The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 16: 2 Esdras

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The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 16: 2 Esdras - Author Unknown
  • Release Date: 2012-03-01
  • Genre: Bibles

Description

This Book takes its name from the writer, who was cupbearer to Artaxerxes (surnamed Longimanus) king of Persia, and was sent by him with a commission to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. It is also called the second book of Esdras; because it is a continuation of the history, begun by Esdras, of the state of the people of God after their return from captivity. Nehemias hearing the miserable state of his countrymen in Judea, lamenteth, fasteth, and prayeth to God for their relief.