Ezra 7:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

After these thinges, ther was in the raigne of Artaxerxes king of Persia, one Esdras the sonne of Saraia, the sonne of Asaria, the sonne of Helkia,

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  • Neh 2:1 : 1 It came to passe, that in the moneth Nisan in the twentith yere of king Arthaxerxes, the wine stoode before him: and I toke vp the wine, and gaue it vnto the king: And I had not ben before heauy in his presence.
  • 1 Chr 6:4-9 : 4 Eleazar begat Phinehes, Phinehes begat Abisua. 5 Abisua begat Boki, Boki begat Uzzi, 6 Uzzi begat Zarahia, Zarahia begat Meraioth, 7 Meraioth begat Amaria, and Amaria begat Ahitob, 8 Ahitob begat Zadoc, and Zadoc begat Ahimaaz, 9 Ahimaaz begat Azaria: and Azaria begat Iohonan, 10 Iohonan begat Azaria, whiche ministred in the temple that Solomon buylt in Hierusalem. 11 Azaria begat Amaria, Amaria begat Ahitob, 12 Ahitob begat Zadoc, and Zadoc begat Sallum, 13 Sallum begat Helkia, and Helkia begat Azaria. 14 Azaria begat Saraia, and Saraia begat Iehozedech,
  • 2 Kgs 22:4 : 4 Go vp to Helkia the hye priest, that he may summe the siluer whiche is brought into the house of the Lorde, which the kepers of the porche haue gathered of the people:
  • Ezra 6:14 : 14 And the elders of the Iewes builded, and they prospered through the prophecying of Aggeus the prophete and Zachari the sonne of Iddo, and they builded, and they finished it according to the commaundement of the God of Israel, and after the commaundement of Cyrus and Darius & Artaxerxes, kinges of Persia.
  • Ezra 7:12 : 12 Artaxerxes a king of kinges, vnto Esdras the priest and scribe of the law of the God of heauen, peace and salutation.
  • Ezra 7:21 : 21 I king Artaxerxes haue commaunded all the treasures beyond the water, that loke what soeuer Esdras the priest and scribe in the law of the God of heauen requireth of you, that ye fulfill the same speedylie,
  • Ezra 8:1-9 : 1 These are now the principall fathers of them, and this is the register of them that went vp with me from Babylon, what time as king Artaxerxes raigned. 2 Of the children of Phinehes, Gersom: of the children of Ithamar, Daniel: of the children of Dauid, Hattus: 3 Of the children of Zechania, among the children of Pharos, Zachari & with him were numbred an hundred and fiftie men. 4 Of the childre of the captaine of Moab, Elioenai the sonne of Zerahia, & with him two hundred men. 5 Of the children of Zechania the sonne of Iahasiel, and with him three hundred men. 6 Of the children of Adin, Abed the sonne of Ionathan, and with hym fiftie men. 7 Of the children of Elam, Isai the sonne of Athalia, and with hym seuentie men. 8 Of the children of Saphatia, Zebadia the sonne of Michael, and with hym fourescore men. 9 Of the children of Ioab, Obadia the sonne of Iehiel, and with him two hundred and eyghteene men. 10 Of the children of Selomith, the sonne of Iosephia, and with hym an hundred and threescore men.
  • Neh 8:2-9 : 2 And Esdras the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men & women, and all that could vnderstand did hearken vnto it vpon the first day of the seuenth moneth. 3 And he read therein in the streete that was before the water gate, from the morning vntill the noone day, before men and women that did hearken to it: and the eares of all the people were inclined vnto the booke of the law. 4 And Esdras the scribe stoode vpon a pulpet of wood which they had made for the preaching, and beside him stoode Mathathia, Sema, & Anaiah, Uriah, Helkia, & Maaseiah, on his right hande: and on his left hand stoode Pedaia, Misael, & Melchia, & Hasum, Hasabadana, Zachari, and Mesullam. 5 And Esdras opened the booke before all the people, (for he stoode aboue al the people:) and when he opened it, all the people stoode vp. 6 And Esdras praysed the Lorde the great God: And all the people aunswered, Amen, Ame, lifting vp their handes, and bowed them selues and worshipped the Lord falling downe vpon their faces to the grounde. 7 And Iesua, Bani, Serebiah, Iamin, Accub, Sebbethai, Hodaia, Maasia, Celita, Azariah, Iozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, & the Leuites caused the people to geue heede vnto the law: and the people stoode in their place. 8 And they read in the booke of the lawe of God distinctly, and gaue the sense, and caused them to vnderstand the reading. 9 And Nehemia which is Athirsatha, and Esdras the priest and scribe, and the Leuites that caused the people to take heede, said vnto al the people, This day is holy vnto the Lorde your God, be not ye sory, and weepe not: For all the people wept when they heard the wordes of the lawe.
  • Neh 11:11 : 11 Saraiah the sonne of Helkia, the sonne of Mesullam, the sonne of Zador, the sonne of Meraioth, the sonne of Achitob, was chiefe in the house of God,
  • Jer 52:24-27 : 24 The chiefe captayne also toke Saraiah the hye priest, and Sophoniah that was chiefe next hym, & the three kepers of the doore: 25 He toke out of the citie a chaumberlaine which was captaine of the souldiers, and seuen men that were the kinges seruauntes, which were founde in the citie: and Sopher a captaine that vsed to muster the men of warre, with threescore men of the countrey that were taken in the citie: 26 These Nabuzaradan the chiefe captaine toke, and caryed them to the king of Babylon vnto Reblath: 27 And the kyng of Babylon caused them to be put to death at Reblath in the lande of Hemath: And thus Iuda was ledde away captiue out of his owne lande.
  • Ezra 7:10 : 10 For Esdras prepared his heart to seeke the law of the Lorde, and to do it, and to teache the preceptes and iudgementes in Israel.
  • 2 Kgs 22:8 : 8 And Helkia the hie priest said vnto Saphan the scribe: I haue founde the booke of the lawe in the house of the Lorde. And Helkia gaue the booke to Saphan, and he read in it.
  • 2 Kgs 25:18 : 18 And the chiefe captayne of the men of warre toke Saraia the chiefe priest, and Zephoniah the highest priest saue one, and the three kepers of the holy things:
  • 1 Chr 9:11 : 11 Azaria the sonne of Helkia, the sonne of Mesullam, the sonne of Zadoc, the sonne of Maraioth, the sonne of Ahitob the chiefest in the house of God.
  • 2 Chr 34:9 : 9 And when they came to Helkiah the hie priest, they deliuered the money that was brought into the house of God, whiche the Leuites that kept the entryes had gathered of the hand of Manasse and Ephraim, and of all that yet remayned in Israel, and of all Iuda and Beniamin, and they returned to Hierusalem.
  • 2 Chr 34:15 : 15 And Helkia aunswered and sayd to Saphan the scribe: I haue found the booke of the law in the house of the Lord. And Helkia gaue the booke to Saphan.

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    11And this is the copie of the letter that king Artaxerxes gaue vnto Esdras the priest, and scribe, which was a writer of the wordes and commaundementes of the Lorde, and of his statutes ouer Israel.

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