Discovery Box| (0.14) | 2Ch 32:9 |
| Afterward King Sennacherib of Assyria, while attacking Lachish with all his military might, sent his messengers 1 to Jerusalem. The message was for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of 2 Judah who were in Jerusalem. It read: |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 32:13 |
| Are you not aware of what I and my predecessors 1 have done to all the nations of the surrounding lands? Have the gods of the surrounding lands actually been able to rescue their lands from my power? 2 |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 33:3 |
| He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky 1 and worshiped 2 them. |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 34:2 |
| He did what the Lord approved 1 and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; 2 he did not deviate to the right or the left. |
| (0.14) | Ezr 5:15 |
| He said to him, “Take these vessels and go deposit them in the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt in its proper location.” 1 |
| (0.14) | Ezr 7:14 |
| You are authorized 1 by the king and his seven advisers to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your possession, 2 |
| (0.14) | Ezr 9:5 |
| At the time of the evening offering I got up from my self-abasement, 1 with my tunic and robe torn, and then dropped to my knees and spread my hands to the Lord my God. |
| (0.14) | Ezr 10:8 |
| Everyone who did not come within three days would thereby forfeit all his property, in keeping with the counsel of the officials and the elders. Furthermore, he himself would be excluded from the assembly of the exiles. |
| (0.14) | Neh 2:5 |
| and said to the king, “If the king is so inclined 1 and if your servant has found favor in your sight, dispatch me to Judah, to the city with the graves of my ancestors, so that I can rebuild it.” |
| (0.14) | Neh 2:13 |
| I proceeded through the Valley Gate by night, in the direction of the Well of the Dragons 1 and the Dung Gate, 2 inspecting 3 the walls of Jerusalem that had been breached and its gates that had been destroyed by fire. |
| (0.14) | Neh 8:5 |
| Ezra opened the book in plain view 1 of all the people, for he was elevated above all the people. When he opened the book, 2 all the people stood up. |
| (0.14) | Neh 9:12 |
| You guided them with a pillar of cloud by day and with a pillar of fire by night to illumine for them the path they were to travel. |
| (0.14) | Neh 12:37 |
| They went over the Fountain Gate and continued directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall. They passed the house of David and continued on to the Water Gate toward the east. |
| (0.14) | Neh 13:21 |
| But I warned them and said, 1 “Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you repeat this, I will forcibly remove you!” 2 From that time on they did not show up on the Sabbath. 3 |
| (0.14) | Est 1:10 |
| On the seventh day, as King Ahasuerus was feeling the effects of the wine, 1 he ordered Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who attended him, 2 |
| (0.14) | Est 1:18 |
| And this very day the noble ladies of Persia and Media who have heard the matter concerning the queen will respond in the same way to all the royal officials, and there will be more than enough contempt and anger! |
| (0.14) | Est 2:17 |
| And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she met with his loving approval 1 more than all the other young women. 2 So he placed the royal high turban on her head and appointed her queen 3 in place of Vashti. |
| (0.14) | Est 4:5 |
| So Esther called for Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs who had been placed at her service, 1 and instructed him to find out the cause and reason for Mordecai’s behavior. 2 |
| (0.14) | Est 7:7 |
| In rage the king arose from the banquet of wine and withdrew to the palace garden. Meanwhile, Haman stood to beg Queen Esther for his life, 1 for he realized that the king had now determined a catastrophic end for him. 2 |
| (0.14) | Est 8:15 |
| Now Mordecai went out from the king’s presence in purple and white royal attire, with a large golden crown and a purple linen mantle. The city of Susa shouted with joy. 1 |
