Discovery Box| (0.29) | Ezr 2:1 |
| 1 These are the people 2 of the province who were going up, 3 from the captives of the exile whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile in Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem 4 and Judah, each to his own city. |
| (0.29) | Ezr 2:68 |
| When they came to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders 1 offered voluntary offerings for the temple of God in order to rebuild 2 it on its site. |
| (0.29) | Ezr 3:5 |
| Afterward they offered the continual burnt offerings and those for the new moons and those for all the holy assemblies of the Lord and all those that were being voluntarily offered to the Lord. |
| (0.29) | Ezr 3:6 |
| From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord. However, the Lord’s temple was not at that time established. 1 |
| (0.29) | Ezr 4:5 |
| They were hiring advisers to oppose them, so as to frustrate their plans, throughout the time 1 of King Cyrus of Persia until the reign of King Darius 2 of Persia. 3 |
| (0.29) | Ezr 5:5 |
| But God was watching over 1 the elders of Judah, and they were not stopped 2 until a report could be dispatched 3 to Darius and a letter could be sent back concerning this. |
| (0.29) | Ezr 5:11 |
| They responded to us in the following way: ‘We are servants of the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the temple which was previously built many years ago. A great king 1 of Israel built it and completed it. |
| (0.29) | Ezr 6:17 |
| For the dedication of this temple of God they offered one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and twelve male goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. |
| (0.29) | Ezr 8:36 |
| Then they presented the decrees of the king to the king’s satraps and to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, who gave help to the people and to the temple of God. |
| (0.29) | Ezr 10:5 |
| So Ezra got up and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take an oath to carry out this plan. 1 And they all took a solemn oath. |
| (0.29) | Ezr 10:16 |
| So the exiles proceeded accordingly. Ezra the priest separated out 1 by name men who were leaders in their family groups. 2 They sat down to consider this matter on the first day of the tenth month, |
| (0.29) | Neh 1:3 |
| They said to me, “The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable 1 adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!” 2 |
| (0.29) | Neh 3:1 |
| Then Eliashib the high priest and his priestly colleagues 1 arose and built the Sheep Gate. They dedicated 2 it and erected its doors, working as far as the Tower of the Hundred 3 and 4 the Tower of Hananel. |
| (0.29) | Neh 3:13 |
| Hanun and the residents of Zanoah worked on the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars, in addition to working on fifteen hundred feet 1 of the wall as far as the Dung Gate. |
| (0.29) | Neh 4:3 |
| Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was close by, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!” |
| (0.29) | Neh 4:7 |
| (4:1) 1 When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people of Ashdod heard that the restoration of the walls of Jerusalem 2 had moved ahead and that the breaches had begun to be closed, they were very angry. |
| (0.29) | Neh 4:11 |
| Our adversaries also boasted, 1 “Before they are aware or anticipate 2 anything, we will come in among them and kill them, and we will bring this work to a halt!” |
| (0.29) | Neh 6:2 |
| Sanballat and Geshem sent word to me saying, “Come on! Let’s set up a time to meet together at Kephirim 1 in the plain of Ono.” Now they intended to do me harm. |
| (0.29) | Neh 6:19 |
| They were telling me about his good deeds and then taking back to him the things I said. 1 Tobiah, on the other hand, sent letters in order to scare 2 me. |
| (0.29) | Neh 7:6 |
| These are the people 1 of the province who returned 2 from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. 3 They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city. |
