Old Testament · KJV

Ezra

Ezra in the King James Version has 10 chapters and 280 verses. It opens: Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, (Ezra 1:1)

Chapters at a glance

Chapter 1Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be…
Chapter 2Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been…
Chapter 3And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered…
Chapter 4Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple…
Chapter 5Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in…
Chapter 6Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were…
Chapter 7Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of…
Chapter 8These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from…
Chapter 9Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and…
Chapter 10Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of…