6 the said Ezʹra himself went up from Babylon; and he was a skilled copyist+ in the law of Moses,+ which Jehovah the God of Israel had given, so that the king granted him, according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him, all his request.+

28 And toward me he has extended loving-kindness*+ before the king and his counselors+ and as respects all the mighty princes of the king. And I, for my part, strengthened myself according to the hand+ of Jehovah my God upon me, and I proceeded to collect out of Israel the head ones to go up with me.

22 For I felt ashamed to ask a military force+ and horsemen+ from the king to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had said to the king: “The hand+ of our God is over all those seeking him for good,+ but his strength and his anger+ are against all those leaving him.”+