Ezra 1:5
The Scripture
(5) Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Ezra returns to Jerusalem with the people and the priests after the Babylonian exile and they are told that they have been oppressed and that a law has been given. The king appoints Nehemiah to oversee the return and the law is given to the people. The chapter shows the people's desire for a law and the beginning of rebuilding the temple.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ezra 1:1II Chronicles 36:22Nehemiah 2:12Proverbs 16:1II Corinthians 8:16Philippians 2:13James 1:16James 1:17III John 1:11
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