Verse 1

Now after these things, in the reigne of Artahshashte King of Persia, was Ezra the sonne of Seraiah, the sonne of Azariah, the sonne of Hilkiah,

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 2:1 : 1 Nowe in the moneth Nisan in the twentieth yere of king Artahshashte, the wine stoode before him, and I tooke vp the wine, and gaue it vnto the King. nowe I was not before time sad in his presence.
  • 1 Chr 6:4-9 : 4 Eleazar begate Phinehas. Phinehas begate Abishua, 5 And Abishua begate Bukki, and Bukki begate Vzzi, 6 And Vzzi begate Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begate Meraioth. 7 Meraioth begate Amariah, and Amariah begate Ahitub, 8 And Ahitub begate Zadok, and Zadok begate Ahimaaz, 9 And Ahimaaz begate Azariah, & Azariah begate Iohanan, 10 And Iohanan begate Azariah (it was hee that was Priest in the house that Salomon built in Ierusalem) 11 And Azariah begate Amariah, & Amariah begate Ahitub, 12 And Ahitub begate Zadok, & Zadok begate Shallum, 13 And Shallum begate Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begate Azariah, 14 And Azariah begate Seraiah, and Seraiah begate Iehozadak,
  • 2 Kgs 22:4 : 4 Goe vp to Hilkiah the high Priest, that hee may summe the siluer which is brought into the house of the Lorde, which the keepers of the doore haue gathered of the people.
  • Ezra 6:14 : 14 So the Elders of the Iewes builded, & they prospered by the prophecying of Haggai the Prophet, & Zechariah the sonne of Iddo, & they buylded & finished it, by the appoyntment of the God of Israel, and by the commandement of Cyrus and Darius, and Artahshashte king of Persia.
  • Ezra 7:12 : 12 Artahshashte King of Kings to Ezra the Priest and perfite scribe of the Lawe of the God of heauen, and to Cheeneth.
  • Ezra 7:21 : 21 And I King Artahshashte haue giuen commandemet to all the treasurers which are beyond the Riuer, that whatsoeuer Ezra the Priest and Scribe of the Law of the God of heauen shall require of you, that it be done incontinently,
  • Ezra 8:1-9 : 1 These are now the chiefe fathers of them, and the genealogie of them that came vp with mee from Babel, in the reigne of King Artahshashte. 2 Of the sonnes of Phinehas, Gershom: of the sonnes of Ithamar, Daniel: of the sonnes of Dauid, Hattush: 3 Of the sonnes of Shechaniah, of the sonnes of Pharosh, Zechariah, and with him the count of the males, an hundreth and fiftie. 4 Of the sonnes of Pahath Moab, Elihoenai, the sonne of Zerahiah, and with him two hundreth males. 5 Of the sonnes of Shechaniah, the sonne of Iahaziel, and with him three hundreth males. 6 And of the sonnes of Adin, Ebed the sonne of Ionathan, and with him fiftie males. 7 And of the sonnes of Elam, Ieshaiah the sonne of Athaliah, and with him seuentie males. 8 And of the sonnes of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the sonne of Michael, and with him fourescore males. 9 Of the sonnes of Ioab, Obadiah the sonne of Iehiel, and with him two hundreth and eighteene males. 10 And of the sonnes of Shelomith the sonne of Iosiphiah, & with him an hundreth and threescore males.
  • Neh 8:2-9 : 2 And Ezra the Priest brought the Lawe before the Congregation both of men and women, and of all that coulde heare and vnderstand it, in the first day of the seuenth moneth, 3 And he read therein in the streete that was before the watergate (from the morning vntill the midday) before men and women, and them that vnderstoode it, and the eares of all the people hearkened vnto the booke of the Lawe. 4 And Ezra the Scribe stoode vpon a pulpit of wood which he had made for the preaching, and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, & Ananiah, and Vriiah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hande, and on his left hand Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, & Hashum, & Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. 5 And Ezra opened the booke before all the people: for hee was aboue all the people: and when he opened it, all the people stoode vp. 6 And Ezra praysed the Lorde the great God, and all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting vp their handes: & they bowed themselues, and worshipped the Lord with their faces toward the grounde. 7 Also Ieshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Iamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Iozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Leuites caused the people to vnderstand the lawe, and the people stood in their place. 8 And they read in the booke of the Lawe of God distinctly, and gaue the sense, & caused them to vnderstand the reading. 9 Then Nehemiah (which is Tirshatha) and Ezra the Priest and scribe, and the Leuites that instructed the people, saide vnto all the people, This day is holie vnto ye Lord your God: mourne not, neither weepe: for all the people wept, whe they heard the words of the Lawe.
  • Neh 11:11 : 11 Seraiah, the sonne of Hilkiah, the sonne of Meshullam, the sonne of Zadok, the sonne of Meraioth, the sonne of Ahitub was chiefe of the house of God.
  • Jer 52:24-27 : 24 And the chiefe steward tooke Sheraiah the chiefe Priest, and Zephaniah the seconde Priest, and the three keepers of the doore. 25 Hee tooke also out of the citie an Eunuch, which had the ouersight of the men of warre, and seuen men that were in the Kings presence, which were founde in the citie, and Sopher captayne of the hoste who mustered the people of the lande, and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the middes of the citie. 26 Nebuzar-adan the chiefe stewarde tooke them, and brought them to the king of Babel to Riblah. 27 And the king of Babel smote them, and slewe them in Riblah, in the lande of Hamath: thus Iudah was caried away captiue out of his owne land.
  • Ezra 7:10 : 10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seeke the Lawe of the Lord, and to doe it, and to teach the precepts and iudgements in Israel.
  • 2 Kgs 22:8 : 8 And Hilkiah the high Priest sayde vnto Shaphan the chanceller, I haue found the booke of the Lawe in the house of the Lorde: and Hilkiah gaue the booke to Shaphan, and hee reade it.
  • 2 Kgs 25:18 : 18 And the chiefe steward tooke Seraiah the chiefe Priest, and Zephaniah the second Priest, and the three keepers of the doore.
  • 1 Chr 9:11 : 11 And Azariah the sonne of Hilkiah, ye sonne of Meshullam, the sonne of Zadok, the sonne of Meraioth, the sonne of Ahitub the chiefe of the house of God,
  • 2 Chr 34:9 : 9 And when they came to Hilkiah the hie Priest, they deliuered ye money that was brought into the house of God, which the Leuites that kept the doore, had gathered at the hand of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and of all the residue of Israel, and of all Iudah and Beniamin, and of the inhabitantes of Ierusalem.
  • 2 Chr 34:15 : 15 Therefore Hilkiah answered and sayde to Shaphan the chaceler, I haue found the booke of the Law in the house of the Lord: & Hilkiah gaue the booke to Shaphan.