Discovery Box| (0.73) | 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. |
| (0.73) | Ezr 2:25 |
| the men of Kiriath Jearim, 1 Kephirah and Beeroth: 743; |
| (0.73) | Ezr 2:33 |
| the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono: 725; |
| (0.73) | 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 |
| (0.73) | 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. |
| (0.73) | Ezr 4:14 |
| In light of the fact that we are loyal to the king, 1 and since it does not seem appropriate to us that the king should sustain damage, 2 we are sending the king this information 3 |
| (0.73) | 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 |
| (0.73) | Ezr 5:1 |
| Then the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son 1 of Iddo 2 prophesied concerning the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem 3 in the name of the God of Israel who was over them. |
| (0.73) | 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. |
| (0.73) | 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 |
| (0.73) | Ezr 5:16 |
| Then this Sheshbazzar went and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. From that time to the present moment 1 it has been in the process of being rebuilt, although it is not yet finished.’ |
| (0.73) | Ezr 6:17 |
| For the dedication of this temple of God they offered one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and twelve male goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. |
| (0.73) | Ezr 7:1 |
| Now after these things had happened, during the reign of King Artaxerxes 1 of Persia, Ezra came up from Babylon. 2 Ezra was the son of Seraiah, who was the son of Azariah, who was the son of Hilkiah, |
| (0.73) | Ezr 7:11 |
| What follows 1 is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priestly scribe. 2 Ezra was 3 a scribe in matters pertaining to the commandments of the Lord and his statutes over Israel: |
| (0.73) | Ezr 7:21 |
| “I, King Artaxerxes, hereby issue orders to all the treasurers of 1 Trans-Euphrates, that you precisely execute all that Ezra the priestly scribe of the law of the God of heaven may request of you – |
| (0.73) | Ezr 7:26 |
| Everyone who does not observe both the law of your God and the law of the king will be completely 1 liable to the appropriate penalty, whether it is death or banishment or confiscation of property or detainment in prison.” |
| (0.73) | Ezr 10:16 |
| So the exiles proceeded accordingly. Ezra the priest separated out 1 by name men who were leaders in their family groups. 2 They sat down to consider this matter on the first day of the tenth month, |
| (0.73) | Ezr 10:18 |
| It was determined 1 that from the descendants of the priests, the following had taken foreign wives: from the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. |
| (0.73) | Ezr 10:20 |
| From the descendants of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah. |
| (0.73) | Ezr 10:28 |
| From the descendants of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. |
