Introduction to Ezra
Name: Ezra
Division: Old Testament
Category: History
Purpose: To show God’s faithfulness and the way he kept his promise to restore his people to their land
Book No in BIBLE: 15
In Old Testament: 15
In History: 10
No. of Chapters: 10
No. of Verses: 280
Author: Ezra
Date Written: Approx. 450 BC
Place of Writing: Jerusalem
History Covered: 538 – 450 BC
Audience: People of Israel
Ezra Statistics
Based on its weight of 10 Chapters its share among the chapters of the BIBLE, Old Testament and History. Move your mouse pointer over the bar on the right hand side to get the values.
Total chapters in BIBLE:1189
Total chapters in OT: 929
Total chapters in History: 249
- % of Ezra
Key Verse
And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat,
And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. (6:21, 22)
Key People
Cyrus
Zerubbabel
Haggai
Zechariah
Darius I
Artaxerxes I
Ezra
Key Places
Medo Persia
Jerusalem