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Ezra:

  • Ezra records the return of the Jews from captivity.
  • Ezra deals with the rebuilding of the temple.
  • The purpose of Ezra is to record God's faith fullness in re-establishing the Jews in Israel.
  • Name two kings mentioned in Ezra:

  • Cyrus
  • Darius
  • Ahasuerus
  • Artaxerxes

  • Approximately 50,000 Jews returned to Israel.
  • The priest named in Ezra who organizes the return to Jeruselam is Zerubabel.
  • The two prophets who challenged and motivated the people to build the temple were Haggai and Zecheriah.
  • Ezra was a descendant of Arron.
  • About 1,500 men return with Ezra.