Discovery Box| (0.28) | 2Ch 36:4 |
| The king of Egypt made Jehoahaz’s 1 brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Necho seized his brother Jehoahaz and took him to Egypt. |
| (0.28) | 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. |
| (0.28) | 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. |
| (0.28) | 2Ch 36:14 |
| All the leaders of the priests and people became more unfaithful and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations. 1 They defiled the Lord’s temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem. |
| (0.28) | 2Ch 36:17 |
| He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered 1 their young men in their temple. 2 He did not spare 3 young men or women, or even the old and aging. God 4 handed everyone over to him. |
| (0.28) | Ezr 3:3 |
| They established the altar on its foundations, even though they were in terror of the local peoples, 1 and they offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and the evening offerings. |
| (0.28) | Ezr 3:5 |
| Afterward they offered the continual burnt offerings and those for the new moons and those for all the holy assemblies of the Lord and all those that were being voluntarily offered to the Lord. |
| (0.28) | 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 |
| (0.28) | 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. |
| (0.28) | 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 |
| (0.28) | Ezr 5:3 |
| At that time Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and their colleagues came to them and asked, “Who gave you authority 1 to rebuild this temple and to complete this structure?” 2 |
| (0.28) | Ezr 5:5 |
| But God was watching over 1 the elders of Judah, and they were not stopped 2 until a report could be dispatched 3 to Darius and a letter could be sent back concerning this. |
| (0.28) | 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 |
| (0.28) | Ezr 8:25 |
| and I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels intended for the temple of our God – items that the king, his advisers, his officials, and all Israel who were present had contributed. |
| (0.28) | 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. |
| (0.28) | Ezr 9:3 |
| When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and my robe and ripped out some of the hair from my head and beard. Then I sat down, quite devastated. |
| (0.28) | Ezr 9:5 |
| At the time of the evening offering I got up from my self-abasement, 1 with my tunic and robe torn, and then dropped to my knees and spread my hands to the Lord my God. |
| (0.28) | Ezr 9:13 |
| “Everything that has happened to us has come about because of our wicked actions and our great guilt. Even so, our God, you have exercised restraint 1 toward our iniquities and have given us a remnant such as this. |
| (0.28) | 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. |
| (0.28) | 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, |
