20 For behold, I will go, as thou hast commanded me, and I will reprove the people who are now living but who will warn those who will be born hereafter? For the world lies in darkness, and its inhabitants are without light. The account of Ezra restoring the Scriptures is found here: 2 Esdras 14:19-26 37-48 “19 Then I answered and said, “Let me speak in thy presence, Lord.
In total, Ezra restored 94 books of Scripture which were lost to the people of Israel. The final 70 books however which they restored last, God commanded Ezra and the faithful to hide those books and make them secret/apocrypha books, not sharing them with everyone, but only sharing them with those who were tested and found to be worthy. Ezra tells us that of all the books which were written, there were 24 books which they first restored, and those first 24 books were the books which God wanted Ezra and the faithful to share with everyone, whether they be righteous or sinful. For forty days, he and five men who were his scribes rewrote from charred unreadable scrolls that they had found in pots all of the books of Scripture that were written before the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. God answered that prayer, and restored the Scriptures through Ezra. Knowing that in his time all the Scriptures became lost, Ezra prayed to God and asked him to restore the Scriptures. Ezra realized how doomed humanity was without God’s word. Written among the sayings of the seers.The prophet Ezra, who is the author of the Book of Ezra in the Bibles of all the Jews and Christians, when he was in exile, he was given visions from the Most High, and Ezra wrote down everything that God revealed to him. Up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins,Īnd his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set Mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, theyĪre written in t he book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is Written in the story of the prophet Iddo. The book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and JeroboamĪnd the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in Wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? (1 The book of Nathan the Prophet (Available)Īnd the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his Prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, (1 Chronicles 29:29 KJV) Written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are And Samuel sent all the peopleĪway, every man to his house. Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it inĪ book, and laid it up before the Lord. The Manner of the Kingdom / Book of Statutes (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) (2 Samuel 1:18 KJV) Is not this written in theīook of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and (Numbers 21:14 KJV)Īnd the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people hadĪvenged themselves upon their enemies. In the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon. Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, What he did People: and they said, All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be
Some of them not all is listed below Īnd he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the The Hebrew scriptures mentions a number of ancient written works, alongside the authoritative books. There are other books mentioned in the Hebrew scriptures from Genesis to Chronicles, some are available today which were composed during the Hebraic period.