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 certify the king that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, by this means thou shalt have no portion beyond the River.
Ezra 6:6
Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, 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, Even our enemies themselves being judges.