Ezra 7:8 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezra 7:8

6 this Ezra came up from Babylon; and he was ^aa skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given. The king granted him all his request, ^baccording to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.

7 ^aSome of the children of Israel, the priests, ^bthe Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and ^cthe Nethinim came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.

8 And Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

9 On the first day of the first month he began his journey from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, ^aaccording to the good hand of his God upon him.

10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to ^aseek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to ^bteach statutes and ordinances in Israel.

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Definitions of words in Ezra 7:8:

Ezra {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Ezra {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Ezra {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Month {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Month {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Year {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Year {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Jerusalem {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Jerusalem {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

King {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Other definition entries containing Ezra 7:8:

Criticism Of The Bible {I.S.B.E.}
Seventy Weeks {I.S.B.E.}

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