Day: 10 December 2020

The Bible – Old Testament Ezra Index 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Chapter 10 1 While Ezra prayed and acknowledged their guilt, weeping and prostrate before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites gathered about him, men, women, and children; and the people wept profusely. 2 Then… Continue reading Ezra – Chapter 10

The Bible – Old Testament Ezra Index 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Chapter 9 1 When these matters had been concluded, the leaders approached me with this report: “Neither the Israelite laymen nor the priests nor the Levites have kept themselves aloof from the peoples of the land and their… Continue reading Ezra – Chapter 9

The Bible – Old Testament Ezra Index 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Chapter 8 1 This is the list of the family heads who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes: 2 Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershon; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the… Continue reading Ezra – Chapter 8

The Bible – Old Testament Ezra Index 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Chapter 7 1 1 After these events, during the reign of Artaxerxes, king of Persia, Ezra, son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah, 2 son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub, 3 son of Amariah,… Continue reading Ezra – Chapter 7

The Bible – Old Testament Ezra Index 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Chapter 6 1 Thereupon King Darius issued an order to search the archives in which the Babylonian records were stored away; 2 and in Ecbatana, the stronghold in the province of Media, a scroll was found containing the… Continue reading Ezra – Chapter 6

The Bible – Old Testament Ezra Index 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Chapter 5 1 1 Then the prophets Haggai and Zechariah, son of Iddo, began to prophesy to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel. 2 Thereupon Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua,… Continue reading Ezra – Chapter 5

The Bible – Old Testament Ezra Index 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Chapter 4 1 When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel, \ 2 they approached Zerubbabel and the family heads and said to them,… Continue reading Ezra – Chapter 4

The Bible – Old Testament Ezra Index 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Chapter 3 1 1 Now when the seventh month came, after the Israelites had settled in their cities, the people gathered at Jerusalem as one man. 2 Then Jeshua, son of Jozadak, together with his brethren the priests, and… Continue reading Ezra – Chapter 3

The Bible – Old Testament Ezra Index 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Chapter 2 1 1 These are the inhabitants of the province who returned from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had carried away to Babylon, and who came back to Jerusalem and Judah, each man… Continue reading Ezra – Chapter 2

The Bible – Old Testament Ezra Index 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Chapter 1 1 In the first year of Cyrus, 1 king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, the LORD inspired King Cyrus of Persia to issue this proclamation throughout his kingdom, both… Continue reading Ezra – Chapter 1

The Bible – Old Testament Ezra Index 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Introduction The last four books of the Hebrew canon are Ezra, Nehemiah, 1 and 2 Chronicles, in that order. Originally, however, Ezra and Nehemiah followed the Books of Chronicles, and formed with them a unified historical work so… Continue reading Ezra – Introduction