EZRA

  1. A famous scribe and priest Ezr 7:1-5,6,10,21; Ne 12:36

  2. Appoints a fast Ezr 8:21

  3. Commissioned by Artaxerxes, returns to Jerusalem with a large group of Jews Ezr 7:8

  4. His charge to the priests Ezr 8:29

  5. Exhorts people to put away their heathen wives Ezr 9; 10:1-17

  6. Reads the law Ne 8

  7. Reforms corruptions Ezr 10; Ne 13

  8. Dedicates the wall of Jerusalem Ne 12:27-43

  9. A leading priest among the colonists under Zerubbabel Ne 12:1

  10. Probably identical with AZARIAH in Ne 10:2

  11. And Ezr 7:1

  12. A descendant of Judah 1Ch 4:17