Ezra 7:1
Now after these things in the reign of Artaxerxes king of the Persians, Esdras the son of Saraias, the son of Azarias, the son of Helcias,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2The son of Sellum, the son of Sadoc, the son of Achitob,
Cross References
2 Kings 22:4Go to Helcias the high priest, that the money may be put together which is brought into the temple of the Lord, which the doorkeepers of the temple have gathered of the people.
2 Kings 25:18And the general of the army took Seraias the chief priest, and Sophonias the second priest, and three doorkeepers.
1 Chronicles 9:11And Azarias the son of Helcias, the son of Mosollam, the son of Sadoc, the son of Maraioth, the son of Achitob, high priest of the house of God.
2 Chronicles 34:15And he said to Saphan the scribe: I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord: and he delivered it to him.
Ezra 6:14And the ancients of the Jews built and prospered according to the prophecy of Aggeus the prophet, and of Zacharias the son of Addo: and they built and finished, by the commandment of the God of Israel, and by the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes kings of the Persians.
Ezra 7:12Artaxerxes king of kings to Esdras the priest, the most learned scribe of the law of the God of heaven, greeting.
Matthew Henry on Ezra 7:1
Ezra's precious name saluted us, at first, in the title of the book, but in the history we have not met with it till this chapter introduces him into public action in another reign, that of Artaxerxes. Zerubbabel and Jeshua we will suppose, by this time, to have grown old, if not gone off; nor do we hear any more of Haggai and Zechariah; they have finished their testimony. What shall become of the cause of God and Israel when these useful instruments are laid aside? Trust God, who has the residue of the Spirit, to… Read the whole commentary →