Discovery Box| (0.66) | 2Ch 34:12 |
| The men worked faithfully. Their supervisors were Jahath and Obadiah (Levites descended from Merari), as well as Zechariah and Meshullam (descendants of Kohath). The Levites, all of whom were skilled musicians, |
| (0.66) | 2Ch 34:28 |
| ‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. 1 You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place and its residents.’”’” Then they reported back to the king. |
| (0.66) | 2Ch 35:7 |
| From his own royal flocks and herds, Josiah supplied the people with 30,000 lambs and goats for the Passover sacrifice, as well as 3,000 cattle. 1 |
| (0.66) | 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. |
| (0.66) | 2Ch 35:20 |
| After Josiah had done all this for the temple, 1 King Necho of Egypt marched up to do battle at Carchemish on the Euphrates River. 2 Josiah marched out to oppose him. |
| (0.66) | 2Ch 35:22 |
| But Josiah did not turn back from him; 1 he disguised himself for battle. He did not take seriously 2 the words of Necho which he had received from God; he went to fight him in the Plain of Megiddo. 3 |
| (0.66) | 2Ch 35:25 |
| Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah which all the male and female singers use to mourn Josiah to this very day. It has become customary in Israel to sing these; they are recorded in the Book of Laments. |
| (0.66) | 2Ch 36:3 |
| The king of Egypt prevented him from ruling in Jerusalem and imposed on the land a special tax 1 of one hundred talents 2 of silver and a talent of gold. |
| (0.66) | 2Ch 36:5 |
| Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. 1 He did evil in the sight of 2 the Lord his God. |
| (0.66) | 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. |
| (0.66) | Ezr 4:5 |
| They were hiring advisers to oppose them, so as to frustrate their plans, throughout the time 1 of King Cyrus of Persia until the reign of King Darius 2 of Persia. 3 |
| (0.66) | 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 |
| (0.66) | Ezr 4:12 |
| Now 1 let the king be aware that the Jews who came up to us from you have gone to Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and odious city. 2 They are completing its walls and repairing its foundations. |
| (0.66) | Ezr 4:13 |
| Let the king also be aware that if this city is built and its walls are completed, no more tax, custom, or toll will be paid, and the royal treasury 1 will suffer loss. |
| (0.66) | 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. |
| (0.66) | 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 |
| (0.66) | Ezr 10:2 |
| Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, from the descendants of Elam, 1 addressed Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying 2 foreign women from the local peoples. 3 Nonetheless, there is still hope for Israel in this regard. 4 |
| (0.66) | Ezr 10:10 |
| Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have behaved in an unfaithful manner by taking foreign wives! This has contributed to the guilt of Israel. |
| (0.66) | Ezr 10:13 |
| However, the people are numerous and it is the rainy season. 1 We are unable to stand here outside. Furthermore, this business cannot be resolved in a day or two, for we have sinned greatly in this matter. |
| (0.66) | Neh 2:6 |
| Then the king, with his consort 1 sitting beside him, replied, “How long would your trip take, and when would you return?” Since the king was amenable to dispatching me, 2 I gave him a time. |
