Adversaries Hinder the Work 1 Now when the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the people of the exile were building a temple to the LordGod of Israel, 2 they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers’households,and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we, like you, seek your God; and we […]
Monthly Archives: July 2017
Ezra 5
Temple Work Resumed 1 When the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them, 2 then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak arose and began to […]
Ezra 6
Darius Finds Cyrus’s Decree 1 Then King Darius issued a decree, and search was made in thearchives, where the treasures were stored in Babylon. 2 InEcbatana in the fortress, which is in the province of Media, a scroll was found and there was written in it as follows: “Memorandum- 3 In the first year of […]
Ezra 7
Ezra Journeys from Babylon to Jerusalem 1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia,there went upEzra son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah, 2 son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub, 3 son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth, 4 son of Zerahiah, son […]
Ezra 8
People Who Went with Ezra 1 Now these are the heads of their fathers’householdsand the genealogical enrollment of those who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of King Artaxerxes: 2 of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Hattush; 3 of the sons […]
Ezra 9
Mixed Marriages 1 Now when these things had been completed, the princes approached me, saying, “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, according to their abominations,thoseof the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians and the […]
Ezra 10
Reconciliation with God 1 Now while Ezra was praying and making confession, weeping and prostrating himself before the house of God, a very large assembly, men, women and children, gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept bitterly. 2 Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, said to Ezra, “We […]
2 Chronicles 1
Solomon Worships at Gibeon 1 Now Solomon the son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the Lordhis Godwaswith him and exalted him greatly. 2 Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every leader in all Israel, the heads of the […]
2 Chronicles 2
Solomon Will Build a Temple and Palace 1 Now Solomon decided to build a house for the name of the Lordand a royal palace for himself. 2 So Solomon assigned 70,000 men to carry loads and 80,000 men to quarrystonein the mountains and 3,600 to supervise them. 3 Then Solomon sentwordto Huram the king of […]
2 Chronicles 3
The Temple Construction in Jerusalem 1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lordin Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, wherethe Lordhad appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 2 He began to build on the seconddayin the second month of the […]