Some fifty-seven years after the end of the events of Ezra 6, there was a second return to Jerusalem (Ezra 7). Ezra, a Jewish priest and scribe, is sent to Jerusalem by the Persian king Artaxerxes in order to ensure that temple worship of the Lord is still taking place and that God’s people are living in accordance with the law of God. The key message of this chapter is that the Lord sends teachers to serve his church.
1 Après ces choses, sous le règne d'Artaxerxès, roi de Perse, vint Esdras, fils de Seraja, fils d'Azaria, fils de Hilkija,