7 Some of the Israelites, priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servantsaa accompanied him to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.

8 EzraD came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, during the seventh year of the king. 9 He began the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first monthab and arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth monthac since the gracious hand of his God was on him.ad