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Ezra 7:7

ArtaxerxesIsraelJerusalem

5 the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—

6 this Ezra 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 Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.

So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.

8 Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.

9 He had begun the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him.

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BSB
So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.
KJV
And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
WEB
Some of the children of Israel, including some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
ASV
And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
DARBY
(And there went up [some] of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the doorkeepers, and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.)
BLB
and came up [some] of the sons of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
ÅB
Noen av Israels barn og av prestene, levittene, sangerne, dørvokterne og tempeltjenerne dro med ham opp til Jerusalem i kong Artaxerxes' syvende år.
OTB
Noen av israelittene, inkludert prester, levitter, sangere, portvoktere og tempeltjenere, dro opp til Jerusalem i det syvende året av kong Artaxerxes.
B1930
Nogen av Israels barn og av prestene, levittene, sangerne, dørvokterne og tempeltjenerne drog med ham op til Jerusalem i kong Artaxerxes' syvende år.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ezra 8:1–20

    These are the family heads and genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:

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  • Nehemiah 7:45–73

    The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 138 in all.

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  • 1 Chronicles 6:31–48

    These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.

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  • Ezra 6:14

    So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.

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  • Nehemiah 10:28

    “The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,

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  • Ezra 7:11–12

    This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:

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  • Ezra 2:40–70

    The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah ), 74.

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  • Nehemiah 2:1

    Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,

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