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
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Bible References
Beyond the river
Ezra 4:16
We inform the king that if this city be built and its walls be completed, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.
Ezra 6:6
Therefore Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:
Ezra the priest
Ezra 7:6
this Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Jehovah the God of Israel had given. And the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him.
General references
Deuteronomy 32:31
For their rock is not as our Rock: Let our enemies themselves be judges.