Ezra 5
The Building Resumed: “Help the Leaders in the Rebuilding” 1-2 Meanwhile the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo were preaching to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the…
Ezra 6
1-3 So King Darius ordered a search through the records in the archives in Babylon. Eventually a scroll was turned up in the fortress of Ecbatana over in the province…
Ezra 7
Ezra Arrives 1-5 After all this, Ezra. It was during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia. Ezra was the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah, son…
Ezra 8
1-14 These are the family heads and those who signed up to go up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king: From the family of Phinehas:…
Ezra 9
Ezra Prays: “Look at Us . . . Guilty Before You” 1-2 After all this was done, the leaders came to me and said, “The People of Israel, priests and…
Ezra 10
Ezra Takes Charge 1 Ezra wept, prostrate in front of The Temple of God. As he prayed and confessed, a huge number of the men, women, and children of Israel…
2 Chronicles 1
King Solomon 1-6 Solomon son of David took a firm grip on the reins of his kingdom.Godwas with him and gave him much help. Solomon addressed all Israel—the commanders and…
2 Chronicles 2
The Temple Construction Begins 1 Solomon gave orders to begin construction on the house of worship in honor ofGodand a palace for himself. 2 Solomon assigned seventy thousand common laborers,…
2 Chronicles 3
1-4 So Solomon broke ground, launched construction of the house ofGodin Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, the place whereGodhad appeared to his father David. The precise site, the threshing floor of…
2 Chronicles 4
Temple Furnishings 1 He made the Bronze Altar thirty feet long, thirty feet wide, and ten feet high. 2-5 He made a Sea—an immense round basin of cast metal fifteen…