Bible Strands
Ezra 7:8
Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative records Ezra’s arrival to readers tracking the post-exilic return, immediately following his departure from Babylon with a company of exiles.
The words — וַ/יָּבֹ֥א (va/i.ya.Vo') = "and he came/arrived" and שְנַת הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ (year of the king) anchor the event to a precise Persian regnal calendar rather than a religious feast cycle.
The thread — Regnal dating structures the restoration narrative, appearing again in Ezra 7:9 and Nehemiah 2:1 to synchronize political timelines with covenantal restoration.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to treat historical chronology as the framework for divine action, demanding attention to when God’s agents move rather than only what they do.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.