Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of 2 Samuel.
This is episode #04 chapters 07 & 08.
2 Samuel Chapter 7, Recounts how Ezra, a priest and a scribe of the Mosaic Law, arrives in Babylon during the reign of the Persian king Artazerxes. Ezra arrives with many high priests, porters, and singers. Ezra then returns to Jerusalem with others of the children of Israel to teach his people the Word of the Lord.
2 Samuel Chapter 8, Lists the family heads of those returning with Ezra after the Babylonian exile during the reign of Xerxes. These were the descendants of Phinehas, Ithamar, Daniel, David, and Shekaniah, among others.
