Ezra 4
Opposition to the Rebuilding 1 When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for theLord, the God of Israel, 2 they came to…
Ezra 5
Tattenai’s Letter to Darius 1 Now Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the prophet, a descendant of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the…
Ezra 6
The Decree of Darius 1 King Darius then issued an order, and they searched in the archives stored in the treasury at Babylon. 2 A scroll was found in the…
Ezra 7
Ezra Comes to Jerusalem 1 After these things, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 2 the…
Ezra 8
List of the Family Heads Returning With Ezra 1 These are the family heads and those registered with them who came up with me from Babylon during the reign of…
Ezra 9
Ezra’s Prayer About Intermarriage 1 After these things had been done, the leaders came to me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and the Levites, have not…
Ezra 10
The People’s Confession of Sin 1 While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a large crowd of Israelites—men, women and children—gathered…
Nehemiah 1
Nehemiah’s Prayer 1 The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah: In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa, 2 Hanani, one…
Nehemiah 2
Artaxerxes Sends Nehemiah to Jerusalem 1 In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought for him, I took the wine and gave…
Nehemiah 3
Builders of the Wall 1 Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests went to work and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set its doors in place,…