Discovery Box| (0.14) | 2Ch 33:16 |
| He erected the altar of the Lord and offered on it peace offerings and thank offerings. He told the people of 1 Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel. |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 33:25 |
| The people of the land executed all who had conspired against King Amon, and they 1 made his son Josiah king in his place. |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 34:2 |
| He did what the Lord approved 1 and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; 2 he did not deviate to the right or the left. |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 34:13 |
| supervised the laborers and all the foremen on their various jobs. 1 Some of the Levites were scribes, officials, and guards. |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 34:32 |
| He made all who were in Jerusalem and Benjamin agree to it. 1 The residents of Jerusalem acted in accordance with the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors. |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 36:9 |
| Jehoiachin was eighteen 1 years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. 2 He did evil in the sight of 3 the Lord. |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 36:10 |
| At the beginning of the year King Nebuchadnezzar ordered him to be brought 1 to Babylon, along with the valuable items in the Lord’s temple. In his place he made his relative 2 Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem. |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 36:13 |
| He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him vow allegiance 1 in the name of God. He was stubborn and obstinate, and refused to return 2 to the Lord God of Israel. |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 36:15 |
| The Lord God of their ancestors 1 continually warned them through his messengers, 2 for he felt compassion for his people and his dwelling place. |
| (0.14) | 2Ch 36:16 |
| But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his warnings, 1 and ridiculed his prophets. 2 Finally the Lord got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment. 3 |
| (0.14) | Ezr 1:5 |
| Then the leaders 1 of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and the Levites – all those whose mind God had stirred – got ready 2 to go up in order to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. 3 |
| (0.14) | 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. |
| (0.14) | 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. |
| (0.14) | 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 |
| (0.14) | Ezr 4:7 |
| And during the reign 1 of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, 2 Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their colleagues 3 wrote to King Artaxerxes 4 of Persia. This letter 5 was first written in Aramaic but then translated. [Aramaic:] 6 |
| (0.14) | Ezr 4:10 |
| and the rest of nations whom the great and noble Ashurbanipal 1 deported and settled in the cities 2 of Samaria and other places in Trans-Euphrates. 3 |
| (0.14) | Ezr 4:17 |
| The king sent the following response: “To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues who live in Samaria and other parts of Trans-Euphrates: Greetings! 1 |
| (0.14) | Ezr 5:2 |
| Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak began 1 to rebuild the temple of God in Jerusalem. The prophets of God were with them, supporting them. |
| (0.14) | Ezr 5:12 |
| But after our ancestors 1 angered the God of heaven, he delivered them into the hands 2 of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and exiled the people to Babylon. 3 |
| (0.14) | Ezr 6:7 |
| Leave the work on this temple of God alone. 1 Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this temple of God in its proper place. |
