Tattenai’s Letter to Darius 1 Now Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the prophet, a descendant of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them. 2 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jozadak set to work to rebuild the house […]
Monthly Archives: July 2019
Ezra 6
The Decree of Darius 1 King Darius then issued an order, and they searched in the archives stored in the treasury at Babylon. 2 A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana in the province of Media, and this was written on it: Memorandum: 3 In the first year of King Cyrus, the king […]
Ezra 7
Ezra Comes to Jerusalem 1 After these things, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 2 the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 3 the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 4 […]
Ezra 8
List of the Family Heads Returning With Ezra 1 These are the family heads and those registered with them who came up with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes: 2 of the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom; of the descendants of Ithamar, Daniel; of the descendants of David, Hattush 3 of the descendants […]
Ezra 9
Ezra’s Prayer About Intermarriage 1 After these things had been done, the leaders came to me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and the Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the neighboring peoples with their detestable practices, like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians and Amorites. 2 […]
Ezra 10
The People’s Confession of Sin 1 While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a large crowd of Israelites—men, women and children—gathered around him. They too wept bitterly. 2 Then Shekaniah son of Jehiel, one of the descendants of Elam, said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful […]
2 Chronicles 1
Solomon Asks for Wisdom 1 Solomon son of David established himself firmly over his kingdom, for theLordhis God was with him and made him exceedingly great. 2 Then Solomon spoke to all Israel—to the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, to the judges and to all the leaders in Israel, the heads of families— […]
2 Chronicles 2
Preparations for Building the Temple 1 Solomon gave orders to build a temple for the Name of theLordand a royal palace for himself. 2 He conscripted 70,000 men as carriers and 80,000 as stonecutters in the hills and 3,600 as foremen over them. 3 Solomon sent this message to Hiramking of Tyre: “Send me cedar […]
2 Chronicles 3
Solomon Builds the Temple 1 Then Solomon began to build the temple of theLordin Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where theLordhad appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunahthe Jebusite, the place provided by David. 2 He began building on the second day of the second month in the fourth year […]
2 Chronicles 4
The Temple’s Furnishings 1 He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high. 2 He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubitshigh. It took a line of thirty cubitsto measure around it. 3 Below the rim, figures […]