Deuterocanon & Apocrypha · 9 chapters
1 Esdras
A Greek account of the return from exile and restoration of worship, including the contest of three royal guards over what is strongest. Its material overlaps Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah.
Place in the traditions
Received in a number of Orthodox traditions and included in some Apocrypha collections. Not part of the Catholic canon or standard Protestant canon.
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World English Bible (WEB), Deuterocanon/Apocrypha. Public-domain text from eBible.org. This collection brings together works received differently by different churches; inclusion here does not assign them all the same canonical status. Source verse numbering is retained, including gaps where the source has no text. Names and numbering of Esdras books vary between traditions. This is the work labelled 1 Esdras in the WEB.
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