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Ezra 7:4 Explained in Context
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Verse 4. 4The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
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Role in This Section
This verse continues Ezra's genealogy through Zerahiah, Uzzi, and Bukki
Read It With
- Ezra 7:1–10
Read Ezra 7:1–10 together. This verse continues Ezra's genealogy through Zerahiah, Uzzi, and Bukki Read Ezra 7:1–10 as one complete Ezra thought unit: Decades after temple completion, Ezra is introduced through a compressed Aaronic genealogy as a skilled scribe. He travels with Israelites and temple personnel under the good hand of God because he has set his heart to seek, do, and teach Torah.
Why It Needs Context
This line performs one distinct documentary, narrative, list, prayer, or adjudicative step inside Ezra 7:1–10; isolating it would detach that step from the unit's Persian-period setting, source limits, human effects, and explicit ethical boundaries. Specifically, this verse continues Ezra's genealogy through Zerahiah, Uzzi, and Bukki
Read Ezra 7:1–10 together
Why these verses belong together: The Artaxerxes setting, priestly genealogy, Ezra's skill, returning companions, dated journey, divine hand, and study-do-teach purpose form his introduction; verse 11 begins the royal letter.
Verse 1. 1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
Verse 2. 2 The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
Verse 3. 3 The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
Verse 4. 4 The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
Verse 5. 5 The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:
Verse 6. 6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
Verse 7. 7 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.
Verse 8. 8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
Verse 9. 9 For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
Verse 10. 10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
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Biblical text
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Exact location: Ezra 7:1–10, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezra
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