Ezr 8:31 | HCSB | STEP | We set out from the Ahava River on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem . We were strengthened by our God , and He protected us from the power of the enemy and from ambush along the way .

Ezra 8:31

Arrival in Jerusalem

31 We set out from the Ahava River ^{▼▼Or Canal} on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem. We were strengthened by our God, ^{▼▼Lit The hand of our God was on us
,} ^c and He protected us from the power of the enemy and from ambush along the way. ^d