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 make known to the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls finished, you will then 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 associates the governors who are in the province Beyond the River, keep away.
Ezra the priest
Ezra 7:6
this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the LORD, the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the LORD his God was on him.
General references
Deuteronomy 32:31
For their rock is not as our Rock; our enemies are by themselves.