Esdras
BOOKS OF, two apocry- OF, two apocryother editions are incorporated with the canonical books of Scripture. In the canonical books of Ezra and Nehemiah are called the first and second, and the apocryphal books the third and fourth books of Esdras. The Geneva nomenclature, calling the two apocry- Bible (1560) first adopted the present phal books first and second Esdras. The subject of the first book of Esdras is the in general it appears to be copied from same as that of Ezra and Nehemiah, and book of Esdras is supposed to have been the canonical Scriptures. The second either of much later date, or to have been interpolated by Christian writers.
ESK (Celtic for water), the name Cumberland and one in Yorkshire; and of two small rivers in England, one in ESKILSTUNA of several in Scotland, the chief being the Esk in Dumfriesshire; the North Esk and South Esk in Forfarshire; and the North Esk and South Esk in Edinburghshire.