Discovery Box| (0.17) | 2Ch 2:17 |
| Solomon took a census 1 of all the male resident foreigners in the land of Israel, after the census his father David had taken. There were 153,600 in all. |
| (0.17) | 2Ch 6:41 |
| Now ascend, O Lord God, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength! May your priests, O Lord God, experience your deliverance! 1 May your loyal followers rejoice in the prosperity you give! 2 |
| (0.17) | 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 |
| (0.17) | 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. |
| (0.17) | 2Ch 29:12 |
| The following Levites prepared to carry out the king’s orders: 1 From the Kohathites: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah; from the Merarites: Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel; from the Gershonites: Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah; |
| (0.17) | 2Ch 29:25 |
| King Hezekiah 1 stationed the Levites in the Lord’s temple with cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the king’s prophet, 2 and Nathan the prophet had ordered. (The Lord had actually given these orders through his prophets.) |
| (0.17) | 2Ch 30:18 |
| The majority of the many people from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun were ceremonially unclean, yet they ate the Passover in violation of what is prescribed in the law. 1 For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying: “May the Lord, who is good, forgive 2 |
| (0.17) | 2Ch 35:12 |
| They reserved the burnt offerings and the cattle for the family divisions of the people to present to the Lord, as prescribed in the scroll of Moses. 1 |
| (0.17) | 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. |
| (0.17) | 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. |
| (0.17) | Ezr 10:3 |
| Therefore let us enact 1 a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their offspring, in keeping with your counsel, my lord, 2 and that of those who respect 3 the commandments of our God. And let it be done according to the law. |
| (0.17) | 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, |
| (0.17) | Neh 2:1 |
| Then in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought to me, 1 I took the wine and gave it to the king. Previously 2 I had not been depressed 3 in the king’s presence. 4 |
| (0.17) | Neh 6:6 |
| Written in it were the following words: “Among the nations it is rumored 1 (and Geshem 2 has substantiated 3 this) that you and the Jews have intentions of revolting, and for this reason you are building the wall. Furthermore, according to these rumors 4 you are going to become their king. |
| (0.17) | Psa 31:19 |
| How great is your favor, 1 which you store up for your loyal followers! 2 In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter 3 in you. 4 |
| (0.17) | Psa 69:6 |
| Let none who rely on you be disgraced because of me, O sovereign Lord and king! 1 Let none who seek you be ashamed because of me, O God of Israel! |
| (0.17) | Isa 1:23 |
| Your officials are rebels, 1 they associate with 2 thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for 3 payoffs. 4 They do not take up the cause of the orphan, 5 or defend the rights of the widow. 6 |
| (0.17) | Isa 48:1 |
| Listen to this, O family of Jacob, 1 you who are called by the name ‘Israel,’ and are descended from Judah, 2 who take oaths in the name of the Lord, and invoke 3 the God of Israel – but not in an honest and just manner. 4 |
| (0.17) | Isa 48:17 |
| This is what the Lord, your protector, 1 says, the Holy One of Israel: 2 “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you how to succeed, who leads you in the way you should go. |
| (0.17) | Isa 53:2 |
| He sprouted up like a twig before God, 1 like a root out of parched soil; 2 he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, 3 no special appearance that we should want to follow him. 4 |
