17 Jun 2017Nehemiah 7–9 1 Once the wall was rebuilt and I had erected the doors, the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites were appointed. 2 Over Jerusalem, I put in charge both my brother Hanani and Hananiah, the palace commander, because each was a faithful man and feared God more than many. 3 I said to them, “The gates of Jerusalem should not be opened until the sun is hot. Until guards are posted, the doors
16 Jun 2017Nehemiah 4–6 1 When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly irritated, and he mocked the Jews. 2 He spoke before his relatives and the army of Samaria and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Are they fortifying themselves? Will they make sacrifices? Can they complete this in a day? Can they revive the burned-up stones out of the rubbish heaps?” 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was
Nehemiah 1–3 1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hakaliah. In the month Kislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in Susa the palace, 2 Hanani, one of my relatives, and some men of Judah arrived. So I asked them concerning the returning Jews who had been in captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. 3 They said to me, “The remnant that returned from captivity is there in the province enduring great affliction and reproach.
14 Jun 2017Ezra 9–10 1 Now when these things were done, the leaders contacted me, saying, “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the people of the lands. They practice the abominations of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 2 Specifically, they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves, as well as for their sons, so
13 Jun 2017Ezra 6–8 1 Then Darius the king issued a decree and a search was made in the house of records, where the treasures were stored in Babylon. 2 At Ecbatana, in the provincial palace of the Medes, a scroll was found, and in it the following record was written: 3 “In the first year of Cyrus the king, the same Cyrus the king issued a decree concerning the temple of God at Jerusalem: “Let the
12 Jun 2017Ezra 3–5 1 When the seventh month had come, the children of Israel had resettled in their cities, and the people gathered themselves together, as one man, to Jerusalem. 2 Then Joshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers the priests stood up, along with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his brothers, and they built the altar of the God of Israel in order to offer burnt offerings on it, as it had been
11 Jun 2017Ezra 1–2 1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he issued a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying, 2 “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: “The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the