Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
Ezra the priest
General references
Bible References
Beyond the river
Ezra 4:16
We inform the king that if that city is rebuilt and the walls finished, as a result you will have no possession in the province beyond the River.”
Ezra 6:6
“Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the province beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai and your colleagues, the officials of the provinces beyond the River, keep away from there.
Ezra the priest
Ezra 7:6
This Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all he requested because the hand of the Lord his God was upon him.
General references
Deuteronomy 32:31 “Indeed their rock is not like our Rock,
Even our enemies themselves judge this.