And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
By the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people assembled as one man in Jerusalem.
And the seventh month cometh, and the sons of Israel are in the cities, and the people are gathered, as one men, unto Jerusalem.
And when the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzra — The return in two waves — Zerubbabel's altar and temple (538 BC) and Ezra's reforming arrival (458 BC). A book about rebuilding — the temple, the Torah-teaching community, and the covenant boundary.
- Author
- Ezra (traditional); the book uses first-person narrative in chs. 7–10
- Date
- Events 538–458 BC; compilation c. mid-5th century BC