Ezra 7:9
For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
Context
This verse from Ezra Chapter 7 connects to 3 cross-references. Ezra the priest, a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, travels from Babylon to Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes with a royal letter granting him authority, funds, and freedom to appoint judges over the Jewish people. Artaxerxes …
Other Translations
For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon; and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
for on the first of the month he hath founded the ascent from Babylon, and on the first of the fifth month he hath come in unto Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him,
For, starting his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, he came to Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, by the good help of his God.
Cross References
This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord …
Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words …
And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams …