Discovery Box| (0.18) | 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. |
| (0.18) | Ezr 4:9 |
| From 1 Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues – the judges, the rulers, the officials, the secretaries, the Erechites, the Babylonians, the people of Susa (that is, 2 the Elamites), |
| (0.18) | Ezr 4:19 |
| So I gave orders, 1 and it was determined 2 that this city from long ago has been engaging in insurrection against kings. It has continually engaged in 3 rebellion and revolt. |
| (0.18) | Ezr 6:18 |
| They appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their divisions over the worship of God at Jerusalem, 1 in accord with 2 the book of Moses. |
| (0.18) | Ezr 9:4 |
| Everyone who held the words of the God of Israel in awe 1 gathered around me because of the unfaithful acts of the people of the exile. 2 Devastated, I continued to sit there until the evening offering. |
| (0.18) | Ezr 9:14 |
| Shall we once again break your commandments and intermarry with these abominable peoples? Would you not be so angered by us that you would wipe us out, with no survivor or remnant? |
| (0.18) | Neh 2:6 |
| Then the king, with his consort 1 sitting beside him, replied, “How long would your trip take, and when would you return?” Since the king was amenable to dispatching me, 2 I gave him a time. |
| (0.18) | Neh 2:20 |
| I responded to them by saying, “The God of heaven will prosper us. We his servants will start the rebuilding. 1 But you have no just or ancient right in Jerusalem.” 2 |
| (0.18) | Neh 3:4 |
| Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakoz, worked on the section adjacent to them. Meshullam son of Berechiah the son of Meshezabel worked on the section next to them. And Zadok son of Baana worked on the section adjacent to them. |
| (0.18) | Neh 3:8 |
| Uzziel son of Harhaiah, a member of the goldsmiths’ guild, worked on the section adjacent to him. Hananiah, a member of the perfumers’ guild, worked on the section adjacent to him. They plastered 1 the city wall of Jerusalem 2 as far as the Broad Wall. |
| (0.18) | Neh 12:36 |
| and his colleagues – Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani – with musical instruments of 1 David the man of God. (Ezra the scribe led them.) 2 |
| (0.18) | Neh 12:45 |
| They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and 1 his son Solomon. |
| (0.18) | Neh 13:2 |
| for they had not met the Israelites with food 1 and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.) |
| (0.18) | Neh 13:7 |
| and I returned to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah by supplying him with a storeroom in the courts of the temple of God. |
| (0.18) | Est 1:8 |
| There were no restrictions on the drinking, 1 for the king had instructed all of his supervisors 2 that they should do as everyone so desired. 3 |
| (0.18) | Est 3:2 |
| As a result, 1 all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate were bowing and paying homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded. However, Mordecai did not bow, 2 nor did he pay him homage. |
| (0.18) | Est 9:24 |
| For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised plans against the Jews to destroy them. He had cast pur (that is, the lot) in order to afflict and destroy them. |
| (0.18) | Job 42:3 |
| you asked, 1 ‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But 2 I have declared without understanding 3 things too wonderful for me to know. 4 |
| (0.18) | Psa 4:1 |
| For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of David. When I call out, answer me, O God who vindicates me! 2 Though I am hemmed in, you will lead me into a wide, open place. 3 Have mercy on me 4 and respond to 5 my prayer! |
| (0.18) | Psa 6:1 |
| For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments, according to the sheminith style; 2 a psalm of David. Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger! Do not discipline me in your raging fury! 3 |
