Discovery Box| (0.25) | 2Ch 26:19 |
| Uzziah, who had an incense censer in his hand, became angry. While he was ranting and raving 1 at the priests, a skin disease 2 appeared on his forehead right there in front of the priests in the Lord’s temple near the incense altar. |
| (0.25) | 2Ch 26:21 |
| King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, 1 afflicted by a skin disease and banned from the Lord’s temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land. |
| (0.25) | 2Ch 29:34 |
| But there were not enough priests to skin all the animals, 1 so their brothers, the Levites, helped them until the work was finished and the priests could consecrate themselves. (The Levites had been more conscientious about consecrating themselves than the priests.) 2 |
| (0.25) | 2Ch 31:1 |
| When all this was over, the Israelites 1 who were in the cities of Judah went out and smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished 2 all the high places and altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh. 3 Then all the Israelites returned to their own homes in their cities. 4 |
| (0.25) | 2Ch 34:3 |
| In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor 1 David. In his twelfth year he began ridding 2 Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images. |
| (0.25) | 2Ch 35:24 |
| So his servants took him out of the chariot, put him in another chariot that he owned, and brought him to Jerusalem, 1 where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors; 2 all the people of Judah and Jerusalem mourned Josiah. |
| (0.25) | 2Ch 36:18 |
| He carried away to Babylon all the items in God’s temple, whether large or small, as well as what was in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the king and his officials. |
| (0.25) | Ezr 3:11 |
| With antiphonal response they sang, 1 praising and glorifying the Lord: “For he is good; his loyal love toward Israel is forever.” All the people gave a loud 2 shout as they praised the Lord when the temple of the Lord was established. |
| (0.25) | Ezr 4:15 |
| so that he may initiate a search of the records 1 of his predecessors 2 and discover in those records 3 that this city is rebellious 4 and injurious to both kings and provinces, producing internal revolts 5 from long ago. 6 It is for this very reason that this city was destroyed. |
| (0.25) | Ezr 4:23 |
| Then, as soon as the copy of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read in the presence of Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their colleagues, they proceeded promptly to the Jews in Jerusalem 1 and stopped them with threat of armed force. 2 |
| (0.25) | Ezr 7:28 |
| He has also conferred his favor on me before the king, his advisers, and all the influential leaders of the king. I gained strength as the hand of the Lord my God was on me, and I gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me. |
| (0.25) | Ezr 8:17 |
| I sent them to Iddo, who was the leader in the place called Casiphia. I told them 1 what to say to Iddo and his relatives, 2 who were the temple servants in 3 Casiphia, so they would bring us attendants for the temple of our God. |
| (0.25) | Ezr 8:22 |
| I was embarrassed to request soldiers and horsemen from the king to protect us from the enemy 1 along the way, because we had said to the king, “The good hand of our God is on everyone who is seeking him, but his great anger 2 is against everyone who forsakes him.” |
| (0.25) | Ezr 8:35 |
| The exiles who were returning from the captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel – twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven male lambs, along with twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering to the Lord. |
| (0.25) | Ezr 10:6 |
| Then Ezra got up from in front of the temple of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While he stayed 1 there, he did not eat food or drink water, for he was in mourning over the infidelity of the exiles. |
| (0.25) | Ezr 10:9 |
| All the men of Judah and Benjamin were gathered in Jerusalem within the three days. (It was in the ninth month, on the twentieth day of that month.) All the people sat in the square at the temple of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the rains. |
| (0.25) | Neh 1:11 |
| Please, 1 O Lord, listen attentively 2 to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who take pleasure in showing respect 3 to your name. Grant your servant success today and show compassion to me 4 in the presence of this man.” Now 5 I was cupbearer for the king. |
| (0.25) | Neh 2:1 |
| Then in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought to me, 1 I took the wine and gave it to the king. Previously 2 I had not been depressed 3 in the king’s presence. 4 |
| (0.25) | Neh 2:8 |
| and a letter for Asaph the keeper of the king’s nature preserve, 1 so that he will give me timber for beams for the gates of the fortress adjacent to the temple and for the city wall 2 and for the house to which I go.” So the king granted me these requests, 3 for the good hand of my God was on me. |
| (0.25) | Neh 2:18 |
| Then I related to them how the good hand of my God was on me and what 1 the king had said to me. Then they replied, “Let’s begin rebuilding right away!” 2 So they readied themselves 3 for this good project. |
