EZRA
1. A famous scribe and priest EZR 7:1-5,6,10,21; NEH 12:36
Appoints a fast EZR 8:21
Commissioned by Artaxerxes, returns to Jerusalem with a large group of Jews EZR 7:8
His charge to the priests EZR 8:29
Exhorts people to put away their heathen wives EZR 9; 10:1-17
Reads the law NEH 8
Reforms corruptions EZR 10; NEH 13
Dedicates the wall of Jerusalem NEH 12:27-43
2. A leading priest among the colonists under Zerubbabel NEH 12:1
Probably identical with AZARIAH in NEH 10:2
And EZR 7:1
3. A descendant of Judah 1CH 4:17
