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The Book of Ezra; Ezra 1-4
Season 4, Episode 17
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23-Apr-2024
The book of Ezra is full of interesting things, including its history. In the Septuagint, which is an ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament, the books we call Ezra and Nehemiah are titled Ezra 1 and Ezra 2. Our English Bibles choose to name them individually, but the content is still the same. The book of Ezra highlights two returns of exiled Jews to the Promised Land after
seventy years of exile. Ezra 1-6 tells us of Zerubbabel’s return in 538 BC, and Ezra 7-10 tells us of a second return led by Ezra the priest in about 458 BC. The priest Ezra was a descendant of Aaron through Phinehas and then Zadok. The book also tells us about two prophets that God called to speak to the returned exiles: Haggai and Zechariah. Overall, we learn the history of
the returned exiles, their difficulties, and how they managed to rebuild the Temple and the city of Jerusalem. The book of Nehemiah will then pick up where Ezra leaves off and will tell us of the rebuilding of Jerusalem’s walls.
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