January 6, 2023 Ezra 5 Temple Work Resumed 5 When the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in…
January 5, 2023 Ezra 4:17-24 The King Replies and Work Stops 17 Then the king sent an answer to Rehum the commander, to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of…
January 4, 2023 Ezra 4:1-17 Adversaries Hinder the Work 4 Now when the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the people of the exile were building a temple to the Lord God of…
January 3, 2023 Ezra 3:8-13 Temple Restoration Begun 8 Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem in the second month, Zerubbabel the son…
December 27, 2022 Ezra 3:1-7 Altar and Sacrifices Restored 3 Now when the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to…
December 22, 2022 Ezra 2:40-70 Levites Returning 40 The Levites: the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of [n]Hodaviah, 74. 41 The singers: the sons of Asaph, 128. 42 The sons of the…
December 21, 2022 Ezra 2:1-39 Number of Those Returning 2 Now these are the [a]people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the…
December 20, 2022 Ezra 1 Cyrus’s Proclamation 1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah,…
December 19, 2022 2 Chronicles 36:11-23 Zedekiah Rules in Judah 11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 He did evil in the…
December 15, 2022 2 Chronicles 36:1-10 Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, then Jehoiachin Rule 36 Then the people of the land took [a]Joahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in place of his…