Ezra Intro - EasyEnglish Bible 2024（EASY）

IntroAbout the Book of EzraEzra and Nehemiah are the last two books about the history of the Israelites. Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had destroyed the temple in Jerusalem. He took the Israelites who lived in Judah to Babylon as prisoners. That was called the Exile.When Cyrus, King of Persia, started to rule over Babylon, he told the Jews to return to Jerusalem. He told them to build God's temple again. The book of Ezra tells us how the Jews did that. This happened in about 538 BC.Then Ezra returned to Jerusalem. Ezra was a priest who studied God's Law. He taught the people how they should live to please God in their own land.