Ezra 7:4 (DRB)

Passage

The son of Zarahias, the son of Ozi, the son of Bocci,

Nearby Context

Ezra 7:2 The son of Sellum, the son of Sadoc, the son of Achitob,

Ezra 7:3 The son of Amarias, the son of Azarias, the son of Maraioth,

Ezra 7:4 The son of Zarahias, the son of Ozi, the son of Bocci,

Ezra 7:5 The son of Abisue, the son of Phinees, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest from the beginning.

Ezra 7:6 This Esdras went up from Babylon, and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God had given to Israel: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "zarahias" and "bocci". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "zarahias" and "bocci", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "The son of Amarias the son of..." into verse 5's "The son of Abisue the son of...", so "zarahias" and "bocci" belong inside that flow. In Ezra context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "zarahias" and "bocci" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.