Discovery Box| (0.11) | 2Ch 28:9 |
| Oded, a prophet of the Lord, was there. He went to meet the army as they arrived in Samaria and said to them: “Look, because the Lord God of your ancestors was angry with Judah he handed them over to you. You have killed them so mercilessly that God has taken notice. 1 |
| (0.11) | 2Ch 28:13 |
| They said to them, “Don’t bring those captives here! Are you planning on making us even more sinful and guilty before the Lord? 1 Our guilt is already great and the Lord is very angry at Israel.” 2 |
| (0.11) | 2Ch 29:17 |
| On the first day of the first month they began consecrating; by the eighth day of the month they reached the porch of the Lord’s temple. 1 For eight more days they consecrated the Lord’s temple. On the sixteenth day of the first month they were finished. |
| (0.11) | 2Ch 29:21 |
| They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah. 1 The king 2 told the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer burnt sacrifices on the altar of the Lord. |
| (0.11) | 2Ch 29:31 |
| Hezekiah said, “Now you have consecrated yourselves 1 to the Lord. Come and bring sacrifices and thank offerings 2 to the Lord’s temple.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and whoever desired to do so 3 brought burnt sacrifices. |
| (0.11) | 2Ch 30:5 |
| So they sent an edict 1 throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people 2 to come and observe a Passover for the Lord God of Israel in Jerusalem, for they had not observed it on a nationwide scale as prescribed in the law. 3 |
| (0.11) | 2Ch 30:24 |
| King Hezekiah of Judah supplied 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep 1 for the assembly, while the officials supplied them 2 with 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. Many priests consecrated themselves. |
| (0.11) | 2Ch 32:5 |
| Hezekiah 1 energetically rebuilt 2 every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, 3 and fortified the terrace of the City of David. 4 He made many weapons and shields. |
| (0.11) | 2Ch 33:7 |
| He put an idolatrous image he had made in God’s temple, about which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home. 1 |
| (0.11) | 2Ch 34:8 |
| In the eighteenth year of his reign, he continued his policy of purifying the land and the temple. 1 He sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the city official, and Joah son of Joahaz the secretary to repair the temple of the Lord his God. |
| (0.11) | 2Ch 34:31 |
| The king stood by his pillar 1 and renewed 2 the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow 3 the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, 4 by carrying out the terms 5 of this covenant recorded on this scroll. |
| (0.11) | 2Ch 35:8 |
| His officials also willingly contributed to the people, priests, and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the leaders of God’s temple, supplied 2,600 Passover sacrifices and 300 cattle. |
| (0.11) | 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. |
| (0.11) | 2Ch 36:22 |
| In the first year of the reign of 1 King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah, 2 the Lord moved 3 King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom. |
| (0.11) | 2Ch 36:23 |
| It read: “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord God of the heavens has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build for him a temple in Jerusalem 1 in Judah. May the Lord your God energize you who belong to his people, so you may be able to go back there!” 2 |
| (0.11) | Ezr 1:1 |
| 1 In the first 2 year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfill the Lord’s message 3 spoken through 4 Jeremiah, 5 the Lord stirred the mind 6 of King Cyrus of Persia. He disseminated 7 a proclamation 8 throughout his entire kingdom, announcing in a written edict 9 the following: |
| (0.11) | Ezr 4:3 |
| But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the leaders of Israel said to them, “You have no right 1 to help us build the temple of our God. We will build it by ourselves for the Lord God of Israel, just as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us.” |
| (0.11) | 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. |
| (0.11) | 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. |
| (0.11) | Ezr 6:9 |
| Whatever is needed – whether oxen or rams or lambs or burnt offerings for the God of heaven or wheat or salt or wine or oil, as required by 1 the priests who are in Jerusalem – must be given to them daily without any neglect, |
