Category: History - Ancient
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 16: 2 Esdras The Challoner Revision
This Book takes its name from the writer, who was cupbearer to Artaxerxes (surnamed Longimanus) king of Persia, and was sent by him with a commission to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. It is also called the second book of Esdras; because it is a continuation of the history, be...