Now after these things in the reign of Artaxerxes king of the Persians, Esdras the son of Saraias, the son of Azarias, the son of Helcias,

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3547. B.C.

457. Artaxerxes

Ezra 7:12,21 Artaxerxes king of kings to Esdras the priest, the most learned scribe of the law of the God of heaven, greeting. . . .

Ezra 6:14 And the ancients of the Jews built, and prospered according to the prophecy of Aggeus the prophet, and of Zacharias the son of Addo: and they built and finished, by the commandment of the God of Israel, and by the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes kings of the Persians.

Nehemiah 2:1 And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king: that wine was before him, and I took up the wine, and gave it to the king: and I was as one languishing away before his face.

Ezra

Nehemiah 2:10 And Sanaballat the Horonite, and Tobias the servant, the Ammonite, heard it, and it grieved them exceedingly, that a man was come, who sought the prosperity of the children of Israel.

Nehemiah 8:1-10:44 And the seventh month came: and the children of Israel were in their cities. And all the people were gathered together as one man to the street which is before the water gate, and they spoke to Esdras the scribe, to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel. . . .

Nehemiah 8:2-9 Then Esdras the priest brought the law before the multitude of men and women, and all those that could understand, in the first day of the seventh month. . . .

Seraiah

2 Kings 25:18 And the general of the army took Seraias, the chief priest, and Sophonias, the second priest, and three doorkeepers:

1 Chronicles 6:4-14 Eleazar begot Phinees, and Phinees begot Abisue, . . .

1 Chronicles 9:11 And Azarias the son of Helcias, the son of Mosollam, the son of Sadoc, the son of Maraioth, the son of Achitob, high priest of the house of God.

Nehemiah 11:11 Saraia the son of Helcias, the son of Mosollam, the son of Sadoc, the son of Meraioth, the son of Achitob the prince of the house of God,

Jeremiah 52:24-27 And the general took Saraias the chief priest, and Sophonias the second priest, and the three keepers of the entry. . . .

Hilkiah

2 Kings 22:4,8 Go to Helcias, the high priest, that the money may be put together which is brought into the temple of the Lord, which the doorkeepers of the temple have gathered of the people. . . .

2 Chronicles 34:9,15 And they came to Helcias the high priest: and received of him the money which had been brought into the house of the Lord, and which the Levites and porters had gathered together from Manasses, and Ephraim, and all the remnant of Israel, and from all Juda, and Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, . . .