Discovery Box| (0.70) | Ezr 1:2 |
| “Thus says King Cyrus of Persia: “‘The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has instructed me to build a temple 1 for him in Jerusalem, 2 which is in Judah. |
| (0.70) | Ezr 1:3 |
| Anyone from 1 his people among you (may his God be with him!) may go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and may build the temple of the Lord God of Israel – he is the God who is in Jerusalem. |
| (0.70) | 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. |
| (0.70) | 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. |
| (0.70) | Ezr 7:17 |
| With this money you should be sure to purchase bulls, rams, and lambs, along with the appropriate 1 meal offerings and libations. You should bring them to the altar of the temple of your God which is in Jerusalem. |
| (0.70) | Ezr 8:15 |
| I had them assemble 1 at the canal 2 that flows toward Ahava, and we camped there for three days. I observed that the people and the priests were present, but I found no Levites there. |
| (0.70) | 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. |
| (0.70) | Ezr 10:1 |
| While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself to the ground before the temple of God, a very large crowd of Israelites – men, women, and children alike – gathered around him. The people wept loudly. 1 |
| (0.70) | Neh 1:2 |
| Hanani, who was one of my relatives, 1 along with some of the men from Judah, came to me, 2 and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped and had survived the exile, and about Jerusalem. 3 |
| (0.70) | Neh 2:3 |
| I replied to the king, “O king, live forever! Why would I not appear dejected when the city with the graves of my ancestors 1 lies desolate and its gates destroyed 2 by fire?” |
| (0.70) | Neh 2:7 |
| I said to the king, “If the king is so inclined, let him give me letters for the governors of Trans-Euphrates 1 that will enable me to travel safely until I reach Judah, |
| (0.70) | Neh 4:16 |
| From that day forward, half of my men were doing the work and half of them were taking up spears, 1 shields, bows, and body armor. Now the officers were behind all the people 2 of Judah |
| (0.70) | Neh 8:7 |
| Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah – all of whom were Levites 1 – were teaching the people the law, as the people remained standing. |
| (0.70) | Neh 9:11 |
| You split the sea before them, and they crossed through 1 the sea on dry ground! But you threw their pursuers 2 into the depths, like a stone into surging 3 waters. |
| (0.70) | Neh 9:22 |
| “You gave them kingdoms and peoples, and you allocated them to every corner of the land. 1 They inherited the land of King Sihon of Heshbon 2 and the land of King Og of Bashan. |
| (0.70) | Neh 13:6 |
| During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, 1 for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time 2 I had requested leave of the king, |
| (0.70) | 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. |
| (0.70) | Neh 13:16 |
| The people from Tyre 1 who lived there were bringing fish and all kinds of merchandise and were selling it on the Sabbath to the people of Judah – and in Jerusalem, of all places! 2 |
| (0.70) | 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 |
| (0.70) | Neh 13:28 |
| Now one of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite. So I banished him from my sight. |
