Ezra

Book Name
Ezra means "Help, Strong Vision"
Description
After 70 years of captivity in Babylon, the Jews started to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple. Zerubbabel leads the people back to rebuild the temple, and Ezra has to remind them to follow God's Laws.
Written
520 BC
Bible Division
History
4004 BC2026 AD
536 BC — 456 BC

In This Book

Chapter Outline

Unknown Book 1
Cyrus Returns the Exiles Restores the Vessels of the Temple
Unknown Book 2
Listing of the Exiles Who Returned
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Altar and Sacrifices Restored; Temple Work Begun
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Adversaries Hinder Work; Artaxerxes Orders Work Stopped
Unknown Book 5
Tattenai's Letter to Darius
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Decree of Darius; Temple Work Resumed; Dedication of the Temple; Passover Observed
Unknown Book 7
Ezra Journeys to Jerusalem Commissed by Artaxerxes