Discovery Box| (0.48) | 2Ch 25:15 |
| The Lord was angry at Amaziah and sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why are you following 1 these gods 2 that could not deliver their own people from your power?” 3 |
| (0.48) | 2Ch 26:11 |
| Uzziah had an army of skilled warriors trained for battle. They were organized by divisions according to the muster rolls made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the authority of Hananiah, a royal official. |
| (0.48) | 2Ch 26:20 |
| When Azariah the high priest and the other priests looked at 1 him, there was a skin disease on his forehead. They hurried him out of there; even the king 2 himself wanted to leave quickly because the Lord had afflicted him. |
| (0.48) | 2Ch 28:3 |
| He offered sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and passed his sons through the fire, 1 a horrible sin practiced by the nations 2 whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites. |
| (0.48) | 2Ch 29:24 |
| Then the priests slaughtered them. They offered their blood as a sin offering on the altar to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had decreed 1 that the burnt sacrifice and sin offering were for all Israel. |
| (0.48) | 2Ch 29:35 |
| There was a large number of burnt sacrifices, as well as fat from the peace offerings and drink offerings that accompanied the burnt sacrifices. So the service of the Lord’s temple was reinstituted. 1 |
| (0.48) | 2Ch 30:1 |
| Hezekiah sent messages throughout Israel and Judah; he even wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, summoning them to come to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem 1 and observe a Passover celebration for the Lord God of Israel. |
| (0.48) | 2Ch 31:14 |
| Kore son of Imnah, a Levite and the guard on the east side, was in charge of the voluntary offerings made to God and disbursed the contributions made to the Lord and the consecrated items. |
| (0.48) | 2Ch 32:4 |
| A large number of people gathered together and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the district. 1 They reasoned, 2 “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” |
| (0.48) | 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. |
| (0.48) | 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. |
| (0.48) | Ezr 1:4 |
| Anyone who survives in any of those places where he is a resident foreigner must be helped by his neighbors 1 with silver, gold, equipment, and animals, along with voluntary offerings for the temple of God which is in Jerusalem.’” |
| (0.48) | Ezr 2:61 |
| And from among 1 the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that 2 name). |
| (0.48) | Ezr 3:12 |
| Many of the priests, the Levites, and the leaders 1 – older people who had seen with their own eyes the former temple while it was still established 2 – were weeping loudly, 3 and many others raised their voice in a joyous shout. |
| (0.48) | Ezr 3:13 |
| People were unable to tell the difference between the sound of joyous shouting and the sound of the people’s weeping, for the people were shouting so loudly 1 that the sound was heard a long way off. |
| (0.48) | Ezr 4:24 |
| So the work on the temple of God in Jerusalem came to a halt. It remained halted until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia. 1 |
| (0.48) | Ezr 5:6 |
| This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and his colleagues who were the officials of Trans-Euphrates sent to King Darius. |
| (0.48) | 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. |
| (0.48) | Ezr 7:13 |
| I have now issued a decree 1 that anyone in my kingdom from the people of Israel – even the priests and Levites – who wishes to do so may go up with you to Jerusalem. 2 |
| (0.48) | Ezr 8:28 |
| Then I said to them, “You are holy to the Lord, just as these vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a voluntary offering to the Lord, the God of your fathers. |
