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This is the family history of Isaac, son of Abraham; Abraham had begotten Isaac. (Genesis 25, 19)
This is his family history. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flocks with his brothers; he was an assistant to the sons of his father's wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought his father bad reports about them. (Genesis 37, 2)
Now the deeds of King David, first and last, can be found written in the history of Samuel the seer, the history of Nathan the prophet, and the history of Gad the seer, (1 Chronicles 29, 29)
The acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are written, as is well known, in the history of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer (his family record). There was war continually between Rehoboam and Jeroboam. (2 Chronicles 12, 15)
His prayer and how his supplication was heard, all his sins and his infidelity, the sites where he built high places and erected sacred poles and carved images before he humbled himself, all can be found written down in the history of his seers. (2 Chronicles 33, 19)
After these events, during the reign of Artaxerxes, king of Persia, Ezra, son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah, (Ezra 7, 1)
this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe, well-versed in the law of Moses which was given by the LORD, the God of Israel. Because the hand of the LORD, his God, was upon him, the king granted him all that he requested. (Ezra 7, 6)
Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month of that seventh year of the king. (Ezra 7, 8)
Ezra had set his heart on the study and practice of the law of the LORD and on teaching statutes and ordinances in Israel. (Ezra 7, 10)
This is a copy of the rescript which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest-scribe, the scribe of the text of the LORD'S commandments and statutes for Israel: (Ezra 7, 11)
"Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven (then, after greetings): (Ezra 7, 12)
I, Artaxerxes the king, issue this decree to all the treasurers of West-of-Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven, requests of you, dispense to him accurately, (Ezra 7, 21)