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Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;

Verse ConceptsReturn From BabylonJudaismProvincesExile Of Judah To BabylonThose who returned from exile

And these were they who went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harhsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not prove their father's house, and their descent, whether they were of Israel:

Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.

Verse ConceptsArtaxerxes The KingJews, TheHasty ActionReading Other Matter

Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is built with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goes on diligently, and prospers in their hands.

Verse ConceptseagernessdiligenceBuilding Jerusalem's WallRebuilding The Templereinforcement

This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.

Verse ConceptsReturn From BabylonGiving To OthersHand Of GodPriests, Function In Ot TimesScribesGod's HandScholarsGod's Hands On PeopleStudying The Law

And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, And Worship Of GodArtaxerxes The KingSingersTemple Assistants

These are now the heads of their fathers' houses, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

Verse ConceptsReturn From BabylonArtaxerxes The KingTimes Of People

Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came there, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.

Verse ConceptsAbstinence as a disciplineFasting, Nature OfSorrowWaterFasting In Mourning