# Ezra 7.1-5 **Book:** [Ezra](/codex/ezra/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > **1. Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 2. the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 3. the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 4. the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, 5. the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest;** > > 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. 7. And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. (Ezra 7:1-7, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > **1. Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 2. the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 3. the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 4. the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, 5. the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest,** > > 6. this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to Yahweh his God’s hand on him. 7. Some of the children of Israel, including some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the porters, and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. (Ezra 7:1-7, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > **1. Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 2. The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 3. The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 4. The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, 5. The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:** > > 6. This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready 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. 7. And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. (Ezra 7:1-7, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > **1. And after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah, 2. son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub, 3. son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth, 4. son of Zerahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Bukki, 5. son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the head priest;** > > 6. Ezra himself hath come up from Babylon, and he [is] a scribe ready in the law of Moses, that Jehovah God of Israel gave, and the king giveth to him, according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him, all his request. 7. And there go up of the sons 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. (Ezra 7:1-7, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Two Genealogies Contradiction Objection Defeater](/codex/two-genealogies-contradiction-objection-defeater/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ --- ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). 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