1 Esdras 9 7 After Esdras had read the law for the strange wives, 10 Their promise to put them away. THEN Esdras rose from the court of the Temple, and went to the chamber of Ioannan the son of Eliasib, And being lodged there, he did eat no bread nor drank water, but mourned…

1 Esdras 8 1 Esdras comes from Babylon to Jerusalem. 10 The copy of the commission given by Artaxerxes. 20 Esdras gives thanks to the Lord. 32 The number of the heads of the people that came with him. 76 His prayer and confession. AND after these things when Artaxerxes King of the Persians reigned,…

1 Esdras 6 1 Of Aggeus and Zacharias. 2 The building of the Temple. 3 Sisinnes would let them. 7 His epistle to Darius. 23 The Kings answer to the contrary. BUT in the second year of the reign of Darius, Aggeus and Zacharias the son of Addo the Prophets prophesied to the Jews, even…

1 Esdras 5 1 The number of them that return from the captivity. 42 Their vows and sacrifices. 54 The Temple is begun to be built. 66 Their enemies would craftily join with them. AFTER these things, the chief of the houses of their fathers were chosen after their tribes, and their wives, and their…

1 Esdras 4 Of the strength of a King. 13 Of the strength of women. 34 Of the strength of truth, which sentence is approved. 47 And his petition granted. THEN the second which had spoken of the strength of the King, began to say, O ye men, are not men strongest, which bear rule…