Ezra 7:1–7

EZRA’S ARRIVAL

7 After these events, during the reign of King Artaxerxess of Persia, Ezra—

Seraiah’st son, Azariah’s son,

Hilkiah’su son, 2 Shallum’s son,

Zadok’sv son, Ahitub’s son,

3 Amariah’s son, Azariah’s son,

Meraioth’s son, 4 Zerahiah’s son,

Uzzi’s son, Bukki’s son,

5 Abishua’s son, Phinehas’s son,

Eleazar’s son, the chief priest Aaron’s sonw

6 —came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses,x which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted him everything he requestedy because the hand of the Lord his God was on him.z 7 Some of the Israelites, priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servantsaa accompanied him to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.