Ezra , a descendant of Seraiah the high priest , was living in Babylon when in the seventh year ( ~ 457 BCE ) of Artaxerxes , king of Persia , the king sent him to Jerusalem to teach the laws of God to any who did not know them .
He lived in Babylon when in the seventh year ( ~ 457 BCE ) of Artaxerxes , king of Persia , the king sent him to Jerusalem to teach the laws of God to any who did not know them .