2 Chronicles 34
King Josiah 1-2 Josiah was eight years old when he became king. He ruled for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. He behaved well beforeGod. He kept straight on the path blazed…
2 Chronicles 35
1-4 Josiah celebrated the Passover toGodin Jerusalem. They killed the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month. He gave the priests detailed instructions and encouraged them in…
2 Chronicles 36
1 By popular choice, Jehoahaz son of Josiah was made king at Jerusalem, succeeding his father. King Jehoahaz 2-3 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to rule. He…
Ezra 1
Cyrus King of Persia: “Build The Temple of God!” 1-4 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia—this fulfilled the Message ofGodpreached by Jeremiah—Godprodded Cyrus king of Persia to…
Ezra 2
1-58 These are the people from the province who now returned from the captivity, exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried off captive. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah,…
Ezra 3
The Building Begun: “The Foundation of the Temple Was Laid” 1-2 When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled into their towns, the people assembled together in Jerusalem….
Ezra 4
The Building Stopped: Cease Rebuilding in That City 1-2 Old enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building The Temple of theGodof Israel. They came to Zerubbabel…
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…