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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...

Nehemiah 8 - Ezra Summons the People to Obey the Law, The Festival of Booths Celebrated

All the people gathered together into the square before the Water Gate. They told the scribe Ezra to bring the book of the law of Moses,...

Nehemiah 9 - National Confession, Those Who Signed the Covenant

Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the people of Israel were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth, and with earth on their...

Nehemiah 10 - Summary of the Covenant

[a] Upon the sealed document are the names of Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah; 2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,...

Nehemiah 11 - Population of the City Increased, Villages outside Jerusalem

Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem; and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city...

Nehemiah 12 - A List of Priests and Levites, Dedication of the City Wall, Temple Responsibilities

These are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 2 Amariah,...

Nehemiah 13 - Foreigners Separated from Israel, The Reforms of Nehemiah, Sabbath Reforms Begun

On that day they read from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and in it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should...

Esther 1 - King Ahasuerus Deposes Queen Vashti

This happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the same Ahasuerus who ruled over one hundred twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia.[a]...

Esther 2 - Esther Becomes Queen, Mordecai Discovers a Plot

After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed...

Esther 3 - Haman Undertakes to Destroy the Jews

After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him and set his seat above all the officials...

Esther 4 - Esther Agrees to Help the Jews

When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went through the city,...

Esther 5 - Esther’s Banquet, Haman Plans to Have Mordecai Hanged

On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, opposite the king’s hall. The king was...

Esther 6 - The King Honors Mordecai, Haman’s Downfall and Mordecai’s Advancement

On that night the king could not sleep, and he gave orders to bring the book of records, the annals, and they were read to the king. 2 It...

Esther 7 - Haman’s Downfall and Mordecai’s Advancement

So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther. 2 On the second day, as they were drinking wine, the king again said to Esther,...

Esther 8 - Esther Saves the Jews

On that day King Ahasuerus gave to Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews; and Mordecai came before the king, for Esther...

Esther 9 - Destruction of the Enemies of the Jews, The Feast of Purim Inaugurated

Now in the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day, when the king’s command and edict were about to be executed,...

Esther 10 - The Feast of Purim Inaugurated

King Ahasuerus laid tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea. 2 All the acts of his power and might, and the full account of the...

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