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Ezra 7:7

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So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

KJV

And 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.

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This verse in Ezra 7

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah · Written before 735.

And they ascended from the children of Israel, etc. Because on the first day of the first month he began to ascend from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, he says they came to Jerusalem by anticipation. …

This site's exposition

in the seventh year of Artaxerxes

on Ezra 7:7-9

Priests, Levites, singers, porters and Nethinims go up with him in the king's seventh year, the classes of temple service traveling as one company before the fuller roll of chapter 8 names them by household. The dates frame roughly four months on the road, the first day of the first month to the first day of the fifth, a slow pace Jamieson Fausset and Brown attribute to a caravan carrying the aged, women, children and household goods rather than an army's march. The good hand of his God upon him closes the notice, the second of the book's seven occurrences of that formula, God's providence again the credited cause of safe travel rather than any escort.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיַּֽעֲל֣וּand they came up

    vaiyaaluH5927 →890 times

  • מִבְּנֵֽי־some of [the] people of

    mibenei-H1121 →4930 times

  • יִ֠שְׂרָאֵלIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וּמִן־and some of

    umin-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַכֹּהֲנִ֨יםthe priests

    hakohanimH3548 →750 times

  • וְהַלְוִיִּ֜םand the Levites

    vehalviyimH3881 →291 times

  • וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֧יםand the singers

    vehamshorerimH7891 →86 times

  • וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֛יםand the gatekeepers

    vehashoarimH7778 →37 times

  • וְהַנְּתִינִ֖יםand the temple servants

    vehanetinimH5411 →17 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םJerusalem

    yerushalimH3389 →643 times

  • בִּשְׁנַת־in year

    bishnat-H8141 →877 times

  • שֶׁ֖בַעseven

    sheva'H7651 →394 times

  • לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּאof Artaxerxes

    leartachshast'H783 →15 times

  • הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃the king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

17 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ezra 8:15Now I assembled these exiles at the canal that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And when I searched among the people and priests, I found no Levites there.5 worksEzra 8:1–20These are the family heads and genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:4 worksEzra 8:20They also brought 220 of the temple servants, all designated by name. David and the officials had appointed them to assist the Levites.4 worksNehemiah 1:1These are the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,4 worksEzra 7:24And be advised that you have no authority to impose tribute, duty, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.3 worksEzra 7:11–12This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:2 works
The other 11 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ezra 2:40–70The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah), 74.2 worksEzra 6:14So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.2 worksNehemiah 7:45–73The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 138 in all.2 works1 Chronicles 6:31–48These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.2 works1 Chronicles 9:17–27These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives.2 worksNehemiah 10:28“The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,2 works1 Chronicles 25:1–8Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:2 worksNehemiah 2:1Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,2 works1 Chronicles 23:54,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”2 worksEzra 2:58The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.2 worksEzra 8:17And I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for him and his kinsmen, the temple servants at Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Ezra 6:14

    So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees…

    it leads to

    • Ezra 7:1

      Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

    • Ezra 5:13

      In his first year, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

    • Ezra 4:24

      Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

    • Ezra 1:1–4

      In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout…

    • Ezra 6:12–13

      May God, who has caused His Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to alter this decree or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius,…

Where this verse is studied

About Ezra

Artaxerxes Grants Freedom to the Jews — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Artaxerxes Grants Freedom to the Jews — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.

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