Ezra

At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, Nehemiah “brought the princes of Judah up on the wall, and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession. One went on the right hand on the wall toward the dung gate; and after them went Hoshaiah, with half of the princes of Judah, and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam” (Nehemiah 12:31–33). He is named apart from Ezra the scribe, who went at the head of the same company: “Ezra the scribe was before them” (Nehemiah 12:36). Nothing more is told of him.