The Old Testament 21/47

2 Chronicles 34 - Reign of Josiah, Discovery of the Book of the Law, The Prophet Huldah Consulted

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 2 He did what was right in the sight of the...

2 Chronicles 35 - Celebration of the Passover, Defeat by Pharaoh Neco and Death of Josiah

Josiah kept a passover to the Lord in Jerusalem; they slaughtered the passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2 He...

2 Chronicles 36 - Reign of Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah, The Fall of Jerusalem

The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king to succeed his father in Jerusalem. 2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three...

Ezra 1 - End of the Babylonian Captivity

In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord...

Ezra 2 - List of the Returned Exiles

Now these were the people of the province who came from those captive exiles whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had carried captive to...

Ezra 3 - Worship Restored at Jerusalem, Foundation Laid for the Temple

When the seventh month came, and the Israelites were in the towns, the people gathered together in Jerusalem. 2 Then Jeshua son of...

Ezra 4 - Resistance to Rebuilding the Temple, Rebuilding of Jerusalem Opposed

When the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple to the Lord, the God of Israel, 2 they...

Ezra 5 - Restoration of the Temple Resumed

Now the prophets, Haggai[a] and Zechariah son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of...

Ezra 6 - The Decree of Darius, Completion and Dedication of the Temple, The Passover Celebrated

Then King Darius made a decree, and they searched the archives where the documents were stored in Babylon. 2 But it was in Ecbatana, the...

Ezra 7 - The Coming and Work of Ezra, The Letter of Artaxerxes to Ezra

After this, in the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah, 2 son of Shallum, son of...

Ezra 8 - Heads of Families Who Returned with Ezra, Servants for the Temple, Fasting, Prayer + Gifts

These are their family heads, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylonia, in the reign of King Artaxerxes:...

Ezra 9 - Denunciation of Mixed Marriages, Ezra’s Prayer

After these things had been done, the officials approached me and said, “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not...

Ezra 10 - The People’s Response, Foreign Wives and Their Children Rejected

While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women,...

Nehemiah 1 - Nehemiah Prays for His People

The words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah. In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in Susa the capital, 2 one of my...

Nehemiah 2 - Nehemiah Sent to Judah, Nehemiah’s Inspection of the Walls, Decision to Restore Walls

In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was served him, I carried the wine and gave it to the king....

Nehemiah 3 - Organization of the Work

Then the high priest Eliashib set to work with his fellow priests and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set up its doors;...

Nehemiah 4 - Hostile Plots Thwarted

[a] Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he mocked the Jews. 2 He said in the...

Nehemiah 5 - Nehemiah Deals with Oppression, The Generosity of Nehemiah

Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish kin. 2 For there were those who said, “With our sons...

Nehemiah 6 - Intrigues of Enemies Foiled, The Wall Completed

Now when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arab and to the rest of our enemies that I had built the wall and that...

Nehemiah 7 - Lists of the Returned Exiles, Ezra Summons the People to Obey the Law

Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed, 2 I...

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