John Trapp on Ezra 7:1

CHAP. VII. Verſe 1. Now after theſe things.

AFter that Zerubbabel had done his devoir in building the Altar and Temple, Ezra, (according to the notation of his name) began his, and became a ſingular helper of the afflicted Church of God, as appeareth in this Chapter, and thoſe that follow.

In the reigne of Artaxerxes] ſc. Longimanus, Eſters ſonne, and the ſame that thirteene years after ſent Nehemiah to Jeruſalem, Nehem. 2. whileſt Ezra was yet alive, Nehem. 8.1.

Ezra the ſonne of Seraiah] That is, the grand-ſonne: for Seraiah was ſlaine, when Jeruſalem was laſt taken, 2 Kings 25.18, 21.