Ezra 7
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
2The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
3The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
4The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
5The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:
6This 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.
7And 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.
8And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
9For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
10For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
11Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
12Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
13I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
14Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;
15And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
16And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:
17That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
18And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.
19The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
20And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house.
21And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
22Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
23Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
24Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
25And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
26And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
27Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
28And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- דִּיdîyH176828× in this chapter
that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of
- בֵּןbênH112117× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- אֱלָהּʼĕlâhhH42616× in this chapter
God
- כֹּלkôlH360610× in this chapter
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
- מֶלֶךְmelekH44288× in this chapter
a king
- מֶלֶךְmelekH44308× in this chapter
a king
- בַּיִתbayithH10057× in this chapter
{a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)}
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30687× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- מִןminH44817× in this chapter
{properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of}
- דָּתdâthH18826× in this chapter
{a royal edict or statute}
- יְרוּשָׁלֵםYᵉrûwshâlêmH33906× in this chapter
{Jerusalem}
- עֲבַדʻăbadH56486× in this chapter
to do, make, prepare, keep, etc.
- עַלʻalH59226× in this chapter
{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34785× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- כָּהֵןkâhênH35495× in this chapter
{one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)}
- כְּסַףkᵉçaphH37025× in this chapter
{silver (from its pale color); by implication, money}
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4305× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- עַלʻalH59215× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׁתָּאʼArtachshashtâʼH7835× in this chapter
Artachshasta (or Artaxerxes), a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings
- הוּאhûwʼH19314× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- הָוָאhâvâʼH19344× in this chapter
to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words)
- יְדַעyᵉdaʻH30464× in this chapter
{to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)}
- יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםYᵉrûwshâlaimH33894× in this chapter
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
- לָאlâʼH38094× in this chapter
{not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no;}
- מְאָהmᵉʼâhH39694× in this chapter
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction}
- נְדַבnᵉdabH50694× in this chapter
be (or give) liberal(-ly)
- נָתַןnâthanH54144× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- עַדʻadH57054× in this chapter
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
- עֶזְרָאʻEzrâʼH58304× in this chapter
Ezra, an Israelite
- שָׁמַיִןshâmayinH80654× in this chapter
{the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)}
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8344× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- דְּהַבdᵉhabH17223× in this chapter
gold
- דֵּןdênH18363× in this chapter
this
- הֵןhênH20063× in this chapter
lo! also there(-fore), (un-) less, whether, but, if
- חֹדֶשׁchôdeshH23203× in this chapter
the new moon; by implication, a month
- טְעֵםṭᵉʻêmH29423× in this chapter
properly, flavor; figuratively, judgment (both subjective and objective); hence, account (both subjectively and objectively)
- יָדyâdH30273× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- כֹּהֵןkôhênH35483× in this chapter
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
- סָפַרçâpharH56083× in this chapter
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
- עֶזְרָאʻEzrâʼH58313× in this chapter
Ezra, an Israelite