Ezra 7:8

7:8 He entered Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.

Ezra 7:27

7:27 ¹ Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who so moved in the heart of the king to so honor the temple of the Lord which is in Jerusalem!

Ezra 8:1

The Leaders Who Returned with Ezra

8:1 These are the leaders ²  and those enrolled with them by genealogy who were coming up with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:

[7:27]  ¹ sn At this point the language of the book reverts from Aramaic (7:12-26) back to Hebrew.

[8:1]  ² tn Heb “the heads of their families.”