Answers – To Difficult Questions (Ezra) Select A Study from Below: Ezra 1:8—Who is Sheshbazzar? Ezra 2:1ff—Why are many of the numbers in Ezra’s list of those who returned to Jerusalem different from those in Nehemiah 7? Ezra 3:10—How could the rebuilding have begun during the reign of Cyrus when Ezra 4:24 says it was in the reign of Darius I? Ezra 4:23—How could foreign influence have caused the work to cease when Haggai 1:2 blames it on the indifference of the leaders? Ezra 10:10–44—Why did God command Israelite men to put away their unbelieving wives, but Paul said not to do so?
