ezra 5
Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and…
- Ezra 6
Then Darius the king made a decree, and the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon, was…
- Ezra 7
Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son…
- Ezra 8
Now these are the heads of their fathers’ households, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from…
- Ezra 9
Now when these things were done, the princes came near to me, saying, “The people of Israel, the priests, and the…
- Ezra 10
Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before God’s house, there was gathered…