Book,Chapter,Verse,Teaching,Keywords Ezra,1,1,"Cyrus issued a proclamation","CYRUS,ISSUED,PROCLAMATION" Ezra,1,1,"Cyrus issued his proclamation in the first year of his reign","CYRUS,FIRST,HIS,ISSUED,PROCLAMATION,REIGN,YEAR" Ezra,1,1,"Cyrus was the king of Persia","CYRUS,KING,PERSIA" Ezra,1,1,"God has control over our actions","ACTIONS,CONTROL,GOD,OUR" Ezra,1,1,"God has control over the actions of kings","ACTIONS,CONTROL,GOD,KINGS" Ezra,1,1,"God has the ability to stir up people's spirits","ABILITY,GOD,PEOPLE,SPIRITS,STIR,UP" Ezra,1,1,"Jeremiah prophesied that Cyrus would issue a proclamation to build a second temple","BUILD,CYRUS,ISSUE,JEREMIAH,PROCLAMATION,PROPHESIED,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,1,1,"Jeremiah was a prophet","JEREMIAH,PROPHET" Ezra,1,1,"The proclamation that Cyrus issued was put into writing","CYRUS,ISSUED,PROCLAMATION,PUT,WRITING" Ezra,1,1,"The proclamation that Cyrus issued was sent throughout his entire kingdom","CYRUS,ENTIRE,HIS,ISSUED,KINGDOM,PROCLAMATION,SENT" Ezra,1,1,"The prophecies of Jeremiah came from God","GOD,JEREMIAH,PROPHECIES" Ezra,1,1,"The reason Cyrus issued a proclamation was because God stirred up his spirit","BECAUSE,CYRUS,GOD,HIS,ISSUED,PROCLAMATION,REASON,SPIRIT,STIRRED,UP" Ezra,1,1,"When Cyrus issued a proclamation he was fulfilling a prophecy that God gave through Jeremiah","CYRUS,FULFILLING,GAVE,GOD,HE,ISSUED,JEREMIAH,PROCLAMATION,PROPHECY,WHEN" Ezra,1,2,"Cyrus reigned over all the kingdoms of the earth","ALL,CYRUS,EARTH,KINGDOMS,REIGNED" Ezra,1,2,"God commanded Cyrus to build a temple in Jerusalem","BUILD,COMMANDED,CYRUS,GOD,JERUSALEM,TEMPLE" Ezra,1,2,"God controls who is in authority","AUTHORITY,CONTROLS,GOD,WHO" Ezra,1,2,"God decides who reigns over the kingdoms of this world","DECIDES,GOD,KINGDOMS,REIGNS,WHO,WORLD" Ezra,1,2,"God is the God of heaven","GOD,HEAVEN" Ezra,1,2,"God wanted a second temple built to replace the first one (which had been destroyed)","BUILT,DESTROYED,FIRST,GOD,ONE,REPLACE,SECOND,TEMPLE,WANTED,WHICH" Ezra,1,2,"Jerusalem is located in Judah","JERUSALEM,JUDAH,LOCATED" Ezra,1,2,"The people who are in authority are there because God put them there","AUTHORITY,BECAUSE,GOD,PEOPLE,PUT,THERE,WHO" Ezra,1,2,"The reason Cyrus reigned over the kingdoms of the earth was because God put him into that position of authority","AUTHORITY,BECAUSE,CYRUS,EARTH,GOD,HIM,KINGDOMS,POSITION,PUT,REASON,REIGNED" Ezra,1,3,"Cyrus said that the God of Israel is God","CYRUS,GOD,ISRAEL,SAID" Ezra,1,3,"Cyrus told the people of God to build the Lord a temple in Jerusalem","BUILD,CYRUS,GOD,JERUSALEM,LORD,PEOPLE,TEMPLE,TOLD" Ezra,1,3,"Cyrus told the people of God to go to Jerusalem","CYRUS,GO,GOD,JERUSALEM,PEOPLE,TOLD" Ezra,1,3,"Cyrus wanted the Jews to go to Jerusalem and build a temple for the Lord, who gave Cyrus his kingdom and who reigned over the world","BUILD,CYRUS,GAVE,GO,HIS,JERUSALEM,JEWS,KINGDOM,LORD,REIGNED,TEMPLE,WANTED,WHO,WORLD" Ezra,1,4,"Cyrus commanded the people of the place where the Jews lived to give the Jews offerings for the temple in Jerusalem","COMMANDED,CYRUS,GIVE,JERUSALEM,JEWS,LIVED,OFFERINGS,PEOPLE,PLACE,TEMPLE,WHERE" Ezra,1,4,"Cyrus commanded the people of the place where the Jews lived to supply the Jews with animals so that they could use it to build the temple in Jerusalem","ANIMALS,BUILD,COMMANDED,CYRUS,JERUSALEM,JEWS,LIVED,PEOPLE,PLACE,SUPPLY,TEMPLE,USE,WHERE" Ezra,1,4,"Cyrus commanded the people of the place where the Jews lived to supply the Jews with gold so that they could use it to build the temple in Jerusalem","BUILD,COMMANDED,CYRUS,GOLD,JERUSALEM,JEWS,LIVED,PEOPLE,PLACE,SUPPLY,TEMPLE,USE,WHERE" Ezra,1,4,"Cyrus commanded the people of the place where the Jews lived to supply the Jews with goods so that they could use it to build the temple in Jerusalem","BUILD,COMMANDED,CYRUS,GOODS,JERUSALEM,JEWS,LIVED,PEOPLE,PLACE,SUPPLY,TEMPLE,USE,WHERE" Ezra,1,4,"Cyrus commanded the people of the place where the Jews lived to supply the Jews with silver so that they could use it to build the temple in Jerusalem","BUILD,COMMANDED,CYRUS,JERUSALEM,JEWS,LIVED,PEOPLE,PLACE,SILVER,SUPPLY,TEMPLE,USE,WHERE" Ezra,1,4,"Cyrus did more than just allow the Jews to begin work on a second temple; he commanded them to work on it, and he told the people of his kingdom to give them resources to help construct it","ALLOW,BEGIN,COMMANDED,CYRUS,GIVE,HE,HELP,HIS,JEWS,JUST,KINGDOM,PEOPLE,SECOND,TEMPLE,TOLD,WORK" Ezra,1,4,"Cyrus did more than just allow the Jews to return to Judah; he told them to return to Judah and Jerusalem","ALLOW,CYRUS,HE,JERUSALEM,JEWS,JUDAH,JUST,RETURN,TOLD" Ezra,1,5,"A group of Jews gathered together to go to Jerusalem and build the temple","BUILD,GATHERED,GO,GROUP,JERUSALEM,JEWS,TEMPLE" Ezra,1,5,"God wanted work on the second temple to begin, so He stirred up the spirits of people so they would go and work on it","BEGIN,GO,GOD,HE,PEOPLE,SECOND,SPIRITS,STIRRED,TEMPLE,UP,WANTED,WORK" Ezra,1,5,"The leaders of the tribe of Benjamin rose up to go to Jerusalem and build the temple","BENJAMIN,BUILD,GO,JERUSALEM,LEADERS,ROSE,TEMPLE,TRIBE,UP" Ezra,1,5,"The leaders of the tribe of Judah rose up to go to Jerusalem and build the temple","BUILD,GO,JERUSALEM,JUDAH,LEADERS,ROSE,TEMPLE,TRIBE,UP" Ezra,1,5,"The Levites rose up to go to Jerusalem and build the temple","BUILD,GO,JERUSALEM,LEVITES,ROSE,TEMPLE,UP" Ezra,1,5,"The priests rose up to go to Jerusalem and build the temple","BUILD,GO,JERUSALEM,PRIESTS,ROSE,TEMPLE,UP" Ezra,1,5,"There are times when God stirs up people's spirits so that they will carry out His will","CARRY,GOD,HIS,PEOPLE,SPIRITS,STIRS,THERE,TIMES,UP,WHEN" Ezra,1,5,"There were others who went as well; they were those whose spirit God stirred up for this project","GOD,SPIRIT,STIRRED,THERE,UP,WENT,WHO,WHOSE" Ezra,1,5,"There were some Jews who went to return to Judah and Jerusalem, but there were many who did not","JERUSALEM,JEWS,JUDAH,MANY,NOT,RETURN,SOME,THERE,WENT,WHO" Ezra,1,6,"The Jews who went to Jerusalem to begin construction on the second temple did not travel empty handed; they brought with them many precious and valuable items","BEGIN,BROUGHT,CONSTRUCTION,EMPTY,HANDED,ITEMS,JERUSALEM,JEWS,MANY,NOT,PRECIOUS,SECOND,TEMPLE,TRAVEL,VALUABLE,WENT,WHO" Ezra,1,6,"The Jews who were going to go to Jerusalem to work on the second temple gathered animals","ANIMALS,GATHERED,GO,GOING,JERUSALEM,JEWS,SECOND,TEMPLE,WHO,WORK" Ezra,1,6,"The Jews who were going to go to Jerusalem to work on the second temple gathered goods","GATHERED,GO,GOING,GOODS,JERUSALEM,JEWS,SECOND,TEMPLE,WHO,WORK" Ezra,1,6,"The Jews who were going to go to Jerusalem to work on the second temple gathered offerings that were freely given","FREELY,GATHERED,GIVEN,GO,GOING,JERUSALEM,JEWS,OFFERINGS,SECOND,TEMPLE,WHO,WORK" Ezra,1,6,"The Jews who were going to go to Jerusalem to work on the second temple gathered precious things","GATHERED,GO,GOING,JERUSALEM,JEWS,PRECIOUS,SECOND,TEMPLE,THINGS,WHO,WORK" Ezra,1,6,"The Jews who were going to go to Jerusalem to work on the second temple gathered vessels of gold","GATHERED,GO,GOING,GOLD,JERUSALEM,JEWS,SECOND,TEMPLE,VESSELS,WHO,WORK" Ezra,1,6,"The Jews who were going to go to Jerusalem to work on the second temple gathered vessels of silver","GATHERED,GO,GOING,JERUSALEM,JEWS,SECOND,SILVER,TEMPLE,VESSELS,WHO,WORK" Ezra,1,7,"Cyrus brought out the vessels that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the first temple","BROUGHT,CYRUS,FIRST,NEBUCHADNEZZAR,TAKEN,TEMPLE,VESSELS" Ezra,1,7,"Nebuchadnezzar had placed the vessels from the first temple in the temple of the idols that he worshiped","FIRST,HE,IDOLS,NEBUCHADNEZZAR,PLACED,TEMPLE,VESSELS,WORSHIPED" Ezra,1,7,"The vessels from the first temple had been taken from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar","FIRST,JERUSALEM,NEBUCHADNEZZAR,TAKEN,TEMPLE,VESSELS" Ezra,1,8,"Cyrus the king had a treasurer","CYRUS,KING,TREASURER" Ezra,1,8,"The person who brought out the vessels for the first temple was the treasurer Miredath","BROUGHT,FIRST,MIREDATH,PERSON,TEMPLE,TREASURER,VESSELS,WHO" Ezra,1,8,"The prince of Judah was Sheshbazzar","JUDAH,PRINCE,SHESHBAZZAR" Ezra,1,8,"The treasurer of Cyrus was named Mithredath","CYRUS,MITHREDATH,NAMED,TREASURER" Ezra,1,8,"The treasurer of Persia counted the vessels from the first temple","COUNTED,FIRST,PERSIA,TEMPLE,TREASURER,VESSELS" Ezra,1,8,"The treasurer of Persia gave the vessels from the first temple to the prince of Judah","FIRST,GAVE,JUDAH,PERSIA,PRINCE,TEMPLE,TREASURER,VESSELS" Ezra,1,8,"The vessels that were taken from the first temple were returned to the Jews so that they could be in the second temple","FIRST,JEWS,RETURNED,SECOND,TAKEN,TEMPLE,VESSELS" Ezra,1,9,"The goods from the first temple included 1000 chargers of silver","CHARGERS,FIRST,GOODS,INCLUDED,SILVER,TEMPLE" Ezra,1,9,"The goods from the first temple included 29 knives","FIRST,GOODS,INCLUDED,KNIVES,TEMPLE" Ezra,1,9,"The goods from the first temple included 30 chargers of gold; (a 'charger' is a basin)","CHARGER,CHARGERS,FIRST,GOLD,GOODS,INCLUDED,TEMPLE" Ezra,1,10,"The goods from the first temple included 1000 other vessels","FIRST,GOODS,INCLUDED,TEMPLE,VESSELS" Ezra,1,10,"The goods from the first temple included 30 basins of gold; (these may have been smaller or of a lesser quality than the first set)","BASINS,FIRST,GOLD,GOODS,INCLUDED,LESSER,QUALITY,SET,SMALLER,TEMPLE,THESE" Ezra,1,10,"The goods from the first temple included 410 basins of silver, of a lesser quality than the first","BASINS,FIRST,GOODS,INCLUDED,LESSER,QUALITY,SILVER,TEMPLE" Ezra,1,11,"Sheshbazzar (the prince of Judah) led the group of Jews from Babylon to Jerusalem","BABYLON,GROUP,JERUSALEM,JEWS,JUDAH,LED,PRINCE,SHESHBAZZAR" Ezra,1,11,"The goods from the first temple included a total of 5,400 vessels of gold and silver","FIRST,GOLD,GOODS,INCLUDED,SILVER,TEMPLE,VESSELS" Ezra,1,11,"The group of Jews that returned to Jerusalem to build the temple carried with them an enormous amount of treasure of silver and gold; they did not return empty handed","AMOUNT,BUILD,CARRIED,EMPTY,ENORMOUS,GOLD,GROUP,HANDED,JERUSALEM,JEWS,NOT,RETURN,RETURNED,SILVER,TEMPLE,TREASURE" Ezra,2,1,"Nebuchadnezzar was the king of Babylon","BABYLON,KING,NEBUCHADNEZZAR" Ezra,2,1,"The parents of these people lived in Judah before they were carried away into captivity","AWAY,BEFORE,CAPTIVITY,CARRIED,JUDAH,LIVED,PARENTS,PEOPLE,THESE" Ezra,2,1,"The people in this chapter returned to Jerusalem","CHAPTER,JERUSALEM,PEOPLE,RETURNED" Ezra,2,1,"The people in this chapter returned to Judah","CHAPTER,JUDAH,PEOPLE,RETURNED" Ezra,2,1,"The people in this chapter returned to their own cities (the place their ancestors were from)","ANCESTORS,CHAPTER,CITIES,OWN,PEOPLE,PLACE,RETURNED" Ezra,2,1,"The people in this chapter were the children of those who were carried away into captivity to Babylon","AWAY,BABYLON,CAPTIVITY,CARRIED,CHAPTER,CHILDREN,PEOPLE,WHO" Ezra,2,1,"The person who took these Jews into captivity was Nebuchadnezzar","CAPTIVITY,JEWS,NEBUCHADNEZZAR,PERSON,THESE,TOOK,WHO" Ezra,2,2,"Baanah returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","BAANAH,JERUSALEM,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,2,"Bigvai returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","BIGVAI,JERUSALEM,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,2,"Bilshan returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","BILSHAN,JERUSALEM,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,2,"Jeshua returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","JERUSALEM,JESHUA,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,2,"Mizpar returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","JERUSALEM,MIZPAR,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,2,"Mordecai returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","JERUSALEM,MORDECAI,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,2,"Nehemiah returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","JERUSALEM,NEHEMIAH,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,2,"Reelaiah returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","JERUSALEM,REELAIAH,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,2,"Rehum returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","JERUSALEM,REHUM,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,2,"Seraiah returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","JERUSALEM,RETURNED,SERAIAH,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,2,"These people returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","JERUSALEM,PEOPLE,RETURNED,THESE,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,3,"2172 of the male descendants of Parosh returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,MALE,PAROSH,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,3,"Parosh had children","CHILDREN,PAROSH" Ezra,2,4,"372 of the male descendants of Shephatiah returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,MALE,RETURNED,SHEPHATIAH,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,4,"Shephatiah had children","CHILDREN,SHEPHATIAH" Ezra,2,5,"775 of the male descendants of Arah returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ARAH,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,MALE,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,5,"Arah had children","ARAH,CHILDREN" Ezra,2,6,"2812 of the male descendants of Pahathmoab returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,MALE,PAHATHMOAB,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,6,"It seems that Pahathmoab was a descendant of Jeshua","DESCENDANT,JESHUA,PAHATHMOAB,SEEMS" Ezra,2,6,"It seems that Pahathmoab was a descendant of Joab","DESCENDANT,JOAB,PAHATHMOAB,SEEMS" Ezra,2,6,"Jeshua had children","CHILDREN,JESHUA" Ezra,2,6,"Joab had children","CHILDREN,JOAB" Ezra,2,6,"Pahathmoab had children","CHILDREN,PAHATHMOAB" Ezra,2,7,"1254 of the male descendants of Elam returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","DESCENDANTS,ELAM,JERUSALEM,MALE,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,7,"Elam had children","CHILDREN,ELAM" Ezra,2,8,"945 of the male descendants of Zattu returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,MALE,RETURNED,ZATTU,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,8,"Zattu had children","CHILDREN,ZATTU" Ezra,2,9,"760 of the male descendants of Zaccai returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,MALE,RETURNED,ZACCAI,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,9,"Zaccai had children","CHILDREN,ZACCAI" Ezra,2,10,"642 of the male descendants of Bani returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","BANI,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,MALE,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,10,"Bani had children","BANI,CHILDREN" Ezra,2,11,"623 of the male descendants of Bebai returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","BEBAI,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,MALE,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,11,"Bebai had children","BEBAI,CHILDREN" Ezra,2,12,"1222 of the male descendants of Azgad returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","AZGAD,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,MALE,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,12,"Azgad had children","AZGAD,CHILDREN" Ezra,2,13,"666 of the male descendants of Adonikam returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ADONIKAM,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,MALE,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,13,"Adonikam had children","ADONIKAM,CHILDREN" Ezra,2,14,"2056 of the male descendants of Bigvai returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","BIGVAI,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,MALE,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,14,"Bigvai had children","BIGVAI,CHILDREN" Ezra,2,15,"454 of the male descendants of Adin returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ADIN,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,MALE,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,15,"Adin had children","ADIN,CHILDREN" Ezra,2,16,"98 of the male descendants of Ater returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ATER,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,MALE,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,16,"Ater had children","ATER,CHILDREN" Ezra,2,16,"It seems that Ater was a descendant of Hezekiah","ATER,DESCENDANT,HEZEKIAH,SEEMS" Ezra,2,17,"323 of the male descendants of Bezai returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","BEZAI,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,MALE,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,17,"Bezai had children","BEZAI,CHILDREN" Ezra,2,18,"112 of the male descendants of Jorah returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,JORAH,MALE,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,18,"Jorah had children","CHILDREN,JORAH" Ezra,2,19,"223 of the male descendants of Hashum returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","DESCENDANTS,HASHUM,JERUSALEM,MALE,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,19,"Hashum had children","CHILDREN,HASHUM" Ezra,2,20,"95 of the male descendants of Gibbar returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","DESCENDANTS,GIBBAR,JERUSALEM,MALE,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,20,"Gibbar had children","CHILDREN,GIBBAR" Ezra,2,21,"123 of the male descendants of Bethlehem returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem; (it's not clear if this verse is talking about the city of Bethlehem or a specific individual)","BETHLEHEM,CITY,CLEAR,DESCENDANTS,IF,INDIVIDUAL,JERUSALEM,MALE,NOT,RETURNED,SPECIFIC,TALKING,VERSE,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,21,"Bethlehem had children; (Bethlehem is the name of a city, so this may be a reference to a man known as 'the Bethlehemite')","BETHLEHEM,BETHLEHEMITE,CHILDREN,CITY,KNOWN,MAN,NAME,REFERENCE" Ezra,2,22,"56 men whose ancestors were originally from Netophah returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem; (Netophah was a village about 3 miles south of Jerusalem)","ANCESTORS,JERUSALEM,MEN,MILES,NETOPHAH,ORIGINALLY,RETURNED,SOUTH,VILLAGE,WHOSE,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,23,"128 men whose ancestors were originally from Anathoth returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem; (Anathoth was a village about 2 miles northeast of Jerusalem)","ANATHOTH,ANCESTORS,JERUSALEM,MEN,MILES,NORTHEAST,ORIGINALLY,RETURNED,VILLAGE,WHOSE,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,24,"42 of the male descendants of Azmaveth returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","AZMAVETH,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,MALE,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,24,"Azmaveth had children","AZMAVETH,CHILDREN" Ezra,2,25,"743 men from the families of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","BEEROTH,CHEPHIRAH,FAMILIES,JERUSALEM,KIRJATHARIM,MEN,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,25,"Beeroth had children","BEEROTH,CHILDREN" Ezra,2,25,"Chephirah had children","CHEPHIRAH,CHILDREN" Ezra,2,25,"Kirjatharim had children","CHILDREN,KIRJATHARIM" Ezra,2,26,"621 men from the families of Ramah and Gaba returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","FAMILIES,GABA,JERUSALEM,MEN,RAMAH,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,26,"Gaba had children","CHILDREN,GABA" Ezra,2,26,"Ramah had children","CHILDREN,RAMAH" Ezra,2,27,"122 men whose ancestors were from Michmas returned with Zerubbael to Jerusalem; (the city Michmash was about 7 miles north of Jerusalem)","ANCESTORS,CITY,JERUSALEM,MEN,MICHMAS,MICHMASH,MILES,NORTH,RETURNED,WHOSE,ZERUBBAEL" Ezra,2,28,"223 men whose ancestors were from Bethel and Ai returned with Zerubbael to Jerusalem; (Bethel and Ai were cities)","AI,ANCESTORS,BETHEL,CITIES,JERUSALEM,MEN,RETURNED,WHOSE,ZERUBBAEL" Ezra,2,29,"52 of the male descendants of Nebo returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,MALE,NEBO,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,29,"Nebo had children","CHILDREN,NEBO" Ezra,2,30,"156 of the male descendants of Magbish returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,MAGBISH,MALE,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,30,"Magbish had children","CHILDREN,MAGBISH" Ezra,2,31,"1254 of the male descendants of the 'other Elam' returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","DESCENDANTS,ELAM,JERUSALEM,MALE,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,31,"Elam had children","CHILDREN,ELAM" Ezra,2,31,"There was more than one Elam","ELAM,ONE,THERE" Ezra,2,32,"320 of the male descendants of Harim returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","DESCENDANTS,HARIM,JERUSALEM,MALE,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,32,"Harim had children","CHILDREN,HARIM" Ezra,2,33,"725 of the male descendants of the families of Log, Hadid, and Ono returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","DESCENDANTS,FAMILIES,HADID,JERUSALEM,LOG,MALE,ONO,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,33,"Hadid had children","CHILDREN,HADID" Ezra,2,33,"Lod had children","CHILDREN,LOD" Ezra,2,33,"Ono had children","CHILDREN,ONO" Ezra,2,34,"345 of the male descendants of Jericho returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem; (it's not clear if this verse is talking about the city of Jericho or a specific individual)","CITY,CLEAR,DESCENDANTS,IF,INDIVIDUAL,JERICHO,JERUSALEM,MALE,NOT,RETURNED,SPECIFIC,TALKING,VERSE,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,34,"Jericho had children; (Jericho is the name of a city, so this may be a reference to a specific famous person from Jericho)","CHILDREN,CITY,FAMOUS,JERICHO,NAME,PERSON,REFERENCE,SPECIFIC" Ezra,2,35,"3630 of the male descendants of Senaah returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,MALE,RETURNED,SENAAH,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,35,"Senaah had children","CHILDREN,SENAAH" Ezra,2,36,"973 priests from the line of Jedaiah returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","JEDAIAH,JERUSALEM,LINE,PRIESTS,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,36,"Jedaiah had children","CHILDREN,JEDAIAH" Ezra,2,36,"Jedaiah was a descendant of Aaron","AARON,DESCENDANT,JEDAIAH" Ezra,2,36,"Jedaiah was from the house of Jeshua","HOUSE,JEDAIAH,JESHUA" Ezra,2,36,"Jedaiah was from the tribe of Levi","JEDAIAH,LEVI,TRIBE" Ezra,2,36,"There were priests who accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,JERUSALEM,PRIESTS,THERE,WHO,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,36,"This section of the chapter is talking about the priests who returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","CHAPTER,JERUSALEM,PRIESTS,RETURNED,TALKING,WHO,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,37,"1052 priests from the line of Immer returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","IMMER,JERUSALEM,LINE,PRIESTS,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,37,"Immer had children","CHILDREN,IMMER" Ezra,2,37,"Immer was a descendant of Aaron","AARON,DESCENDANT,IMMER" Ezra,2,37,"Immer was from the tribe of Levi","IMMER,LEVI,TRIBE" Ezra,2,38,"1247 priests from the line of Pashur returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","JERUSALEM,LINE,PASHUR,PRIESTS,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,38,"Pashur had children","CHILDREN,PASHUR" Ezra,2,38,"Pashur was a descendant of Aaron","AARON,DESCENDANT,PASHUR" Ezra,2,38,"Pashur was from the tribe of Levi","LEVI,PASHUR,TRIBE" Ezra,2,39,"1017 priests from the line of Harim returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","HARIM,JERUSALEM,LINE,PRIESTS,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,39,"Harim had children","CHILDREN,HARIM" Ezra,2,39,"Harim was a descendant of Aaron","AARON,DESCENDANT,HARIM" Ezra,2,39,"Harim was from the tribe of Levi","HARIM,LEVI,TRIBE" Ezra,2,40,"74 Levites from the families of Jeshua, Kadmiel, and Hodaviah returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","FAMILIES,HODAVIAH,JERUSALEM,JESHUA,KADMIEL,LEVITES,RETURNED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,40,"Hodaviah had children","CHILDREN,HODAVIAH" Ezra,2,40,"Hodaviah was from the tribe of Levi","HODAVIAH,LEVI,TRIBE" Ezra,2,40,"Jeshua had children","CHILDREN,JESHUA" Ezra,2,40,"Jeshua was from the tribe of Levi","JESHUA,LEVI,TRIBE" Ezra,2,40,"Kadmiel had children","CHILDREN,KADMIEL" Ezra,2,40,"Kadmiel was from the tribe of Levi","KADMIEL,LEVI,TRIBE" Ezra,2,40,"There were Levites who accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,JERUSALEM,LEVITES,THERE,WHO,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,40,"This section of the chapter is talking about the Levites who returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","CHAPTER,JERUSALEM,LEVITES,RETURNED,TALKING,WHO,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,41,"128 singers from the line of Asaph returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ASAPH,JERUSALEM,LINE,RETURNED,SINGERS,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,41,"Asaph had children","ASAPH,CHILDREN" Ezra,2,41,"The singers were all descendants of Asaph","ALL,ASAPH,DESCENDANTS,SINGERS" Ezra,2,41,"There were singers who accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,JERUSALEM,SINGERS,THERE,WHO,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,41,"This section of the chapter is talking about the singers who returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","CHAPTER,JERUSALEM,RETURNED,SINGERS,TALKING,WHO,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,42,"139 porters from the families of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","AKKUB,ATER,FAMILIES,HATITA,JERUSALEM,PORTERS,RETURNED,SHALLUM,SHOBAI,TALMON,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,42,"Akkub had children","AKKUB,CHILDREN" Ezra,2,42,"Ater had children","ATER,CHILDREN" Ezra,2,42,"Hatita had children","CHILDREN,HATITA" Ezra,2,42,"Shallum had children","CHILDREN,SHALLUM" Ezra,2,42,"Shobai had children","CHILDREN,SHOBAI" Ezra,2,42,"Talmon had children","CHILDREN,TALMON" Ezra,2,42,"There were porters from the descendants of Akkub","AKKUB,DESCENDANTS,PORTERS,THERE" Ezra,2,42,"There were porters from the descendants of Ater","ATER,DESCENDANTS,PORTERS,THERE" Ezra,2,42,"There were porters from the descendants of Hatita","DESCENDANTS,HATITA,PORTERS,THERE" Ezra,2,42,"There were porters from the descendants of Shallum","DESCENDANTS,PORTERS,SHALLUM,THERE" Ezra,2,42,"There were porters from the descendants of Shobai","DESCENDANTS,PORTERS,SHOBAI,THERE" Ezra,2,42,"There were porters from the descendants of Talmon","DESCENDANTS,PORTERS,TALMON,THERE" Ezra,2,42,"There were porters who accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,JERUSALEM,PORTERS,THERE,WHO,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,42,"This section of the chapter is talking about the porters who returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","CHAPTER,JERUSALEM,PORTERS,RETURNED,TALKING,WHO,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,43,"Hasupha had children","CHILDREN,HASUPHA" Ezra,2,43,"Some of the descendants of Hasupha accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,HASUPHA,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,43,"Some of the descendants of Tabbaoth accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,SOME,TABBAOTH,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,43,"Some of the descendants of Ziha accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL,ZIHA" Ezra,2,43,"Tabbaoth had children","CHILDREN,TABBAOTH" Ezra,2,43,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Hasupha","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,HASUPHA,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,43,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Tabbaoth","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,TABBAOTH,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,43,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Ziha","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,TEMPLE,THERE,ZIHA" Ezra,2,43,"There were temple assistants who accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,ASSISTANTS,JERUSALEM,TEMPLE,THERE,WHO,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,43,"This section of the chapter is talking about the Nethinims (temple assistants) who returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ASSISTANTS,CHAPTER,JERUSALEM,NETHINIMS,RETURNED,TALKING,TEMPLE,WHO,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,43,"Ziha had children","CHILDREN,ZIHA" Ezra,2,44,"Keros had children","CHILDREN,KEROS" Ezra,2,44,"Padon had children","CHILDREN,PADON" Ezra,2,44,"Siaha had children","CHILDREN,SIAHA" Ezra,2,44,"Some of the descendants of Keros accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,KEROS,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,44,"Some of the descendants of Padon accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,PADON,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,44,"Some of the descendants of Siaha accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,SIAHA,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,44,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Keros","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,KEROS,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,44,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Padon","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,PADON,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,44,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Siaha","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,SIAHA,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,45,"Akkub had children","AKKUB,CHILDREN" Ezra,2,45,"Hagabah had children","CHILDREN,HAGABAH" Ezra,2,45,"Lebanah had children","CHILDREN,LEBANAH" Ezra,2,45,"Some of the descendants of Akkub accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,AKKUB,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,45,"Some of the descendants of Hagabah accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,HAGABAH,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,45,"Some of the descendants of Lebanah accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,LEBANAH,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,45,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Akkub","AKKUB,ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,45,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Hagabah","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,HAGABAH,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,45,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Lebanah","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,LEBANAH,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,46,"Hagab had children","CHILDREN,HAGAB" Ezra,2,46,"Hanan had children","CHILDREN,HANAN" Ezra,2,46,"Shalmai had children","CHILDREN,SHALMAI" Ezra,2,46,"Some of the descendants of Hagab accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,HAGAB,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,46,"Some of the descendants of Hanan accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,HANAN,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,46,"Some of the descendants of Shalmai accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,SHALMAI,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,46,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Hagab","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,HAGAB,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,46,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Hanan","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,HANAN,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,46,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Shalmai","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,SHALMAI,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,47,"Gahar had children","CHILDREN,GAHAR" Ezra,2,47,"Giddel had children","CHILDREN,GIDDEL" Ezra,2,47,"Reaiah had children","CHILDREN,REAIAH" Ezra,2,47,"Some of the descendants of Gahar accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,GAHAR,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,47,"Some of the descendants of Giddel accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,GIDDEL,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,47,"Some of the descendants of Reaiah accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,REAIAH,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,47,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Gahar","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,GAHAR,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,47,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Giddel","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,GIDDEL,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,47,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Reaiah","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,REAIAH,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,48,"Gazzam had children","CHILDREN,GAZZAM" Ezra,2,48,"Nekoda had children","CHILDREN,NEKODA" Ezra,2,48,"Rezin had children","CHILDREN,REZIN" Ezra,2,48,"Some of the descendants of Gazzam accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,GAZZAM,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,48,"Some of the descendants of Nekoda accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,NEKODA,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,48,"Some of the descendants of Rezin accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,REZIN,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,48,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Gazzam","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,GAZZAM,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,48,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Nekoda","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,NEKODA,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,48,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Rezin","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,REZIN,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,49,"Besai had children","BESAI,CHILDREN" Ezra,2,49,"Paseah had children","CHILDREN,PASEAH" Ezra,2,49,"Some of the descendants of Besai accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,BESAI,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,49,"Some of the descendants of Paseah accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,PASEAH,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,49,"Some of the descendants of Uzza accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,SOME,UZZA,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,49,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Besai","ASSISTANTS,BESAI,DESCENDANTS,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,49,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Paseah","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,PASEAH,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,49,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Uzza","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,TEMPLE,THERE,UZZA" Ezra,2,49,"Uzza had children","CHILDREN,UZZA" Ezra,2,50,"Mehunim had children","CHILDREN,MEHUNIM" Ezra,2,50,"Nephusim had children","CHILDREN,NEPHUSIM" Ezra,2,50,"Sanah had children","CHILDREN" Ezra,2,50,"Some of the descendants of Asnah accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,ASNAH,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,50,"Some of the descendants of Mehunim accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,MEHUNIM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,50,"Some of the descendants of Nephusim accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,NEPHUSIM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,50,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Asnah","ASNAH,ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,50,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Mehunim","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,MEHUNIM,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,50,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Nephusim","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,NEPHUSIM,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,51,"Bakbuk had children","BAKBUK,CHILDREN" Ezra,2,51,"Hakupha had children","CHILDREN,HAKUPHA" Ezra,2,51,"Harhur had children","CHILDREN,HARHUR" Ezra,2,51,"Some of the descendants of Bakbuk accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,BAKBUK,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,51,"Some of the descendants of Hakupha accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,HAKUPHA,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,51,"Some of the descendants of Harhur accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,HARHUR,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,51,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Bakbuk","ASSISTANTS,BAKBUK,DESCENDANTS,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,51,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Hakupha","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,HAKUPHA,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,51,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Harhur","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,HARHUR,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,52,"Bazluth had children","BAZLUTH,CHILDREN" Ezra,2,52,"Harsha had children","CHILDREN,HARSHA" Ezra,2,52,"Mehida had children","CHILDREN,MEHIDA" Ezra,2,52,"Some of the descendants of Bazluth accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,BAZLUTH,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,52,"Some of the descendants of Harsha accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,HARSHA,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,52,"Some of the descendants of Mehida accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,MEHIDA,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,52,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Bazluth","ASSISTANTS,BAZLUTH,DESCENDANTS,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,52,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Harsha","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,HARSHA,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,52,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Mehida","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,MEHIDA,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,53,"Barkos had children","BARKOS,CHILDREN" Ezra,2,53,"Sisera had children","CHILDREN,SISERA" Ezra,2,53,"Some of the descendants of Barkos accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,BARKOS,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,53,"Some of the descendants of Sisera accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,SISERA,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,53,"Some of the descendants of Thamah accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,SOME,THAMAH,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,53,"Thamah had children","CHILDREN,THAMAH" Ezra,2,53,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Barkos","ASSISTANTS,BARKOS,DESCENDANTS,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,53,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Sisera","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,SISERA,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,53,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Thamah","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,TEMPLE,THAMAH,THERE" Ezra,2,54,"Hatipha had children","CHILDREN,HATIPHA" Ezra,2,54,"Neziah had children","CHILDREN,NEZIAH" Ezra,2,54,"Some of the descendants of Hatipha accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,HATIPHA,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,54,"Some of the descendants of Neziah accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,NEZIAH,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,54,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Hatipha","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,HATIPHA,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,54,"There were temple assistants from the descendants of Neziah","ASSISTANTS,DESCENDANTS,NEZIAH,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,2,55,"It seems that Peruda was one of Solomon's servants","ONE,PERUDA,SEEMS,SERVANTS,SOLOMON" Ezra,2,55,"It seems that Sophereth was one of Solomon's servants","ONE,SEEMS,SERVANTS,SOLOMON,SOPHERETH" Ezra,2,55,"It seems that Sotai was one of Solomon's servants","ONE,SEEMS,SERVANTS,SOLOMON,SOTAI" Ezra,2,55,"Peruda had children","CHILDREN,PERUDA" Ezra,2,55,"Solomon had servants","SERVANTS,SOLOMON" Ezra,2,55,"Some of the descendants of Peruda accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,PERUDA,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,55,"Some of the descendants of Sophereth accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,SOME,SOPHERETH,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,55,"Some of the descendants of Sotai accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,SOME,SOTAI,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,55,"Sophereth had children","CHILDREN,SOPHERETH" Ezra,2,55,"Sotai had children","CHILDREN,SOTAI" Ezra,2,56,"Darkon had children","CHILDREN,DARKON" Ezra,2,56,"Giddel had children","CHILDREN,GIDDEL" Ezra,2,56,"It seems that Darkon was one of Solomon's servants","DARKON,ONE,SEEMS,SERVANTS,SOLOMON" Ezra,2,56,"It seems that Giddel was one of Solomon's servants","GIDDEL,ONE,SEEMS,SERVANTS,SOLOMON" Ezra,2,56,"It seems that Jaalah was one of Solomon's servants","JAALAH,ONE,SEEMS,SERVANTS,SOLOMON" Ezra,2,56,"Jaalah had children","CHILDREN,JAALAH" Ezra,2,56,"Some of the descendants of Darkon accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DARKON,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,56,"Some of the descendants of Giddel accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,GIDDEL,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,56,"Some of the descendants of Jalaah accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JALAAH,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,57,"Ami had children","AMI,CHILDREN" Ezra,2,57,"Hattil had children","CHILDREN,HATTIL" Ezra,2,57,"It seems that Ami was one of Solomon's servants","AMI,ONE,SEEMS,SERVANTS,SOLOMON" Ezra,2,57,"It seems that Hattil was one of Solomon's servants","HATTIL,ONE,SEEMS,SERVANTS,SOLOMON" Ezra,2,57,"It seems that Pochereth was one of Solomon's servants","ONE,POCHERETH,SEEMS,SERVANTS,SOLOMON" Ezra,2,57,"It seems that Shephatiah was one of Solomon's servants","ONE,SEEMS,SERVANTS,SHEPHATIAH,SOLOMON" Ezra,2,57,"Pochereth had children","CHILDREN,POCHERETH" Ezra,2,57,"Pochereth was from Zebaim","POCHERETH,ZEBAIM" Ezra,2,57,"Shephatiah had children","CHILDREN,SHEPHATIAH" Ezra,2,57,"Some of the descendants of Ami accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,AMI,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,57,"Some of the descendants of Hattil accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,HATTIL,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,57,"Some of the descendants of Pochereth accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,POCHERETH,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,57,"Some of the descendants of Shephatiah accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,SHEPHATIAH,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,58,"The number of Nethinims (temple assistants) and children of Solomon's servants who accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem was 392","ACCOMPANIED,ASSISTANTS,CHILDREN,JERUSALEM,NETHINIMS,NUMBER,SERVANTS,SOLOMON,TEMPLE,WHO,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,59,"Some of the people who accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem could not prove that they were Jews; they did not have a family tree that showed their ancestry","ACCOMPANIED,ANCESTRY,FAMILY,JERUSALEM,JEWS,NOT,PEOPLE,PROVE,SHOWED,SOME,TREE,WHO,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,59,"Some of the people who accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem were from the Babylonian city of Addan","ACCOMPANIED,ADDAN,BABYLONIAN,CITY,JERUSALEM,PEOPLE,SOME,WHO,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,59,"Some of the people who accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem were from the Babylonian city of Cherub","ACCOMPANIED,BABYLONIAN,CHERUB,CITY,JERUSALEM,PEOPLE,SOME,WHO,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,59,"Some of the people who accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem were from the Babylonian city of Immer","ACCOMPANIED,BABYLONIAN,CITY,IMMER,JERUSALEM,PEOPLE,SOME,WHO,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,59,"Some of the people who accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem were from the Babylonian city of Telharsa","ACCOMPANIED,BABYLONIAN,CITY,JERUSALEM,PEOPLE,SOME,TELHARSA,WHO,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,59,"Some of the people who accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem were from the Babylonian city of Telmelah","ACCOMPANIED,BABYLONIAN,CITY,JERUSALEM,PEOPLE,SOME,TELMELAH,WHO,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,60,"252 men accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem from the families of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda","ACCOMPANIED,DELAIAH,FAMILIES,JERUSALEM,MEN,NEKODA,TOBIAH,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,60,"Delaiah had children","CHILDREN,DELAIAH" Ezra,2,60,"Nekoda had children","CHILDREN,NEKODA" Ezra,2,60,"Some of the descendants of Delaiah accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DELAIAH,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,60,"Some of the descendants of Nekoda accompanied Nekoda to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,NEKODA,SOME" Ezra,2,60,"Some of the descendants of Tobiah accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,DESCENDANTS,JERUSALEM,SOME,TOBIAH,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,60,"The children of Delaiah could not prove their ancestry; they could not prove that they were Jews","ANCESTRY,CHILDREN,DELAIAH,JEWS,NOT,PROVE" Ezra,2,60,"The children of Nekoda could not prove their ancestry; they could not prove that they were Jews","ANCESTRY,CHILDREN,JEWS,NEKODA,NOT,PROVE" Ezra,2,60,"The children of Tobiah could not prove their ancestry; they could not prove that they were Jews","ANCESTRY,CHILDREN,JEWS,NOT,PROVE,TOBIAH" Ezra,2,60,"There were some people who accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem even though they could not prove that they were Jews","ACCOMPANIED,JERUSALEM,JEWS,NOT,PEOPLE,PROVE,SOME,THERE,WHO,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,60,"Tobiah had children","CHILDREN,TOBIAH" Ezra,2,61,"Barzillai was a Gileadite","BARZILLAI,GILEADITE" Ezra,2,61,"Barzillai was a priest","BARZILLAI,PRIEST" Ezra,2,61,"Habaiah was a priest","HABAIAH,PRIEST" Ezra,2,61,"Koz was a priest","KOZ,PRIEST" Ezra,2,61,"Some of the children of Barzillai accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,BARZILLAI,CHILDREN,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,61,"Some of the children of Habaiah accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,CHILDREN,HABAIAH,JERUSALEM,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,61,"Some of the children of Koz accompanied Zerubbabel to Jerusalem","ACCOMPANIED,CHILDREN,JERUSALEM,KOZ,SOME,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,61,"The children of Barzillai could not prove their lineage; they could not prove that Habaiah was a descendant of Aaron","AARON,BARZILLAI,CHILDREN,DESCENDANT,HABAIAH,LINEAGE,NOT,PROVE" Ezra,2,61,"The children of Barzillai were so named because their ancestor took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai, and so they were named after her","AFTER,ANCESTOR,BARZILLAI,BECAUSE,CHILDREN,DAUGHTERS,HER,NAMED,TOOK,WIFE" Ezra,2,61,"The children of Habaiah could not prove their lineage; they could not prove that Habaiah was a descendant of Aaron","AARON,CHILDREN,DESCENDANT,HABAIAH,LINEAGE,NOT,PROVE" Ezra,2,61,"The children of Koz could not prove their lineage; they could not prove that Habaiah was a descendant of Aaron","AARON,CHILDREN,DESCENDANT,HABAIAH,KOZ,LINEAGE,NOT,PROVE" Ezra,2,62,"Only people of a certain lineage could be a priest","CERTAIN,LINEAGE,ONLY,PEOPLE,PRIEST" Ezra,2,62,"Priests had to be able to prove their lineage in order to be in the priesthood; (they had to show that they were the descendants of Aaron)","AARON,ABLE,DESCENDANTS,LINEAGE,ORDER,PRIESTHOOD,PRIESTS,PROVE,SHOW" Ezra,2,62,"There were some people who claimed to be priests but could not prove their lineage; they could not show that they were descendants of Aaron","AARON,CLAIMED,DESCENDANTS,LINEAGE,NOT,PEOPLE,PRIESTS,PROVE,SHOW,SOME,THERE,WHO" Ezra,2,62,"Those who claimed to be priests but could not prove their lineage were considered to be polluted and therefore not qualified to be priests","CLAIMED,CONSIDERED,LINEAGE,NOT,POLLUTED,PRIESTS,PROVE,QUALIFIED,THEREFORE,WHO" Ezra,2,62,"Those who claimed to be priests but could not prove their lineage were removed from the priesthood","CLAIMED,LINEAGE,NOT,PRIESTHOOD,PRIESTS,PROVE,REMOVED,WHO" Ezra,2,62,"Those who were not of the right lineage were removed from the priesthood","LINEAGE,NOT,PRIESTHOOD,REMOVED,RIGHT,WHO" Ezra,2,63,"In ancient times the Urim and the Thummim were used to verify the validity of those who claimed to be priests","ANCIENT,CLAIMED,PRIESTS,THUMMIM,TIMES,URIM,USED,WHO" Ezra,2,63,"In order to eat of the most holy things you had to be a priest","EAT,HOLY,ORDER,PRIEST,THINGS,YOU" Ezra,2,63,"Just being able to prove that you were a priest from your genealogy was not enough; you also had to pass the test of the Urim and the Thummim","ABLE,BEING,GENEALOGY,JUST,NOT,PASS,PRIEST,PROVE,TEST,THUMMIM,URIM,YOU,YOUR" Ezra,2,63,"The governor protected the most holy things by not allowing those who were not priests to eat of it","ALLOWING,EAT,GOVERNOR,HOLY,NOT,PRIESTS,PROTECTED,THINGS,WHO" Ezra,2,63,"The governor protected the priesthood by weeding out those who were not priests","GOVERNOR,NOT,PRIESTHOOD,PRIESTS,PROTECTED,WHO" Ezra,2,63,"The Tirshatha (governor) said that the priests could not eat of the most holy things until their priesthood was verified by the Urim and the Thummim","EAT,GOVERNOR,HOLY,NOT,PRIESTHOOD,PRIESTS,SAID,THINGS,THUMMIM,TIRSHATHA,UNTIL,URIM,VERIFIED" Ezra,2,63,"The Urim and the Thummim could be used to tell who was a priest and who was not","NOT,PRIEST,TELL,THUMMIM,URIM,USED,WHO" Ezra,2,63,"The Urim and the Thummim were still in use after the Babylonian captivity","AFTER,BABYLONIAN,CAPTIVITY,THUMMIM,URIM,USE" Ezra,2,64,"A large number of people went from Babylon to Jerusalem","BABYLON,JERUSALEM,LARGE,NUMBER,PEOPLE,WENT" Ezra,2,64,"Only a small percentage of Jews went to Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile was over; a great many Jews remained in Babylon and did not return to Judah","AFTER,BABYLON,BABYLONIAN,EXILE,GREAT,JERUSALEM,JEWS,JUDAH,MANY,NOT,ONLY,PERCENTAGE,REMAINED,RETURN,SMALL,WENT" Ezra,2,64,"The number of people who went from Babylon to Jerusalem was 42,360; (this may have just been the men, and not included women and children)","BABYLON,CHILDREN,INCLUDED,JERUSALEM,JUST,MEN,NOT,NUMBER,PEOPLE,WENT,WHO,WOMEN" Ezra,2,65,"Among the servants and maids were 200 men and women who sang","AMONG,MAIDS,MEN,SANG,SERVANTS,WHO,WOMEN" Ezra,2,65,"The total number did not include maids","INCLUDE,MAIDS,NOT,NUMBER" Ezra,2,65,"The total number did not include servants","INCLUDE,NOT,NUMBER,SERVANTS" Ezra,2,65,"There were a total of 7,337 servants and maids (for 42,360 people)","MAIDS,PEOPLE,SERVANTS,THERE" Ezra,2,65,"There were female servants","FEMALE,SERVANTS,THERE" Ezra,2,65,"There were male servants","MALE,SERVANTS,THERE" Ezra,2,65,"There were men who sang","MEN,SANG,THERE,WHO" Ezra,2,65,"There were women who sang","SANG,THERE,WHO,WOMEN" Ezra,2,66,"The group which went from Babylon to Jerusalem had 245 mules (for 42,360 people)","BABYLON,GROUP,JERUSALEM,MULES,PEOPLE,WENT,WHICH" Ezra,2,66,"The group which went from Babylon to Jerusalem had 736 horses (for 42,360 people)","BABYLON,GROUP,HORSES,JERUSALEM,PEOPLE,WENT,WHICH" Ezra,2,67,"The group which went from Babylon to Jerusalem had 435 camels (for 42,360 people)","BABYLON,CAMELS,GROUP,JERUSALEM,PEOPLE,WENT,WHICH" Ezra,2,67,"The group which went from Babylon to Jerusalem had 6,720 donkeys (for 42,360 people)","BABYLON,DONKEYS,GROUP,JERUSALEM,PEOPLE,WENT,WHICH" Ezra,2,68,"Some of the leaders of the Jews gave an offering for the temple","GAVE,JEWS,LEADERS,OFFERING,SOME,TEMPLE" Ezra,2,68,"The leaders of the Jews gave an offering that was intended to help build the second temple","BUILD,GAVE,HELP,INTENDED,JEWS,LEADERS,OFFERING,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,2,68,"The leaders of the Jews gave an offering when they reached Jerusalem","GAVE,JERUSALEM,JEWS,LEADERS,OFFERING,REACHED,WHEN" Ezra,2,69,"Some of the leaders of the Jews were very wealthy, even though they had been in captivity in Babylon","BABYLON,CAPTIVITY,JEWS,LEADERS,SOME,WEALTHY" Ezra,2,69,"The leaders of the Jews gave 100 priestly garments","GARMENTS,GAVE,JEWS,LEADERS,PRIESTLY" Ezra,2,69,"The leaders of the Jews gave 5,000 pounds of silver","GAVE,JEWS,LEADERS,POUNDS,SILVER" Ezra,2,69,"The leaders of the Jews gave 61,000 drams of gold; (a dram is about 1/16th of an ounce, so this was about 3,800 ounces)","DRAMS,GAVE,GOLD,JEWS,LEADERS,OUNCE,OUNCES" Ezra,2,69,"The leaders of the Jews gave according to their ability to give","ABILITY,ACCORDING,GAVE,GIVE,JEWS,LEADERS" Ezra,2,70,"The Jews dwelt in cities in Israel","CITIES,DWELT,ISRAEL,JEWS" Ezra,2,70,"The Levites dwelt in cities in Israel","CITIES,DWELT,ISRAEL,LEVITES" Ezra,2,70,"The Nethinims (temple assistants dwelt in cities in Israel","ASSISTANTS,CITIES,DWELT,ISRAEL,NETHINIMS,TEMPLE" Ezra,2,70,"The people who returned with Zerubbabel dwelt in cities throughout Israel","CITIES,DWELT,ISRAEL,PEOPLE,RETURNED,WHO,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,2,70,"The porters dwelt in cities in Israel","CITIES,DWELT,ISRAEL,PORTERS" Ezra,2,70,"The priest dwelt in cities in Israel","CITIES,DWELT,ISRAEL,PRIEST" Ezra,2,70,"The singers dwelt in cities in Israel","CITIES,DWELT,ISRAEL,SINGERS" Ezra,3,1,"In the seventh month, the children of Israel gathered in Jerusalem","CHILDREN,GATHERED,ISRAEL,JERUSALEM,MONTH,SEVENTH" Ezra,3,1,"The children of Israel had settled into the cities of Judah by the seventh month","CHILDREN,CITIES,ISRAEL,JUDAH,MONTH,SETTLED,SEVENTH" Ezra,3,2,"Before the second temple was built, the altar of God was rebuilt","ALTAR,BEFORE,BUILT,GOD,REBUILT,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,3,2,"God is the God of Israel","GOD,ISRAEL" Ezra,3,2,"Jeshua was the descendant of Jozadak","DESCENDANT,JESHUA,JOZADAK" Ezra,3,2,"Jeshua worked to build the altar to God","ALTAR,BUILD,GOD,JESHUA,WORKED" Ezra,3,2,"Moses gave the sacrificial law to the Jews; he is the person that God used to deliver it to them","DELIVER,GAVE,GOD,HE,JEWS,LAW,MOSES,PERSON,SACRIFICIAL,USED" Ezra,3,2,"Moses was a man of God","GOD,MAN,MOSES" Ezra,3,2,"Moses was a real person who actually existed","ACTUALLY,EXISTED,MOSES,PERSON,REAL,WHO" Ezra,3,2,"The altar of God needed to be rebuilt","ALTAR,GOD,NEEDED,REBUILT" Ezra,3,2,"The altar of God was rebuilt so that burnt offerings could be offered on it","ALTAR,BURNT,GOD,OFFERED,OFFERINGS,REBUILT" Ezra,3,2,"The burnt offerings were going to be offered in the way that the Mosaic Law required","BURNT,GOING,LAW,MOSAIC,OFFERED,OFFERINGS,REQUIRED" Ezra,3,2,"The priests worked with Jeshua to build the altar of God","ALTAR,BUILD,GOD,JESHUA,PRIESTS,WORKED" Ezra,3,2,"Zerubbabel was the descendant of Shealtiel","DESCENDANT,SHEALTIEL,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,3,2,"Zerubbabel worked to build the altar of God","ALTAR,BUILD,GOD,WORKED,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,3,3,"Burnt offerings were offered to the Lord on the altar","ALTAR,BURNT,LORD,OFFERED,OFFERINGS" Ezra,3,3,"In spite of opposition, the Jews rebuilt the altar to God","ALTAR,GOD,JEWS,OPPOSITION,REBUILT,SPITE" Ezra,3,3,"It seems that the reason the Jews were afraid is because they were surrounded by enemies who wished them harm","AFRAID,BECAUSE,ENEMIES,HARM,JEWS,REASON,SEEMS,SURROUNDED,WHO,WISHED" Ezra,3,3,"It seems that when the Jews built the altar to God, they were afraid","AFRAID,ALTAR,BUILT,GOD,JEWS,SEEMS,WHEN" Ezra,3,3,"The altar was set upon bases; it seems that it did not rest directly on the ground","ALTAR,BASES,DIRECTLY,GROUND,NOT,REST,SEEMS,SET" Ezra,3,3,"The evening offering was offered to God","EVENING,GOD,OFFERED,OFFERING" Ezra,3,3,"The morning offering was offered to God","GOD,MORNING,OFFERED,OFFERING" Ezra,3,4,"During the feast of tabernacles, the Jews offered the sacrifices that were to be offered during each day","DAY,DURING,FEAST,JEWS,OFFERED,SACRIFICES,TABERNACLES" Ezra,3,4,"Each day of the feast of tabernacles had certain offerings that were supposed to be offered; (the feast of tabernacles lasted a week)","CERTAIN,DAY,FEAST,LASTED,OFFERED,OFFERINGS,SUPPOSED,TABERNACLES,WEEK" Ezra,3,4,"The feast of tabernacles was kept as the Mosaic Law required","FEAST,KEPT,LAW,MOSAIC,REQUIRED,TABERNACLES" Ezra,3,4,"The Jews kept the feast of tabernacles (which was to be kept in the seventh month)","FEAST,JEWS,KEPT,MONTH,SEVENTH,TABERNACLES,WHICH" Ezra,3,5,"After the feast of tabernacles, the people offered the continual burnt offering; (this may be a reference to the evening and morning offerings)","AFTER,BURNT,CONTINUAL,EVENING,FEAST,MORNING,OFFERED,OFFERING,OFFERINGS,PEOPLE,REFERENCE,TABERNACLES" Ezra,3,5,"After the feast of tabernacles, the people offered the sacrifices that were required for the feasts that were in the Mosaic Law; (there were 7 feasts in the Law)","AFTER,FEAST,FEASTS,LAW,MOSAIC,OFFERED,PEOPLE,REQUIRED,SACRIFICES,TABERNACLES,THERE" Ezra,3,5,"After the feast of tabernacles, the people offered the sacrifices that were required for the new moons","AFTER,FEAST,MOONS,NEW,OFFERED,PEOPLE,REQUIRED,SACRIFICES,TABERNACLES" Ezra,3,5,"The people offered freewill offerings to the Lord","FREEWILL,LORD,OFFERED,OFFERINGS,PEOPLE" Ezra,3,6,"Although people began to offer sacrifices to God, the foundation of the temple had not yet been laid","ALTHOUGH,BEGAN,FOUNDATION,GOD,LAID,NOT,OFFER,PEOPLE,SACRIFICES,TEMPLE" Ezra,3,6,"People began offering sacrifices on the altar before the foundation of the temple was laid","ALTAR,BEFORE,BEGAN,FOUNDATION,LAID,OFFERING,PEOPLE,SACRIFICES,TEMPLE" Ezra,3,6,"People began to offer sacrifices to God starting on the first day of the seventh month","BEGAN,DAY,FIRST,GOD,MONTH,OFFER,PEOPLE,SACRIFICES,SEVENTH,STARTING" Ezra,3,7,"Carpenters were involved in building the second temple","BUILDING,CARPENTERS,INVOLVED,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,3,7,"Cyrus donated to help fund the construction of the second temple","CONSTRUCTION,CYRUS,DONATED,FUND,HELP,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,3,7,"Cyrus provided the cedar trees from Lebanon","CEDAR,CYRUS,LEBANON,PROVIDED,TREES" Ezra,3,7,"Cyrus was the king of Persia","CYRUS,KING,PERSIA" Ezra,3,7,"Masons were involved in building the second temple","BUILDING,INVOLVED,MASONS,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,3,7,"The cedars from Lebanon were transported to Jerusalem by sea","CEDARS,JERUSALEM,LEBANON,SEA,TRANSPORTED" Ezra,3,7,"The Jews donated drink to help build the second temple","BUILD,DONATED,DRINK,HELP,JEWS,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,3,7,"The Jews donated food to help build the second temple","BUILD,DONATED,FOOD,HELP,JEWS,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,3,7,"The Jews donated oil to help build the second temple","BUILD,DONATED,HELP,JEWS,OIL,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,3,7,"The Jews gave money to carpenters to build the second temple","BUILD,CARPENTERS,GAVE,JEWS,MONEY,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,3,7,"The Jews gave money to masons to help build the second temple","BUILD,GAVE,HELP,JEWS,MASONS,MONEY,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,3,7,"The Jews hired people from Tyre to help build the second temple","BUILD,HELP,HIRED,JEWS,PEOPLE,SECOND,TEMPLE,TYRE" Ezra,3,7,"The Jews hired people from Zidon to help build the second temple","BUILD,HELP,HIRED,JEWS,PEOPLE,SECOND,TEMPLE,ZIDON" Ezra,3,7,"The Jews obtained cedar trees from Lebanon to help build the second temple","BUILD,CEDAR,HELP,JEWS,LEBANON,OBTAINED,SECOND,TEMPLE,TREES" Ezra,3,7,"The second temple had cedars from Lebanon","CEDARS,LEBANON,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,3,8,"Jeshua was one of the leaders in the project to build the second temple","BUILD,JESHUA,LEADERS,ONE,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,3,8,"Jeshua was the descendant of Jozadak","DESCENDANT,JESHUA,JOZADAK" Ezra,3,8,"The construction of the second temple began the second month of the second year","BEGAN,CONSTRUCTION,MONTH,SECOND,TEMPLE,YEAR" Ezra,3,8,"The construction of the second temple began the year after the Jews returned to Jerusalem","AFTER,BEGAN,CONSTRUCTION,JERUSALEM,JEWS,RETURNED,SECOND,TEMPLE,YEAR" Ezra,3,8,"The Jews who had traveled from Babylon to Jerusalem worked in the project to build the second temple","BABYLON,BUILD,JERUSALEM,JEWS,SECOND,TEMPLE,TRAVELED,WHO,WORKED" Ezra,3,8,"The Levites had to be 20 years old or older","LEVITES,OLD,OLDER,YEARS" Ezra,3,8,"The Levites worked in the project to build the second temple","BUILD,LEVITES,SECOND,TEMPLE,WORKED" Ezra,3,8,"The people appointed Levites to work in the temple","APPOINTED,LEVITES,PEOPLE,TEMPLE,WORK" Ezra,3,8,"The priests worked in the project to build the second temple","BUILD,PRIESTS,SECOND,TEMPLE,WORKED" Ezra,3,8,"Zerubbabel was one of the leaders in the project to build the second temple","BUILD,LEADERS,ONE,SECOND,TEMPLE,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,3,8,"Zerubbabel was the descendant of Shealtiel","DESCENDANT,SHEALTIEL,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,3,9,"Jeshua and his sons worked together on the project to build the second temple","BUILD,HIS,JESHUA,SECOND,SONS,TEMPLE,WORKED" Ezra,3,9,"Jeshua worked with Kadmiel and his sons on the project to build the second temple","BUILD,HIS,JESHUA,KADMIEL,SECOND,SONS,TEMPLE,WORKED" Ezra,3,9,"Jeshua worked with the Jews (the descendants of Judah) to build the second temple","BUILD,DESCENDANTS,JESHUA,JEWS,JUDAH,SECOND,TEMPLE,WORKED" Ezra,3,9,"The construction workers worked with the Levites to build the second temple","BUILD,CONSTRUCTION,LEVITES,SECOND,TEMPLE,WORKED,WORKERS" Ezra,3,9,"The descendants of Henadad were the construction workers who built the second temple","BUILT,CONSTRUCTION,DESCENDANTS,HENADAD,SECOND,TEMPLE,WHO,WORKERS" Ezra,3,9,"The temple was the house of God","GOD,HOUSE,TEMPLE" Ezra,3,10,"David was a real person who actually existed","ACTUALLY,DAVID,EXISTED,PERSON,REAL,WHO" Ezra,3,10,"David was the king of Israel","DAVID,ISRAEL,KING" Ezra,3,10,"David was the one who commanded the use of music in the temple to praise the Lord","COMMANDED,DAVID,LORD,MUSIC,ONE,PRAISE,TEMPLE,USE,WHO" Ezra,3,10,"In the temple, cymbals were used to praise the Lord","CYMBALS,LORD,PRAISE,TEMPLE,USED" Ezra,3,10,"In the temple, trumpets were used to praise the Lord","LORD,PRAISE,TEMPLE,TRUMPETS,USED" Ezra,3,10,"The laying of the foundation of the second temple was treated as a special event, and celebrated with music","CELEBRATED,EVENT,FOUNDATION,LAYING,MUSIC,SECOND,SPECIAL,TEMPLE,TREATED" Ezra,3,10,"The Levites had cymbals","CYMBALS,LEVITES" Ezra,3,10,"The Levites were present when the foundation of the second temple was laid","FOUNDATION,LAID,LEVITES,PRESENT,SECOND,TEMPLE,WHEN" Ezra,3,10,"The Levites were there to praise the Lord","LEVITES,LORD,PRAISE,THERE" Ezra,3,10,"The Levites who were present were the descendants of Asaph","ASAPH,DESCENDANTS,LEVITES,PRESENT,WHO" Ezra,3,10,"The priests had trumpets","PRIESTS,TRUMPETS" Ezra,3,10,"The priests were present when the foundation of the second temple was laid","FOUNDATION,LAID,PRESENT,PRIESTS,SECOND,TEMPLE,WHEN" Ezra,3,10,"The priests were there to praise the Lord","LORD,PRAISE,PRIESTS,THERE" Ezra,3,10,"The priests were wearing their priestly garments","GARMENTS,PRIESTLY,PRIESTS,WEARING" Ezra,3,10,"The workers laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord","FOUNDATION,LAID,LORD,TEMPLE,WORKERS" Ezra,3,11,"God will never take away His mercy from Israel","AWAY,GOD,HIS,ISRAEL,MERCY,NEVER,TAKE" Ezra,3,11,"The laying of the foundation of the second temple was a demonstration of God's mercy toward Israel","DEMONSTRATION,FOUNDATION,GOD,ISRAEL,LAYING,MERCY,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,3,11,"The laying of the foundation of the second temple was a demonstration of the goodness of God","DEMONSTRATION,FOUNDATION,GOD,GOODNESS,LAYING,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,3,11,"The Lord is good","GOOD,LORD" Ezra,3,11,"The mercy of God toward Israel endures forever","ENDURES,FOREVER,GOD,ISRAEL,MERCY" Ezra,3,11,"The priests and the Levites gave thanks to the Lord","GAVE,LEVITES,LORD,PRIESTS,THANKS" Ezra,3,11,"The priests and the Levites praised the Lord","LEVITES,LORD,PRAISED,PRIESTS" Ezra,3,11,"We must give thanks to the Lord because He is good","BECAUSE,GIVE,GOOD,HE,LORD,MUST,THANKS" Ezra,3,11,"We must praise the Lord because He is good","BECAUSE,GOOD,HE,LORD,MUST,PRAISE" Ezra,3,11,"When the foundation of the second temple was laid, the people shouted with a great shout","FOUNDATION,GREAT,LAID,PEOPLE,SECOND,SHOUT,SHOUTED,TEMPLE,WHEN" Ezra,3,11,"When the foundation of the second temple was laid, the priests and the Levites sang together","FOUNDATION,LAID,LEVITES,PRIESTS,SANG,SECOND,TEMPLE,WHEN" Ezra,3,12,"Some of the leaders who were present were old enough to have seen the first temple","FIRST,LEADERS,OLD,PRESENT,SEEN,SOME,TEMPLE,WHO" Ezra,3,12,"Some of the Levites who were present were old enough to have seen the first temple","FIRST,LEVITES,OLD,PRESENT,SEEN,SOME,TEMPLE,WHO" Ezra,3,12,"Some of the priests who were present were old enough to have seen the first temple","FIRST,OLD,PRESENT,PRIESTS,SEEN,SOME,TEMPLE,WHO" Ezra,3,12,"Those who were not old enough to have seen the first temple shouted for joy","FIRST,JOY,NOT,OLD,SEEN,SHOUTED,TEMPLE,WHO" Ezra,3,12,"Those who were old enough to have seen the first temple wept when the foundation of the temple was laid; (this is most likely because it was clear to them the second temple was not nearly as good as the first temple, and what had been lost would not be regained)","BECAUSE,CLEAR,FIRST,FOUNDATION,GOOD,LAID,LIKELY,LOST,NEARLY,NOT,OLD,SECOND,SEEN,TEMPLE,WEPT,WHAT,WHEN,WHO" Ezra,3,12,"Those who were old enough to have seen the first temple wept with a loud voice; they were deeply grieved","DEEPLY,FIRST,GRIEVED,LOUD,OLD,SEEN,TEMPLE,VOICE,WEPT,WHO" Ezra,3,12,"Those who were old enough to have seen the first temple were called 'ancient men'","ANCIENT,CALLED,FIRST,MEN,OLD,SEEN,TEMPLE,WHO" Ezra,3,13,"The people shouted with a loud shout","LOUD,PEOPLE,SHOUT,SHOUTED" Ezra,3,13,"The shouting and the weeping were so loud that people could not tell the difference between the joy and the crying","BETWEEN,CRYING,DIFFERENCE,JOY,LOUD,NOT,PEOPLE,SHOUTING,TELL,WEEPING" Ezra,3,13,"The shouting was heard from a long distance away","AWAY,DISTANCE,HEARD,LONG,SHOUTING" Ezra,4,1,"God is called the God of Israel","CALLED,GOD,ISRAEL" Ezra,4,1,"The adversaries of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin heard that the Jews were building the temple of the Lord","ADVERSARIES,BENJAMIN,BUILDING,HEARD,JEWS,JUDAH,LORD,TEMPLE,TRIBES" Ezra,4,1,"The enemies of the Jews did not want a temple to be built to the God of Israel","BUILT,ENEMIES,GOD,ISRAEL,JEWS,NOT,TEMPLE,WANT" Ezra,4,1,"The Jews are called the 'children of the captivity'","CALLED,CAPTIVITY,CHILDREN,JEWS" Ezra,4,1,"The Jews who had returned to Judah had enemies","ENEMIES,JEWS,JUDAH,RETURNED,WHO" Ezra,4,2,"Esarhaddon was the king of Assur","ASSUR,ESARHADDON,KING" Ezra,4,2,"The adversaries of the Jews approached Zerubbabel and the leaders of Israel and asked to join the construction effort","ADVERSARIES,APPROACHED,ASKED,CONSTRUCTION,EFFORT,ISRAEL,JEWS,JOIN,LEADERS,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,4,2,"The adversaries of the Jews claimed that they were brought to the land by Esarhaddon","ADVERSARIES,BROUGHT,CLAIMED,ESARHADDON,JEWS,LAND" Ezra,4,2,"The adversaries of the Jews falsely claimed that they also worshiped the God of Israel, and offered Him sacrifices","ADVERSARIES,CLAIMED,FALSELY,GOD,HIM,ISRAEL,JEWS,OFFERED,SACRIFICES,WORSHIPED" Ezra,4,2,"The adversaries of the Jews lied in order to try to join the construction effort","ADVERSARIES,CONSTRUCTION,EFFORT,JEWS,JOIN,LIED,ORDER,TRY" Ezra,4,2,"The adversaries of the Jews tried to stop the construction of the temple by joining the construction effort","ADVERSARIES,CONSTRUCTION,EFFORT,JEWS,JOINING,STOP,TEMPLE,TRIED" Ezra,4,3,"Cyrus had commanded the Jews to rebuild the temple","COMMANDED,CYRUS,JEWS,REBUILD,TEMPLE" Ezra,4,3,"Cyrus was the king of Persia","CYRUS,KING,PERSIA" Ezra,4,3,"Jeshua did not allow the adversaries of the Jews to join the construction effort","ADVERSARIES,ALLOW,CONSTRUCTION,EFFORT,JESHUA,JEWS,JOIN,NOT" Ezra,4,3,"The leaders of Israel did not allow the adversaries of the Jews to join the construction effort","ADVERSARIES,ALLOW,CONSTRUCTION,EFFORT,ISRAEL,JEWS,JOIN,LEADERS,NOT" Ezra,4,3,"Zerubbabel did not allow the adversaries of the Jews to join the construction effort","ADVERSARIES,ALLOW,CONSTRUCTION,EFFORT,JEWS,JOIN,NOT,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,4,3,"Zerubbabel said that Cyrus had given the commandment to rebuild the temple to the Jews, and the Jews were going to be the ones to build it","BUILD,COMMANDMENT,CYRUS,GIVEN,GOING,JEWS,ONES,REBUILD,SAID,TEMPLE,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,4,3,"Zerubbabel said that the Jews would built the temple to God by themselves","BUILT,GOD,JEWS,SAID,TEMPLE,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,4,3,"Zerubbabel was not deceived by the lies of the enemies of the Jews; he did not allow them to join the project","ALLOW,DECEIVED,ENEMIES,HE,JEWS,JOIN,LIES,NOT,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,4,4,"The adversaries of the Jews fought against their efforts to build the temple","ADVERSARIES,AGAINST,BUILD,EFFORTS,FOUGHT,JEWS,TEMPLE" Ezra,4,4,"The adversaries of the Jews lived in the land","ADVERSARIES,JEWS,LAND,LIVED" Ezra,4,4,"The adversaries who lived in the land created problems for the Jews","ADVERSARIES,CREATED,JEWS,LAND,LIVED,PROBLEMS,WHO" Ezra,4,4,"The adversaries who lived in the land did not want the Jews to build a temple to the God of Israel","ADVERSARIES,BUILD,GOD,ISRAEL,JEWS,LAND,LIVED,NOT,TEMPLE,WANT,WHO" Ezra,4,4,"The adversaries who lived in the land weakened the Jews","ADVERSARIES,JEWS,LAND,LIVED,WEAKENED,WHO" Ezra,4,5,"Cyrus was the king of Persia","CYRUS,KING,PERSIA" Ezra,4,5,"Darius was the king of Persia","DARIUS,KING,PERSIA" Ezra,4,5,"The adversaries who lived in the land fought against the rebuilding of the temple during the entire reign of Cyrus","ADVERSARIES,AGAINST,CYRUS,DURING,ENTIRE,FOUGHT,LAND,LIVED,REBUILDING,REIGN,TEMPLE,WHO" Ezra,4,5,"The adversaries who lived in the land fought against the rebuilding of the temple for years","ADVERSARIES,AGAINST,FOUGHT,LAND,LIVED,REBUILDING,TEMPLE,WHO,YEARS" Ezra,4,5,"The adversaries who lived in the land fought against the rebuilding of the temple from the reign of Cyrus to the reign of Darius","ADVERSARIES,AGAINST,CYRUS,DARIUS,FOUGHT,LAND,LIVED,REBUILDING,REIGN,TEMPLE,WHO" Ezra,4,5,"The adversaries who lived in the land hired counselors to stop the Jews from building the second temple","ADVERSARIES,BUILDING,COUNSELORS,HIRED,JEWS,LAND,LIVED,SECOND,STOP,TEMPLE,WHO" Ezra,4,6,"Since the adversaries had been unable to get Cyrus or Darius to stop the rebuilding of the second temple, the adversaries wrote a letter to Ahasuerus and tried to get him to stop it","ADVERSARIES,AHASUERUS,CYRUS,DARIUS,HIM,LETTER,REBUILDING,SECOND,SINCE,STOP,TEMPLE,TRIED,UNABLE,WROTE" Ezra,4,6,"The adversaries who lived in the land wrote a letter to Ahasuerus","ADVERSARIES,AHASUERUS,LAND,LETTER,LIVED,WHO,WROTE" Ezra,4,6,"The letter was a false accusation against the Jews that was designed to stop them from building a temple to God","ACCUSATION,AGAINST,BUILDING,DESIGNED,FALSE,GOD,JEWS,LETTER,STOP,TEMPLE" Ezra,4,6,"The letter was written at the beginning of the reign of Ahasuerus","AHASUERUS,BEGINNING,LETTER,REIGN,WRITTEN" Ezra,4,7,"Artaxerxes was the king of Persiah","ARTAXERXES,KING" Ezra,4,7,"Bishlam was an enemy of the Jews","BISHLAM,ENEMY,JEWS" Ezra,4,7,"Bishlam was the enemy of the God of Israel; he did not want the Jews to build a temple to the Lord","BISHLAM,BUILD,ENEMY,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,JEWS,LORD,NOT,TEMPLE,WANT" Ezra,4,7,"Mithredath was an enemy of the Jews","ENEMY,JEWS,MITHREDATH" Ezra,4,7,"Mithredath was the enemy of the God of Israel; he did not want the Jews to build a temple to the Lord","BUILD,ENEMY,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,JEWS,LORD,MITHREDATH,NOT,TEMPLE,WANT" Ezra,4,7,"Tabeel was an enemy of the Jews","ENEMY,JEWS,TABEEL" Ezra,4,7,"Tabeel was the enemy of the God of Israel; he did not want the Jews to build a temple to the Lord","BUILD,ENEMY,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,JEWS,LORD,NOT,TABEEL,TEMPLE,WANT" Ezra,4,7,"The adversaries who lived in the land wrote a letter to Artaxerxes","ADVERSARIES,ARTAXERXES,LAND,LETTER,LIVED,WHO,WROTE" Ezra,4,7,"The companions of Bishlam, Mithredath, and Tabeel were enemies of the God of Israel; they did not want the Jews to build a temple to the Lord","BISHLAM,BUILD,COMPANIONS,ENEMIES,GOD,ISRAEL,JEWS,LORD,MITHREDATH,NOT,TABEEL,TEMPLE,WANT" Ezra,4,7,"The companions of Bishlam, Mithredath, and Tabeel were enemies of the Jews","BISHLAM,COMPANIONS,ENEMIES,JEWS,MITHREDATH,TABEEL" Ezra,4,7,"The letter was also written by Mithredath","LETTER,MITHREDATH,WRITTEN" Ezra,4,7,"The letter was also written by Tabeel","LETTER,TABEEL,WRITTEN" Ezra,4,7,"The letter was also written by the companions of Bishlam, Mithredath, and Tabeel","BISHLAM,COMPANIONS,LETTER,MITHREDATH,TABEEL,WRITTEN" Ezra,4,7,"The letter was written by Bishlam","BISHLAM,LETTER,WRITTEN" Ezra,4,7,"The letter was written in the Syrian language","LANGUAGE,LETTER,SYRIAN,WRITTEN" Ezra,4,8,"Rehum was an enemy of the Jews","ENEMY,JEWS,REHUM" Ezra,4,8,"Rehum was the chancellor","CHANCELLOR,REHUM" Ezra,4,8,"Rehum was the enemy of the God of Israel; he did not want the Jews to build a temple to the Lord","BUILD,ENEMY,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,JEWS,LORD,NOT,REHUM,TEMPLE,WANT" Ezra,4,8,"Shimshai was an enemy of the Jews","ENEMY,JEWS,SHIMSHAI" Ezra,4,8,"Shimshai was the enemy of the God of Israel; he did not want the Jews to build a temple to the Lord","BUILD,ENEMY,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,JEWS,LORD,NOT,SHIMSHAI,TEMPLE,WANT" Ezra,4,8,"Shimshai was the scribe","SCRIBE,SHIMSHAI" Ezra,4,8,"The letter was also written by Rehum","LETTER,REHUM,WRITTEN" Ezra,4,8,"The letter was also written by Shimshai","LETTER,SHIMSHAI,WRITTEN" Ezra,4,8,"The letter was an accusation against Jerusalem","ACCUSATION,AGAINST,JERUSALEM,LETTER" Ezra,4,8,"The letter was written to Artaxerxes the king","ARTAXERXES,KING,LETTER,WRITTEN" Ezra,4,9,"At this time the Apharsathchites lived in the land of Israel","APHARSATHCHITES,ISRAEL,LAND,LIVED,TIME" Ezra,4,9,"At this time the Apharsites lived in the land of Israel","APHARSITES,ISRAEL,LAND,LIVED,TIME" Ezra,4,9,"At this time the Archevites lived in the land of Israel","ARCHEVITES,ISRAEL,LAND,LIVED,TIME" Ezra,4,9,"At this time the Babylonians lived in the land of Israel","BABYLONIANS,ISRAEL,LAND,LIVED,TIME" Ezra,4,9,"At this time the Dehavites lived in the land of Israel","DEHAVITES,ISRAEL,LAND,LIVED,TIME" Ezra,4,9,"At this time the Dinaites lived in the land of Israel","DINAITES,ISRAEL,LAND,LIVED,TIME" Ezra,4,9,"At this time the Elamites lived in the land of Israel","ELAMITES,ISRAEL,LAND,LIVED,TIME" Ezra,4,9,"At this time the Susanchites lived in the land of Israel","ISRAEL,LAND,LIVED,SUSANCHITES,TIME" Ezra,4,9,"At this time the Tarpelites lived in the land of Israel","ISRAEL,LAND,LIVED,TARPELITES,TIME" Ezra,4,9,"In the land of Israel the Jews were surrounded by enemies who opposed them and tried to fight them; they faced enormous opposition from many people","ENEMIES,ENORMOUS,FACED,FIGHT,ISRAEL,JEWS,LAND,MANY,OPPOSED,OPPOSITION,PEOPLE,SURROUNDED,TRIED,WHO" Ezra,4,9,"Rehum contributed to the letter","LETTER,REHUM" Ezra,4,9,"Shimshai contributed to the letter","LETTER,SHIMSHAI" Ezra,4,9,"The Apharsathchites contributed to the letter","APHARSATHCHITES,LETTER" Ezra,4,9,"The Apharsathchites were the enemy of the God of Israel; they did not want the Jews to build a temple to the Lord","APHARSATHCHITES,BUILD,ENEMY,GOD,ISRAEL,JEWS,LORD,NOT,TEMPLE,WANT" Ezra,4,9,"The Apharsites contributed to the letter","APHARSITES,LETTER" Ezra,4,9,"The Apharsites were the enemy of the God of Israel; they did not want the Jews to build a temple to the Lord","APHARSITES,BUILD,ENEMY,GOD,ISRAEL,JEWS,LORD,NOT,TEMPLE,WANT" Ezra,4,9,"The Archevites contributed to the letter","ARCHEVITES,LETTER" Ezra,4,9,"The Archevites were the enemy of the God of Israel; they did not want the Jews to build a temple to the Lord","ARCHEVITES,BUILD,ENEMY,GOD,ISRAEL,JEWS,LORD,NOT,TEMPLE,WANT" Ezra,4,9,"The Babylonians contributed to the letter","BABYLONIANS,LETTER" Ezra,4,9,"The Babylonians were the enemy of the God of Israel; they did not want the Jews to build a temple to the Lord","BABYLONIANS,BUILD,ENEMY,GOD,ISRAEL,JEWS,LORD,NOT,TEMPLE,WANT" Ezra,4,9,"The companions of Rehum and Shimshai contributed to the letter","COMPANIONS,LETTER,REHUM,SHIMSHAI" Ezra,4,9,"The Dehavites contributed to the letter","DEHAVITES,LETTER" Ezra,4,9,"The Dehavites were the enemy of the God of Israel; they did not want the Jews to build a temple to the Lord","BUILD,DEHAVITES,ENEMY,GOD,ISRAEL,JEWS,LORD,NOT,TEMPLE,WANT" Ezra,4,9,"The Dinaites contributed to the letter","DINAITES,LETTER" Ezra,4,9,"The Dinaites were the enemy of the God of Israel; they did not want the Jews to build a temple to the Lord","BUILD,DINAITES,ENEMY,GOD,ISRAEL,JEWS,LORD,NOT,TEMPLE,WANT" Ezra,4,9,"The Elamites contributed to the letter","ELAMITES,LETTER" Ezra,4,9,"The Elamites were the enemy of the God of Israel; they did not want the Jews to build a temple to the Lord","BUILD,ELAMITES,ENEMY,GOD,ISRAEL,JEWS,LORD,NOT,TEMPLE,WANT" Ezra,4,9,"The land of Israel was filled with foreigners who hated God, who fought against Him, and who tried to stop people from worshiping Him","AGAINST,FILLED,FOREIGNERS,FOUGHT,GOD,HATED,HIM,ISRAEL,LAND,PEOPLE,STOP,TRIED,WHO,WORSHIPING" Ezra,4,9,"The Susanchites contributed to the letter","LETTER,SUSANCHITES" Ezra,4,9,"The Susanchites were the enemy of the God of Israel; they did not want the Jews to build a temple to the Lord","BUILD,ENEMY,GOD,ISRAEL,JEWS,LORD,NOT,SUSANCHITES,TEMPLE,WANT" Ezra,4,9,"The Tarpelites contributed to the letter","LETTER,TARPELITES" Ezra,4,9,"The Tarpelites were the enemy of the God of Israel; they did not want the Jews to build a temple to the Lord","BUILD,ENEMY,GOD,ISRAEL,JEWS,LORD,NOT,TARPELITES,TEMPLE,WANT" Ezra,4,10,"Asnapper settled these nations in the cities throughout the land (in Samaria, Israel, and Judah)","ASNAPPER,CITIES,ISRAEL,JUDAH,LAND,NATIONS,SAMARIA,SETTLED,THESE" Ezra,4,10,"Asnapper was great","ASNAPPER,GREAT" Ezra,4,10,"Asnapper was noble","ASNAPPER,NOBLE" Ezra,4,10,"The Apharsathchites were brought to Israel by Asnapper","APHARSATHCHITES,ASNAPPER,BROUGHT,ISRAEL" Ezra,4,10,"The Apharsites were brought to Israel by Asnapper","APHARSITES,ASNAPPER,BROUGHT,ISRAEL" Ezra,4,10,"The Archevites were brought to Israel by Asnapper","ARCHEVITES,ASNAPPER,BROUGHT,ISRAEL" Ezra,4,10,"The Babylonians were brought to Israel by Asnapper","ASNAPPER,BABYLONIANS,BROUGHT,ISRAEL" Ezra,4,10,"The Dehavites were brought to Israel by Asnapper","ASNAPPER,BROUGHT,DEHAVITES,ISRAEL" Ezra,4,10,"The Dinaites were brought to Israel by Asnapper","ASNAPPER,BROUGHT,DINAITES,ISRAEL" Ezra,4,10,"The Elamites were brought to Israel by Asnapper","ASNAPPER,BROUGHT,ELAMITES,ISRAEL" Ezra,4,10,"The foreign nations that were in Israel when the Jews returned did not want the Jews to build a temple to God","BUILD,FOREIGN,GOD,ISRAEL,JEWS,NATIONS,NOT,RETURNED,TEMPLE,WANT,WHEN" Ezra,4,10,"The foreign nations that were in Israel when the Jews returned fought against the construction of the second temple","AGAINST,CONSTRUCTION,FOREIGN,FOUGHT,ISRAEL,JEWS,NATIONS,RETURNED,SECOND,TEMPLE,WHEN" Ezra,4,10,"The foreign nations that were in Israel when the Jews returned hated God","FOREIGN,GOD,HATED,ISRAEL,JEWS,NATIONS,RETURNED,WHEN" Ezra,4,10,"The foreign nations that were in Israel when the Jews returned hated the Jews","FOREIGN,HATED,ISRAEL,JEWS,NATIONS,RETURNED,WHEN" Ezra,4,10,"The Susanchites were brought to Israel by Asnapper","ASNAPPER,BROUGHT,ISRAEL,SUSANCHITES" Ezra,4,10,"The Tarpelites were brought to Israel by Asnapper","ASNAPPER,BROUGHT,ISRAEL,TARPELITES" Ezra,4,10,"When the Jews returned to Israel, the cities of the land were filled with foreigners who hated them","CITIES,FILLED,FOREIGNERS,HATED,ISRAEL,JEWS,LAND,RETURNED,WHEN,WHO" Ezra,4,11,"All of these people sent a letter to Artaxerxes","ALL,ARTAXERXES,LETTER,PEOPLE,SENT,THESE" Ezra,4,11,"Artaxerxes was the king","ARTAXERXES,KING" Ezra,4,11,"The adversaries of the Jews referred to themselves as the servants of the king","ADVERSARIES,JEWS,KING,REFERRED,SERVANTS" Ezra,4,11,"The adversaries of the Jews referred to themselves as those who lived on 'this side of the river'; (this seems to be a reference to the Jordan river)","ADVERSARIES,JEWS,JORDAN,LIVED,REFERENCE,REFERRED,RIVER,SEEMS,SIDE,WHO" Ezra,4,12,"The adversaries of the Jews accused the king of sending a bunch of Jews to them; they depicted the Jews as foreigners who didn't belong in the land, and who were bothering the people who already lived in the land by stirring up rebellion against the king","ACCUSED,ADVERSARIES,AGAINST,BELONG,BUNCH,DEPICTED,FOREIGNERS,JEWS,KING,LAND,LIVED,PEOPLE,REBELLION,SENDING,STIRRING,UP,WHO" Ezra,4,12,"The adversaries of the Jews referred to Jerusalem as a bad city","ADVERSARIES,BAD,CITY,JERUSALEM,JEWS,REFERRED" Ezra,4,12,"The adversaries of the Jews referred to Jerusalem as a rebellious city","ADVERSARIES,CITY,JERUSALEM,JEWS,REBELLIOUS,REFERRED" Ezra,4,12,"The adversaries of the Jews tried to stop the building the second temple by claiming they were opposing the reconstruction of Jerusalem (its walls and foundations)","ADVERSARIES,BUILDING,CLAIMING,FOUNDATIONS,JERUSALEM,JEWS,OPPOSING,RECONSTRUCTION,SECOND,STOP,TEMPLE,TRIED,WALLS" Ezra,4,12,"The people who wrote the letter lied about their intentions; they were not honest with the king","HONEST,INTENTIONS,KING,LETTER,LIED,NOT,PEOPLE,WHO,WROTE" Ezra,4,12,"The people who wrote the letter lied about what the Jews were doing; in order to stop the Jews from build the temple of the Lord they lied and claimed that the Jews were engaged in rebellion against the king","AGAINST,BUILD,CLAIMED,DOING,ENGAGED,JEWS,KING,LETTER,LIED,LORD,ORDER,PEOPLE,REBELLION,STOP,TEMPLE,WHAT,WHO,WROTE" Ezra,4,12,"There are times when the wicked people use deceptive and lying tactics to stop the worship of God, claiming they are opposed to one thing when in reality they are opposed to something else altogether","CLAIMING,DECEPTIVE,GOD,LYING,ONE,OPPOSED,PEOPLE,REALITY,SOMETHING,STOP,THERE,THING,TIMES,USE,WHEN,WICKED,WORSHIP" Ezra,4,13,"Since the adversaries of the Jews could find no fault in reconstructing the temple, they instead lied about what was really going on","ADVERSARIES,FAULT,FIND,GOING,INSTEAD,JEWS,LIED,NO,SINCE,TEMPLE,WHAT" Ezra,4,13,"The adversaries of the Jews claimed that any attempts to rebuild the city of Jerusalem or the wall around Jerusalem was an act of rebellion against the king that would endanger the king's finances","ACT,ADVERSARIES,AGAINST,ANY,ATTEMPTS,CITY,CLAIMED,ENDANGER,JERUSALEM,JEWS,KING,REBELLION,REBUILD,WALL" Ezra,4,13,"The adversaries of the Jews claimed that if the Jews rebuilt Jerusalem they would rebel against the king, which would damage the revenue that the king depended on","ADVERSARIES,AGAINST,CLAIMED,DAMAGE,DEPENDED,IF,JERUSALEM,JEWS,KING,REBEL,REBUILT,REVENUE,WHICH" Ezra,4,13,"The adversaries of the Jews did not want to see the city of Jerusalem rebuilt","ADVERSARIES,CITY,JERUSALEM,JEWS,NOT,REBUILT,SEE,WANT" Ezra,4,13,"The adversaries of the Jews tried to stop the rebuilding of the temple through lies","ADVERSARIES,JEWS,LIES,REBUILDING,STOP,TEMPLE,TRIED" Ezra,4,13,"There are times when wicked people tell lies in order to fight against the enemy of God","AGAINST,ENEMY,FIGHT,GOD,LIES,ORDER,PEOPLE,TELL,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WICKED" Ezra,4,14,"The adversaries of the Jews claimed they were sending this letter for the good of the king, when in reality they just hated the Jews and hated God","ADVERSARIES,CLAIMED,GOD,GOOD,HATED,JEWS,JUST,KING,LETTER,REALITY,SENDING,WHEN" Ezra,4,14,"The adversaries of the Jews lied about why they sent this letter; they claimed the reason they sent it was because they received money from the king and did not want to see the Jews rebel and cut off money from the king; however, in reality they just hated the Jews and hated the God of Israel","ADVERSARIES,BECAUSE,CLAIMED,GOD,HATED,ISRAEL,JEWS,JUST,KING,LETTER,LIED,MONEY,NOT,OFF,REALITY,REASON,REBEL,RECEIVED,SEE,SENT,WANT,WHY" Ezra,4,14,"The adversaries of the Jews were receiving funding from the king","ADVERSARIES,JEWS,KING,RECEIVING" Ezra,4,14,"There are times when wicked people lie about their motives in order to fight against the people of God","AGAINST,FIGHT,GOD,LIE,MOTIVES,ORDER,PEOPLE,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WICKED" Ezra,4,15,"Since the adversaries of the Jews could not claim that the current generation of Jews had done anything bad, they instead told the king that the current generation of Jews should be punished for what their ancestors had done","ADVERSARIES,ANCESTORS,ANYTHING,BAD,CLAIM,DONE,GENERATION,INSTEAD,JEWS,KING,NOT,PUNISHED,SHOULD,SINCE,TOLD,WHAT" Ezra,4,15,"The adversaries of the Jews asked the king to look into the history of Jerusalem to see what had happened in the past, and then punish the current generation of Jews for those historical events","ADVERSARIES,ASKED,EVENTS,GENERATION,HAPPENED,HISTORICAL,HISTORY,JERUSALEM,JEWS,KING,LOOK,PAST,PUNISH,SEE,WHAT" Ezra,4,15,"The adversaries of the Jews claimed that Jerusalem was a dangerous city","ADVERSARIES,CITY,CLAIMED,DANGEROUS,JERUSALEM,JEWS" Ezra,4,15,"The adversaries of the Jews claimed that Jerusalem was a rebellious city","ADVERSARIES,CITY,CLAIMED,JERUSALEM,JEWS,REBELLIOUS" Ezra,4,15,"The adversaries of the Jews claimed that Jerusalem was destroyed because it rebelled","ADVERSARIES,BECAUSE,CLAIMED,DESTROYED,JERUSALEM,JEWS,REBELLED" Ezra,4,15,"The adversaries of the Jews claimed that the current generation of Jews should be punished because of the things that former generations had done a long time ago","ADVERSARIES,BECAUSE,CLAIMED,DONE,FORMER,GENERATION,GENERATIONS,JEWS,LONG,PUNISHED,SHOULD,THINGS,TIME" Ezra,4,15,"The adversaries of the Jews expected the king to have records of the history of Jerusalem","ADVERSARIES,EXPECTED,HISTORY,JERUSALEM,JEWS,KING,RECORDS" Ezra,4,15,"There are times when wicked people claim that the people of God should be punished for the deeds of their ancestors","ANCESTORS,CLAIM,DEEDS,GOD,PEOPLE,PUNISHED,SHOULD,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WICKED" Ezra,4,16,"In order to stop the Jews from building a temple to the Lord, the adversaries of the Jews lied and claimed the Jews were rebelling against the king","ADVERSARIES,AGAINST,BUILDING,CLAIMED,JEWS,KING,LIED,LORD,ORDER,REBELLING,STOP,TEMPLE" Ezra,4,16,"The adversaries of the Jews told the king that if Jerusalem was rebuilt and its walls were established again, the city would surely rebel against the king and the king would lose an important revenue stream; they said this in spite of the fact the Jews had no intention of rebelling, there was no evidence the Jews were rebelling, and that they did not even try to provide any evidence that this was part of a rebellion","ADVERSARIES,AGAIN,AGAINST,ANY,CITY,ESTABLISHED,EVIDENCE,FACT,IF,IMPORTANT,INTENTION,JERUSALEM,JEWS,KING,LOSE,NO,NOT,PART,PROVIDE,REBEL,REBELLING,REBELLION,REBUILT,REVENUE,SAID,SPITE,STREAM,SURELY,THERE,TOLD,TRY,WALLS" Ezra,4,16,"There are times when the wicked tell completely unsupported lies about the people of God, in order to stop the worship of God","COMPLETELY,GOD,LIES,ORDER,PEOPLE,STOP,TELL,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WICKED,WORSHIP" Ezra,4,16,"What the adversaries of the Jews really wanted was to stop the rebuilding of the temple, but they claimed they were trying to stop the Jews from rebelling against the king by rebuilding Jerusalem and its walls; they didn't even mention what they really wanted, because rebuilding the temple of God had no impact on the king whatsoever, so they just lied about what was going on and what their real motive was","ADVERSARIES,AGAINST,BECAUSE,CLAIMED,GOD,GOING,IMPACT,JERUSALEM,JEWS,JUST,KING,LIED,MENTION,NO,REAL,REBELLING,REBUILDING,STOP,TEMPLE,TRYING,WALLS,WANTED,WHAT,WHATSOEVER" Ezra,4,17,"The king sent a reply","KING,REPLY,SENT" Ezra,4,17,"The reply was addressed to Rehum","ADDRESSED,REHUM,REPLY" Ezra,4,17,"The reply was also addressed to Shimshai","ADDRESSED,REPLY,SHIMSHAI" Ezra,4,17,"The reply was also addressed to the other people who contributed to the letter that falsely accused the Jews","ACCUSED,ADDRESSED,FALSELY,JEWS,LETTER,PEOPLE,REPLY,WHO" Ezra,4,18,"The letter was read to the king; the king was aware of what the letter said, and its accusation against the Jews","ACCUSATION,AGAINST,AWARE,JEWS,KING,LETTER,READ,SAID,WHAT" Ezra,4,19,"The king commanded a search of the records of Jerusalem, to determine what its history had been","COMMANDED,DETERMINE,HISTORY,JERUSALEM,KING,RECORDS,SEARCH,WHAT" Ezra,4,19,"The king discovered that Jerusalem had a history of rebelling against kings","AGAINST,DISCOVERED,HISTORY,JERUSALEM,KING,KINGS,REBELLING" Ezra,4,20,"The king discovered that in former times the kings of Jerusalem had reigned over territory that went beyond the river; (this seems to be a reference to the Jordan river)","BEYOND,DISCOVERED,FORMER,JERUSALEM,JORDAN,KING,KINGS,REFERENCE,REIGNED,RIVER,SEEMS,TERRITORY,TIMES,WENT" Ezra,4,20,"The king discovered that in former times the kings of Jerusalem received tribute","DISCOVERED,FORMER,JERUSALEM,KING,KINGS,RECEIVED,TIMES,TRIBUTE" Ezra,4,20,"The king discovered that mighty kings had ruled over Jerusalem","DISCOVERED,JERUSALEM,KING,KINGS,MIGHTY,RULED" Ezra,4,21,"The king believed the false accusation of the enemies of the Jews and accepted it at face value","ACCEPTED,ACCUSATION,BELIEVED,ENEMIES,FACE,FALSE,JEWS,KING,VALUE" Ezra,4,21,"The king commanded the enemies of the Jews to stop the reconstruction of Jerusalem","COMMANDED,ENEMIES,JERUSALEM,JEWS,KING,RECONSTRUCTION,STOP" Ezra,4,21,"The king decided to hold the current generation of Jews responsible for what their ancestors had done, even though the current generation of Jews was only building a temple to God and was not trying to rebel against anyone","AGAINST,ANCESTORS,ANYONE,BUILDING,DECIDED,DONE,GENERATION,GOD,HOLD,JEWS,KING,NOT,ONLY,REBEL,RESPONSIBLE,TEMPLE,TRYING,WHAT" Ezra,4,22,"The king claimed that if Jerusalem was rebuilt it would bring damage to him","BRING,CLAIMED,DAMAGE,HIM,IF,JERUSALEM,KING,REBUILT" Ezra,4,22,"The king commanded the enemies of the Jews to make sure that the city of Jerusalem was not rebuilt","CITY,COMMANDED,ENEMIES,JERUSALEM,JEWS,KING,MAKE,NOT,REBUILT,SURE" Ezra,4,23,"The king's letter was also read to Shimshai","KING,LETTER,READ,SHIMSHAI" Ezra,4,23,"The king's letter was also read to the companions of Rehum and Shimshai","COMPANIONS,KING,LETTER,READ,REHUM,SHIMSHAI" Ezra,4,23,"The king's letter was read to Rehum","KING,LETTER,READ,REHUM" Ezra,4,23,"The letter was written by Artaxerxes the king","ARTAXERXES,KING,LETTER,WRITTEN" Ezra,4,23,"The people of God do not always win; there are times when the wicked win the battle and triumph through their wicked and lying schemes","ALWAYS,BATTLE,DO,GOD,LYING,NOT,PEOPLE,SCHEMES,THERE,TIMES,TRIUMPH,WHEN,WICKED,WIN" Ezra,4,23,"The recipients of the letter quickly went to Jerusalem and forced the Jews to stop their reconstruction efforts","EFFORTS,FORCED,JERUSALEM,JEWS,LETTER,QUICKLY,RECIPIENTS,RECONSTRUCTION,STOP,WENT" Ezra,4,23,"The recipients of the letter used force and power to stop the Jews from any further rebuilding efforts","ANY,EFFORTS,FORCE,FURTHER,JEWS,LETTER,POWER,REBUILDING,RECIPIENTS,STOP,USED" Ezra,4,23,"The recipients of this letter hated the Jews and hated God so much that they wasted no time in using this letter against the Jews; they acted with tremendous haste","ACTED,AGAINST,GOD,HASTE,HATED,JEWS,LETTER,MUCH,NO,RECIPIENTS,TIME,TREMENDOUS,USING,WASTED" Ezra,4,23,"There are times when the wicked are successful in using lies against the people of God; there are times when their lies work, and they are able to accomplish their goals","ABLE,ACCOMPLISH,AGAINST,GOALS,GOD,LIES,PEOPLE,SUCCESSFUL,THERE,TIMES,USING,WHEN,WICKED,WORK" Ezra,4,24,"Although the king only commanded the Jews to stop rebuilding Jerusalem, the enemies of the Jews used the letter to stop them from rebuilding the temple (even though the king said nothing about the temple, and the letters did not address the temple at all)","ADDRESS,ALL,ALTHOUGH,COMMANDED,ENEMIES,JERUSALEM,JEWS,KING,LETTER,LETTERS,NOT,NOTHING,ONLY,REBUILDING,SAID,STOP,TEMPLE,USED" Ezra,4,24,"Darius was the king of Persia","DARIUS,KING,PERSIA" Ezra,4,24,"The enemies of God were successful in halting the construction of the second temple; their lies worked, and the construction of the temple stopped","CONSTRUCTION,ENEMIES,GOD,HALTING,LIES,SECOND,STOPPED,SUCCESSFUL,TEMPLE,WORKED" Ezra,4,24,"The work on the second temple stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius","DARIUS,REIGN,SECOND,STOPPED,TEMPLE,UNTIL,WORK,YEAR" Ezra,5,1,"Haggai prophesied after the adversaries of the Jews stopped the construction of the second temple","ADVERSARIES,AFTER,CONSTRUCTION,HAGGAI,JEWS,PROPHESIED,SECOND,STOPPED,TEMPLE" Ezra,5,1,"Haggai prophesied in the name of the God of Israel","GOD,HAGGAI,ISRAEL,NAME,PROPHESIED" Ezra,5,1,"Haggai prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem","HAGGAI,JERUSALEM,JEWS,JUDAH,PROPHESIED,WHO" Ezra,5,1,"Haggai was a prophet","HAGGAI,PROPHET" Ezra,5,1,"Zechariah prophesied after the adversaries of the Jews stopped the construction of the second temple","ADVERSARIES,AFTER,CONSTRUCTION,JEWS,PROPHESIED,SECOND,STOPPED,TEMPLE,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,5,1,"Zechariah prophesied in the name of the God of Israel","GOD,ISRAEL,NAME,PROPHESIED,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,5,1,"Zechariah prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem","JERUSALEM,JEWS,JUDAH,PROPHESIED,WHO,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,5,1,"Zechariah was a descendant of Iddo","DESCENDANT,IDDO,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,5,1,"Zechariah was a prophet","PROPHET,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,5,2,"Haggai was a prophet of God","GOD,HAGGAI,PROPHET" Ezra,5,2,"Jeshua restarted construction on the second temple","CONSTRUCTION,JESHUA,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,5,2,"Jeshua was a descendant of Jozadak","DESCENDANT,JESHUA,JOZADAK" Ezra,5,2,"The prophets Haggai and Zechariah helped in the effort to build the second temple","BUILD,EFFORT,HAGGAI,HELPED,PROPHETS,SECOND,TEMPLE,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,5,2,"The reason the people restarted construction of the second temple was because of the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah","BECAUSE,CONSTRUCTION,HAGGAI,PEOPLE,PROPHECIES,REASON,SECOND,TEMPLE,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,5,2,"The temple is called the house of God","CALLED,GOD,HOUSE,TEMPLE" Ezra,5,2,"The temple was being built at Jerusalem","BEING,BUILT,JERUSALEM,TEMPLE" Ezra,5,2,"Zechariah was a prophet of God","GOD,PROPHET,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,5,2,"Zerubbabel restarted construction on the second temple","CONSTRUCTION,SECOND,TEMPLE,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,5,2,"Zerubbabel was a descendant of Shealtiel","DESCENDANT,SHEALTIEL,ZERUBBABEL" Ezra,5,3,"Shetharboznai demanded the Jews tell them who commanded them to build the temple of God","BUILD,COMMANDED,DEMANDED,GOD,JEWS,SHETHARBOZNAI,TELL,TEMPLE,WHO" Ezra,5,3,"Tatnai demanded the Jews tell them who commanded them to build the temple of God","BUILD,COMMANDED,DEMANDED,GOD,JEWS,TATNAI,TELL,TEMPLE,WHO" Ezra,5,3,"Tatnai was the governor of Judah","GOVERNOR,JUDAH,TATNAI" Ezra,5,3,"The companions of Shetharboznai demanded the Jews tell them who commanded them to build the temple of God","BUILD,COMMANDED,COMPANIONS,DEMANDED,GOD,JEWS,SHETHARBOZNAI,TELL,TEMPLE,WHO" Ezra,5,4,"The governor wanted to know the names of the people who were building the temple of God","BUILDING,GOD,GOVERNOR,KNOW,NAMES,PEOPLE,TEMPLE,WANTED,WHO" Ezra,5,5,"A letter was sent to Darius about this issue","DARIUS,ISSUE,LETTER,SENT" Ezra,5,5,"At this time Darius had authority over the land of Judah; it was part of his kingdom","AUTHORITY,DARIUS,HIS,JUDAH,KINGDOM,LAND,PART,TIME" Ezra,5,5,"God has the ability to compel people to work, to the point where they cannot stop but must continue","ABILITY,CANNOT,COMPEL,CONTINUE,GOD,MUST,PEOPLE,POINT,STOP,WHERE,WORK" Ezra,5,5,"God has the ability to drive people to perform a work","ABILITY,DRIVE,GOD,PEOPLE,PERFORM,WORK" Ezra,5,5,"God was driving them to finish the construction of the second temple","CONSTRUCTION,DRIVING,FINISH,GOD,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,5,5,"The eye of God was upon the leaders of the Jews","EYE,GOD,JEWS,LEADERS" Ezra,5,5,"The issue of the reconstruction of the temple came before Darius","BEFORE,DARIUS,ISSUE,RECONSTRUCTION,TEMPLE" Ezra,5,5,"The leaders of the Jews could not stop working on the second temple","JEWS,LEADERS,NOT,SECOND,STOP,TEMPLE,WORKING" Ezra,5,5,"The reason the leaders of the Jews could not stop working on the second temple was because the eye of God was upon them","BECAUSE,EYE,GOD,JEWS,LEADERS,NOT,REASON,SECOND,STOP,TEMPLE,WORKING" Ezra,5,5,"There are times when God compels people to work","GOD,PEOPLE,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WORK" Ezra,5,6,"Darius was king","DARIUS,KING" Ezra,5,6,"Shetharboznai was also a part of the letter that was sent to the king","KING,LETTER,PART,SENT,SHETHARBOZNAI" Ezra,5,6,"Tatnai sent a letter to Darius","DARIUS,LETTER,SENT,TATNAI" Ezra,5,6,"The Apharsachites had settled in Israel, on 'this' side of the river; (this seems to be a reference to the Jordan river)","APHARSACHITES,ISRAEL,JORDAN,REFERENCE,RIVER,SEEMS,SETTLED,SIDE" Ezra,5,6,"The companions of Shetharboznai were also part of the letter that was sent to the king","COMPANIONS,KING,LETTER,PART,SENT,SHETHARBOZNAI" Ezra,5,6,"The companions of Shetharboznai were the Apharsachites","APHARSACHITES,COMPANIONS,SHETHARBOZNAI" Ezra,5,7,"Darius was the king","DARIUS,KING" Ezra,5,7,"The letter was addressed to Darius","ADDRESSED,DARIUS,LETTER" Ezra,5,7,"This chapter includes a copy of the letter that Tatnai and his companions sent to Darius about the construction of the second temple","CHAPTER,COMPANIONS,CONSTRUCTION,DARIUS,HIS,INCLUDES,LETTER,SECOND,SENT,TATNAI,TEMPLE" Ezra,5,8,"Judea was one of the provinces of the kingdom of Darius","DARIUS,JUDEA,KINGDOM,ONE,PROVINCES" Ezra,5,8,"Tatnai went to the place where the temple of 'the great God' was being built","BEING,BUILT,GOD,GREAT,PLACE,TATNAI,TEMPLE,WENT,WHERE" Ezra,5,8,"Tatnai went to the province of Judea","JUDEA,PROVINCE,TATNAI,WENT" Ezra,5,8,"The construction of the temple was going rapidly","CONSTRUCTION,GOING,RAPIDLY,TEMPLE" Ezra,5,8,"The construction of the temple was prospering; it was going well","CONSTRUCTION,GOING,PROSPERING,TEMPLE" Ezra,5,8,"The temple was being built with large stones","BEING,BUILT,LARGE,STONES,TEMPLE" Ezra,5,8,"The temple was being built with timber","BEING,BUILT,TEMPLE,TIMBER" Ezra,5,8,"The timber was being used for the walls of the temple","BEING,TEMPLE,TIMBER,USED,WALLS" Ezra,5,9,"Tatnai wanted to know who commanded the elders to build the temple","BUILD,COMMANDED,ELDERS,KNOW,TATNAI,TEMPLE,WANTED,WHO" Ezra,5,9,"The elders of the Jews were the leaders of the construction project","CONSTRUCTION,ELDERS,JEWS,LEADERS" Ezra,5,10,"Tatnai asked the elders for their names; he wanted to know the names of the people who were leading this construction project","ASKED,CONSTRUCTION,ELDERS,HE,KNOW,LEADING,NAMES,PEOPLE,TATNAI,WANTED,WHO" Ezra,5,11,"God is the God of earth","EARTH,GOD" Ezra,5,11,"God is the God of heaven","GOD,HEAVEN" Ezra,5,11,"The elders identified themselves not by name, but by saying they were the servants of God","ELDERS,GOD,IDENTIFIED,NAME,NOT,SAYING,SERVANTS" Ezra,5,11,"The elders were rebuilding the temple which existed many years ago","ELDERS,EXISTED,MANY,REBUILDING,TEMPLE,WHICH,YEARS" Ezra,5,11,"The first temple was constructed by a great king of Israel","FIRST,GREAT,ISRAEL,KING,TEMPLE" Ezra,5,12,"Because the Jews provoked God, He gave them over to Nebuchadnezzar","BECAUSE,GAVE,GOD,HE,JEWS,NEBUCHADNEZZAR,PROVOKED" Ezra,5,12,"Nebuchadnezzar carried the Jews away to Babylon","AWAY,BABYLON,CARRIED,JEWS,NEBUCHADNEZZAR" Ezra,5,12,"Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the temple","DESTROYED,NEBUCHADNEZZAR,TEMPLE" Ezra,5,12,"Nebuchadnezzar was a Chaldean","CHALDEAN,NEBUCHADNEZZAR" Ezra,5,12,"Nebuchadnezzar was the king of Babylon","BABYLON,KING,NEBUCHADNEZZAR" Ezra,5,12,"The ancestors of the Jews provoked the God of heaven","ANCESTORS,GOD,HEAVEN,JEWS,PROVOKED" Ezra,5,12,"The Jews understood that God was the one who gave them over to Nebuchadnezzar, and who exiled them to Babylon","BABYLON,EXILED,GAVE,GOD,JEWS,NEBUCHADNEZZAR,ONE,UNDERSTOOD,WHO" Ezra,5,12,"The Jews understood that it was their fault the first temple had been destroyed","DESTROYED,FAULT,FIRST,JEWS,TEMPLE,UNDERSTOOD" Ezra,5,12,"The reason the first temple was destroyed was because the Jews provoked God to wrath","BECAUSE,DESTROYED,FIRST,GOD,JEWS,PROVOKED,REASON,TEMPLE,WRATH" Ezra,5,12,"When the Jews provoked God, He became angry","ANGRY,BECAME,GOD,HE,JEWS,PROVOKED,WHEN" Ezra,5,13,"Cyrus made a decree to build the temple","BUILD,CYRUS,DECREE,MADE,TEMPLE" Ezra,5,13,"Cyrus made the decree to build the temple in the first year of his reign","BUILD,CYRUS,DECREE,FIRST,HIS,MADE,REIGN,TEMPLE,YEAR" Ezra,5,13,"Cyrus was a king","CYRUS,KING" Ezra,5,13,"Cyrus was the king of Babylon","BABYLON,CYRUS,KING" Ezra,5,13,"The person who gave the Jews the command to build the temple was Cyrus","BUILD,COMMAND,CYRUS,GAVE,JEWS,PERSON,TEMPLE,WHO" Ezra,5,13,"The temple was the house of God","GOD,HOUSE,TEMPLE" Ezra,5,14,"Cyrus gave the vessels to Sheshbazzar","CYRUS,GAVE,SHESHBAZZAR,VESSELS" Ezra,5,14,"Cyrus made Sheshbazzar governor","CYRUS,GOVERNOR,MADE,SHESHBAZZAR" Ezra,5,14,"Cyrus took the vessels that Nebuchadnezzar had taken and returned them to the Jews","CYRUS,JEWS,NEBUCHADNEZZAR,RETURNED,TAKEN,TOOK,VESSELS" Ezra,5,14,"In the first temple were vessels of gold","FIRST,GOLD,TEMPLE,VESSELS" Ezra,5,14,"In the first temple were vessels of silver","FIRST,SILVER,TEMPLE,VESSELS" Ezra,5,14,"Nebuchadnezzar brought the vessels from the first temple to the temple of Babylon","BABYLON,BROUGHT,FIRST,NEBUCHADNEZZAR,TEMPLE,VESSELS" Ezra,5,14,"Nebuchadnezzar took the vessels out of the first temple","FIRST,NEBUCHADNEZZAR,TEMPLE,TOOK,VESSELS" Ezra,5,14,"The first temple was in Jerusalem","FIRST,JERUSALEM,TEMPLE" Ezra,5,14,"The vessels that Nebuchadnezzar had taken were still at the temple in Babylon when Cyrus was king","BABYLON,CYRUS,KING,NEBUCHADNEZZAR,TAKEN,TEMPLE,VESSELS,WHEN" Ezra,5,15,"Cyrus told Sheshbazzar to build the house of God in Jerusalem","BUILD,CYRUS,GOD,HOUSE,JERUSALEM,SHESHBAZZAR,TOLD" Ezra,5,15,"Cyrus told Sheshbazzar to take the vessels to the temple in Jerusalem","CYRUS,JERUSALEM,SHESHBAZZAR,TAKE,TEMPLE,TOLD,VESSELS" Ezra,5,16,"Sheshbazzar laid the foundation of the temple","FOUNDATION,LAID,SHESHBAZZAR,TEMPLE" Ezra,5,16,"The elders told Tatnai that the work had began during the reign of Cyrus but the temple had not yet been finished","BEGAN,CYRUS,DURING,ELDERS,FINISHED,NOT,REIGN,TATNAI,TEMPLE,TOLD,WORK" Ezra,5,16,"The second temple was being built at Jerusalem","BEING,BUILT,JERUSALEM,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,5,17,"Tatnai asked the king to search the historical records for the edict of Cyrus that authorized the Jews to build the temple","ASKED,AUTHORIZED,BUILD,CYRUS,HISTORICAL,JEWS,KING,RECORDS,SEARCH,TATNAI,TEMPLE" Ezra,5,17,"Tatnai asked the king what he wanted done concerning this construction project","ASKED,CONCERNING,CONSTRUCTION,DONE,HE,KING,TATNAI,WANTED,WHAT" Ezra,5,17,"Tatnai thought that if there was a record of the decree of Cyrus, it would be in the king's treasure house","CYRUS,DECREE,HOUSE,IF,KING,RECORD,TATNAI,THERE,THOUGHT,TREASURE" Ezra,5,17,"The king had a treasure house","HOUSE,KING,TREASURE" Ezra,5,17,"The king's treasure house was at Babylon","BABYLON,HOUSE,KING,TREASURE" Ezra,6,1,"Darius made a decree to search for the decree of Cyrus","CYRUS,DARIUS,DECREE,MADE,SEARCH" Ezra,6,1,"Darius received the letter from the governor of Judea","DARIUS,GOVERNOR,JUDEA,LETTER,RECEIVED" Ezra,6,1,"The house of the rolls (scrolls) is where the treasures of Babylon were stored","BABYLON,HOUSE,ROLLS,SCROLLS,STORED,TREASURES,WHERE" Ezra,6,1,"The search was made in the house of the rolls (scrolls)","HOUSE,MADE,ROLLS,SCROLLS,SEARCH" Ezra,6,2,"A roll was found at Achmetha","ACHMETHA,FOUND,ROLL" Ezra,6,2,"Achmetha was a province of the Medes","ACHMETHA,MEDES,PROVINCE" Ezra,6,2,"The roll was found in the palace at Achmetha","ACHMETHA,FOUND,PALACE,ROLL" Ezra,6,3,"Cyrus decreed that a house of God should be built at Jerusalem","BUILT,CYRUS,DECREED,GOD,HOUSE,JERUSALEM,SHOULD" Ezra,6,3,"Cyrus decreed that the breadth of the temple should be 90 cubits","BREADTH,CUBITS,CYRUS,DECREED,SHOULD,TEMPLE" Ezra,6,3,"Cyrus decreed that the foundations of the house be laid","CYRUS,DECREED,FOUNDATIONS,HOUSE,LAID" Ezra,6,3,"Cyrus decreed that the height of the temple should be 90 cubits","CUBITS,CYRUS,DECREED,HEIGHT,SHOULD,TEMPLE" Ezra,6,3,"Cyrus made this decree in the first year of his reign","CYRUS,DECREE,FIRST,HIS,MADE,REIGN,YEAR" Ezra,6,3,"Cyrus was the king","CYRUS,KING" Ezra,6,3,"Sacrifices were offered at the house of God","GOD,HOUSE,OFFERED,SACRIFICES" Ezra,6,3,"The decree concerned the house of God","CONCERNED,DECREE,GOD,HOUSE" Ezra,6,3,"The house of God was located in Jerusalem","GOD,HOUSE,JERUSALEM,LOCATED" Ezra,6,4,"Cyrus decreed that the house of the king should pay the expenses of building the temple","BUILDING,CYRUS,DECREED,EXPENSES,HOUSE,KING,PAY,SHOULD,TEMPLE" Ezra,6,4,"Cyrus decreed that the temple should be built with 3 rows of large stones","BUILT,CYRUS,DECREED,LARGE,ROWS,SHOULD,STONES,TEMPLE" Ezra,6,4,"Cyrus decreed that the temple should be built with a row of new timber","BUILT,CYRUS,DECREED,NEW,ROW,SHOULD,TEMPLE,TIMBER" Ezra,6,5,"Cyrus decreed that the vessels from the first temple be brought to the temple at Jerusalem","BROUGHT,CYRUS,DECREED,FIRST,JERUSALEM,TEMPLE,VESSELS" Ezra,6,5,"Cyrus wanted the vessels that Nebuchadnezzar had taken to be restored to the house of God at Jerusalem","CYRUS,GOD,HOUSE,JERUSALEM,NEBUCHADNEZZAR,RESTORED,TAKEN,VESSELS,WANTED" Ezra,6,5,"Nebuchadnezzar took the vessels out of the first temple and brought them to Babylon","BABYLON,BROUGHT,FIRST,NEBUCHADNEZZAR,TEMPLE,TOOK,VESSELS" Ezra,6,5,"Some of the vessels that Nebuchadnezzar took were made of gold","GOLD,MADE,NEBUCHADNEZZAR,SOME,TOOK,VESSELS" Ezra,6,5,"Some of the vessels that Nebuchadnezzar took were made of silver","MADE,NEBUCHADNEZZAR,SILVER,SOME,TOOK,VESSELS" Ezra,6,6,"Darius commanded Shetharboznai to leave the temple construction project alone","ALONE,COMMANDED,CONSTRUCTION,DARIUS,LEAVE,SHETHARBOZNAI,TEMPLE" Ezra,6,6,"Darius commanded Tatnai to leave the temple construction project alone","ALONE,COMMANDED,CONSTRUCTION,DARIUS,LEAVE,TATNAI,TEMPLE" Ezra,6,6,"Darius commanded the Apharsachites to leave the temple construction project alone","ALONE,APHARSACHITES,COMMANDED,CONSTRUCTION,DARIUS,LEAVE,TEMPLE" Ezra,6,6,"The Apharsachites were from beyond the river; (this seems to be a reference to the Jordan river)","APHARSACHITES,BEYOND,JORDAN,REFERENCE,RIVER,SEEMS" Ezra,6,7,"Darius did not want anyone to interfere with the construction of the house of God (the temple)","ANYONE,CONSTRUCTION,DARIUS,GOD,HOUSE,INTERFERE,NOT,TEMPLE,WANT" Ezra,6,7,"Darius wanted Tatnai to leave the elders of the Jews alone","ALONE,DARIUS,ELDERS,JEWS,LEAVE,TATNAI,WANTED" Ezra,6,7,"Darius wanted Tatnai to leave the governor of the Jews alone","ALONE,DARIUS,GOVERNOR,JEWS,LEAVE,TATNAI,WANTED" Ezra,6,7,"Darius wanted the house of God to be built","BUILT,DARIUS,GOD,HOUSE,WANTED" Ezra,6,8,"Darius commanded Tatnai to pay the expenses of the construction project so that the work was not hindered","COMMANDED,CONSTRUCTION,DARIUS,EXPENSES,HINDERED,NOT,PAY,TATNAI,WORK" Ezra,6,8,"Darius helped pay for the construction of the second temple","CONSTRUCTION,DARIUS,HELPED,PAY,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,6,8,"Not only did Darius command Tatnai to not interfere with the construction project, but he also commanded Tatnai to help the effort by paying for its expenses out of the king's tribute money","COMMAND,COMMANDED,CONSTRUCTION,DARIUS,EFFORT,EXPENSES,HE,HELP,INTERFERE,KING,MONEY,NOT,ONLY,PAYING,TATNAI,TRIBUTE" Ezra,6,8,"The expenses of the construction project were to be paid from the king's goods, out of the tribute that was paid to the king","CONSTRUCTION,EXPENSES,GOODS,KING,PAID,TRIBUTE" Ezra,6,9,"Darius commanded that the priests at Jerusalem be given lambs each day for sacrifices to God","COMMANDED,DARIUS,DAY,GIVEN,GOD,JERUSALEM,LAMBS,PRIESTS,SACRIFICES" Ezra,6,9,"Darius commanded that the priests at Jerusalem be given oil each day for sacrifices to God","COMMANDED,DARIUS,DAY,GIVEN,GOD,JERUSALEM,OIL,PRIESTS,SACRIFICES" Ezra,6,9,"Darius commanded that the priests at Jerusalem be given rams each day for sacrifices to God","COMMANDED,DARIUS,DAY,GIVEN,GOD,JERUSALEM,PRIESTS,RAMS,SACRIFICES" Ezra,6,9,"Darius commanded that the priests at Jerusalem be given salt each day for sacrifices to God","COMMANDED,DARIUS,DAY,GIVEN,GOD,JERUSALEM,PRIESTS,SACRIFICES,SALT" Ezra,6,9,"Darius commanded that the priests at Jerusalem be given wheat each day for sacrifices to God","COMMANDED,DARIUS,DAY,GIVEN,GOD,JERUSALEM,PRIESTS,SACRIFICES,WHEAT" Ezra,6,9,"Darius commanded that the priests at Jerusalem be given wine each day for sacrifices to God","COMMANDED,DARIUS,DAY,GIVEN,GOD,JERUSALEM,PRIESTS,SACRIFICES,WINE" Ezra,6,9,"Darius commanded that the priests at Jerusalem be given young bullocks each day for sacrifices to God","BULLOCKS,COMMANDED,DARIUS,DAY,GIVEN,GOD,JERUSALEM,PRIESTS,SACRIFICES,YOUNG" Ezra,6,9,"Darius financed the sacrifices at the second temple","DARIUS,SACRIFICES,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,6,9,"Darius wanted the priests at Jerusalem to offer burnt offerings to the God of heaven","BURNT,DARIUS,GOD,HEAVEN,JERUSALEM,OFFER,OFFERINGS,PRIESTS,WANTED" Ezra,6,9,"Lambs were used in sacrifices","LAMBS,SACRIFICES,USED" Ezra,6,9,"Oil was used in sacrifices","OIL,SACRIFICES,USED" Ezra,6,9,"Rams were used in sacrifices","RAMS,SACRIFICES,USED" Ezra,6,9,"Salt was used in sacrifices","SACRIFICES,SALT,USED" Ezra,6,9,"Wheat was used in sacrifices","SACRIFICES,USED,WHEAT" Ezra,6,9,"Wine was used in sacrifices","SACRIFICES,USED,WINE" Ezra,6,9,"Young bullocks were used in sacrifices","BULLOCKS,SACRIFICES,USED,YOUNG" Ezra,6,10,"Darius wanted the priests at Jerusalem to offer sacrifices to the God of heaven","DARIUS,GOD,HEAVEN,JERUSALEM,OFFER,PRIESTS,SACRIFICES,WANTED" Ezra,6,10,"Darius wanted the priests to offer sacrifices that were a sweet savor to God","DARIUS,GOD,OFFER,PRIESTS,SACRIFICES,SAVOR,SWEET,WANTED" Ezra,6,10,"Darius wanted the priests to pray for the life of his sons","DARIUS,HIS,LIFE,PRAY,PRIESTS,SONS,WANTED" Ezra,6,10,"Darius wanted the priests to pray for the life of the king","DARIUS,KING,LIFE,PRAY,PRIESTS,WANTED" Ezra,6,11,"Anyone who changed this decree was to be executed by being hanged on the ruins of their house","ANYONE,BEING,CHANGED,DECREE,EXECUTED,HANGED,HOUSE,RUINS,WHO" Ezra,6,11,"Darius decreed that anyone who changed his decree should have their house destroyed","ANYONE,CHANGED,DARIUS,DECREE,DECREED,DESTROYED,HIS,HOUSE,SHOULD,WHO" Ezra,6,11,"Darius decreed that anyone who changed his decree should have their house turned into a dunghill","ANYONE,CHANGED,DARIUS,DECREE,DECREED,DUNGHILL,HIS,HOUSE,SHOULD,TURNED,WHO" Ezra,6,11,"Darius decreed that anyone who changed this decree should be executed","ANYONE,CHANGED,DARIUS,DECREE,DECREED,EXECUTED,SHOULD,WHO" Ezra,6,11,"Darius defended the construction of the second temple; he did not want anyone to interfere with it, he helped pay for it, and he provided animals to be sacrificed","ANIMALS,ANYONE,CONSTRUCTION,DARIUS,DEFENDED,HE,HELPED,INTERFERE,NOT,PAY,PROVIDED,SACRIFICED,SECOND,TEMPLE,WANT" Ezra,6,12,"Darius commanded that his decree be carried out speedily","CARRIED,COMMANDED,DARIUS,DECREE,HIS,SPEEDILY" Ezra,6,12,"Darius made this decree","DARIUS,DECREE,MADE" Ezra,6,12,"Darius prayed that God would destroy all kings who sought to destroy the temple at Jerusalem","ALL,DARIUS,DESTROY,GOD,JERUSALEM,KINGS,PRAYED,SOUGHT,TEMPLE,WHO" Ezra,6,12,"Darius prayed that God would destroy all people who sought to destroy the temple at Jerusalem","ALL,DARIUS,DESTROY,GOD,JERUSALEM,PEOPLE,PRAYED,SOUGHT,TEMPLE,WHO" Ezra,6,12,"God has caused His name to dwell at Jerusalem","CAUSED,DWELL,GOD,HIS,JERUSALEM,NAME" Ezra,6,13,"Darius was the king","DARIUS,KING" Ezra,6,13,"Shetharboznai carried out the decree of the king","CARRIED,DECREE,KING,SHETHARBOZNAI" Ezra,6,13,"Tatnai carried out the decree of the king","CARRIED,DECREE,KING,TATNAI" Ezra,6,13,"Tatnai was the governor of Judea","GOVERNOR,JUDEA,TATNAI" Ezra,6,13,"The companions of Shetharboznai carried out the decree of the king","CARRIED,COMPANIONS,DECREE,KING,SHETHARBOZNAI" Ezra,6,13,"The decree of Darius was carried out speedily","CARRIED,DARIUS,DECREE,SPEEDILY" Ezra,6,14,"Although Artaxerxes gave a command to stop the construction of the second temple, God worked through him as well","ALTHOUGH,ARTAXERXES,COMMAND,CONSTRUCTION,GAVE,GOD,HIM,SECOND,STOP,TEMPLE,WORKED" Ezra,6,14,"Cyrus gave a command to build the second temple","BUILD,COMMAND,CYRUS,GAVE,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,6,14,"Darius gave a command to build the second temple","BUILD,COMMAND,DARIUS,GAVE,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,6,14,"God reigns over the will of kings","GOD,KINGS,REIGNS" Ezra,6,14,"God was the one who commanded that the second temple be built","BUILT,COMMANDED,GOD,ONE,SECOND,TEMPLE,WHO" Ezra,6,14,"God worked through Cyrus to complete the construction of the second temple","COMPLETE,CONSTRUCTION,CYRUS,GOD,SECOND,TEMPLE,WORKED" Ezra,6,14,"God worked through Darius to complete the construction of the second temple","COMPLETE,CONSTRUCTION,DARIUS,GOD,SECOND,TEMPLE,WORKED" Ezra,6,14,"God worked through kings to accomplish His will","ACCOMPLISH,GOD,HIS,KINGS,WORKED" Ezra,6,14,"Haggai was a prophet","HAGGAI,PROPHET" Ezra,6,14,"One of the key factors in the construction of the second temple were the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah; they played a key role in motivating the Jews to resume the construction effort, and helping them prosper to finish it","CONSTRUCTION,EFFORT,FINISH,HAGGAI,HELPING,JEWS,KEY,ONE,PLAYED,PROPHECIES,PROSPER,ROLE,SECOND,TEMPLE,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,6,14,"The construction effort of the second temple prospered","CONSTRUCTION,EFFORT,PROSPERED,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,6,14,"The construction of the second temple was completed","COMPLETED,CONSTRUCTION,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,6,14,"The effort prospered through the prophesying of Haggai","EFFORT,HAGGAI,PROPHESYING,PROSPERED" Ezra,6,14,"The effort prospered through the prophesying of Zechariah","EFFORT,PROPHESYING,PROSPERED,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,6,14,"The elders of the Jews worked on the project to build the second temple","BUILD,ELDERS,JEWS,SECOND,TEMPLE,WORKED" Ezra,6,14,"There are times when God uses prophecies to motivate people to action","ACTION,GOD,MOTIVATE,PEOPLE,PROPHECIES,THERE,TIMES,USES,WHEN" Ezra,6,14,"Zechariah was a prophet","PROPHET,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,6,14,"Zechariah was the descendant of Iddo","DESCENDANT,IDDO,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,6,15,"Darius was a king","DARIUS,KING" Ezra,6,15,"The temple is called a house","CALLED,HOUSE,TEMPLE" Ezra,6,15,"The temple was finished in the month Adar","ADAR,FINISHED,MONTH,TEMPLE" Ezra,6,15,"The temple was finished in the sixth year of the reign of Darius","DARIUS,FINISHED,REIGN,SIXTH,TEMPLE,YEAR" Ezra,6,15,"The temple was finished on the third day of the month","DAY,FINISHED,MONTH,TEMPLE,THIRD" Ezra,6,16,"After the temple was completed, it was dedicated","AFTER,COMPLETED,DEDICATED,TEMPLE" Ezra,6,16,"The children of Israel rejoiced","CHILDREN,ISRAEL,REJOICED" Ezra,6,16,"The Israelites are called the 'children of the captivity'","CALLED,CAPTIVITY,CHILDREN,ISRAELITES" Ezra,6,16,"The Levites rejoiced","LEVITES,REJOICED" Ezra,6,16,"The priests rejoiced","PRIESTS,REJOICED" Ezra,6,16,"There was much rejoicing when the house of God was dedicated","DEDICATED,GOD,HOUSE,MUCH,REJOICING,THERE,WHEN" Ezra,6,17,"When the people offered a sin offering for Israel, one goat was offered for each of the 12 tribes of Israel","GOAT,ISRAEL,OFFERED,OFFERING,ONE,PEOPLE,SIN,TRIBES,WHEN" Ezra,6,17,"When the temple was dedicated, 100 bullocks were offered","BULLOCKS,DEDICATED,OFFERED,TEMPLE,WHEN" Ezra,6,17,"When the temple was dedicated, 12 goats were offered as a sin offering for Israel","DEDICATED,GOATS,ISRAEL,OFFERED,OFFERING,SIN,TEMPLE,WHEN" Ezra,6,17,"When the temple was dedicated, 200 rams were offered","DEDICATED,OFFERED,RAMS,TEMPLE,WHEN" Ezra,6,17,"When the temple was dedicated, 400 lambs were offered","DEDICATED,LAMBS,OFFERED,TEMPLE,WHEN" Ezra,6,18,"Moses was the one who wrote the books of the Bible that explain the sacrificial system and the duties of the priests and Levites","BIBLE,BOOKS,DUTIES,EXPLAIN,LEVITES,MOSES,ONE,PRIESTS,SACRIFICIAL,WHO,WROTE" Ezra,6,18,"The Levites were separated according to what was written in the book of Moses","ACCORDING,BOOK,LEVITES,MOSES,SEPARATED,WHAT,WRITTEN" Ezra,6,18,"The Levites were separated into their courses","COURSES,LEVITES,SEPARATED" Ezra,6,18,"The priests were separated according to what was written in the book of Moses","ACCORDING,BOOK,MOSES,PRIESTS,SEPARATED,WHAT,WRITTEN" Ezra,6,18,"The priests were separated into their divisions","DIVISIONS,PRIESTS,SEPARATED" Ezra,6,18,"The reason the Levites were separated into their courses was so that they might serve God at Jerusalem","COURSES,GOD,JERUSALEM,LEVITES,MIGHT,REASON,SEPARATED,SERVE" Ezra,6,18,"The reason the priests were separated into their divisions was so that they might serve God at Jerusalem","DIVISIONS,GOD,JERUSALEM,MIGHT,PRIESTS,REASON,SEPARATED,SERVE" Ezra,6,19,"The Jews kept the Passover","JEWS,KEPT,PASSOVER" Ezra,6,19,"The Passover was kept on the 14th day of the month","DAY,KEPT,MONTH,PASSOVER" Ezra,6,19,"The Passover was kept on the first month","FIRST,KEPT,MONTH,PASSOVER" Ezra,6,20,"Since the priests and Levites were purified, they were able to keep the Passover","ABLE,KEEP,LEVITES,PASSOVER,PRIESTS,PURIFIED,SINCE" Ezra,6,20,"The Levites were purified","LEVITES,PURIFIED" Ezra,6,20,"The priests and Levites needed to be purified in order for the nation to keep the Passover","KEEP,LEVITES,NATION,NEEDED,ORDER,PASSOVER,PRIESTS,PURIFIED" Ezra,6,20,"The priests helped the other priests celebrate the Passover","CELEBRATE,HELPED,PASSOVER,PRIESTS" Ezra,6,20,"The priests helped the people celebrate the Passover","CELEBRATE,HELPED,PASSOVER,PEOPLE,PRIESTS" Ezra,6,20,"The priests killed the Passover for the Jews; (this seems to be a reference to killing the sacrificial Passover lamb for each Jewish family)","FAMILY,JEWISH,JEWS,KILLED,KILLING,LAMB,PASSOVER,PRIESTS,REFERENCE,SACRIFICIAL,SEEMS" Ezra,6,20,"The priests themselves celebrated the Passover","CELEBRATED,PASSOVER,PRIESTS" Ezra,6,20,"The priests were purified","PRIESTS,PURIFIED" Ezra,6,21,"At this time the land was filled with pagans","FILLED,LAND,PAGANS,TIME" Ezra,6,21,"God is the God of Israel","GOD,ISRAEL" Ezra,6,21,"In order to celebrate the Passover, the Jews had to purify themselves; they had to separate themselves from the unclean and wicked practices of the pagans who lived around them","CELEBRATE,JEWS,LIVED,ORDER,PAGANS,PASSOVER,PRACTICES,PURIFY,SEPARATE,UNCLEAN,WHO,WICKED" Ezra,6,21,"The Jews celebrated the Passover by eating of the sacrificial lamb","CELEBRATED,EATING,JEWS,LAMB,PASSOVER,SACRIFICIAL" Ezra,6,21,"The Jews who celebrated the Passover were those who had been captives in Babylon","BABYLON,CAPTIVES,CELEBRATED,JEWS,PASSOVER,WHO" Ezra,6,21,"The Jews who celebrated the Passover were those who had separated themselves from the filthiness of the pagans who lived around them","CELEBRATED,FILTHINESS,JEWS,LIVED,PAGANS,PASSOVER,SEPARATED,WHO" Ezra,6,21,"The Jews who purified themselves from the wicked pagans who lived around them sought the Lord","JEWS,LIVED,LORD,PAGANS,PURIFIED,SOUGHT,WHO,WICKED" Ezra,6,21,"Those who seek God must be different from the pagans of the land","DIFFERENT,GOD,LAND,MUST,PAGANS,SEEK,WHO" Ezra,6,21,"We need to seek God","GOD,NEED,SEEK" Ezra,6,21,"We need to separate ourselves from the wickedness of the pagans of the land","LAND,NEED,OURSELVES,PAGANS,SEPARATE,WICKEDNESS" Ezra,6,22,"God caused the king of Assyria to strengthen the Jews so that they could finish building the second temple","ASSYRIA,BUILDING,CAUSED,FINISH,GOD,JEWS,KING,SECOND,STRENGTHEN,TEMPLE" Ezra,6,22,"God has control over people's hearts","CONTROL,GOD,HEARTS,PEOPLE" Ezra,6,22,"God has control over the hearts of kings","CONTROL,GOD,HEARTS,KINGS" Ezra,6,22,"God has the ability to make people joyful","ABILITY,GOD,JOYFUL,MAKE,PEOPLE" Ezra,6,22,"God is the God of Israel","GOD,ISRAEL" Ezra,6,22,"God made the Jews joyful","GOD,JEWS,JOYFUL,MADE" Ezra,6,22,"The Jews kept the feast for 7 days","DAYS,FEAST,JEWS,KEPT" Ezra,6,22,"The Jews kept the feast of unleavened bread","BREAD,FEAST,JEWS,KEPT,UNLEAVENED" Ezra,6,22,"The Jews kept the feast with joy","FEAST,JEWS,JOY,KEPT" Ezra,6,22,"The reason the king of Assyria helped the Jews was because God turned the king's heart toward the Jews","ASSYRIA,BECAUSE,GOD,HEART,HELPED,JEWS,KING,REASON,TURNED" Ezra,6,22,"The temple which the Jews built was the house of God","BUILT,GOD,HOUSE,JEWS,TEMPLE,WHICH" Ezra,6,22,"There are times when God changes the heart of kings in order to accomplish His will","ACCOMPLISH,CHANGES,GOD,HEART,HIS,KINGS,ORDER,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Ezra,6,22,"There are times when God fills people with joy","FILLS,GOD,JOY,PEOPLE,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Ezra,6,22,"There are times when God works through others (including pagans) in order to strengthen people so they can accomplish His will and finish His work","ACCOMPLISH,CAN,FINISH,GOD,HIS,INCLUDING,ORDER,PAGANS,PEOPLE,STRENGTHEN,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WORK,WORKS" Ezra,7,1,"Artaxerxes was a king","ARTAXERXES,KING" Ezra,7,1,"Artaxerxes was the king of Persia","ARTAXERXES,KING,PERSIA" Ezra,7,1,"Azariah was the descendant of Hilkiah","AZARIAH,DESCENDANT,HILKIAH" Ezra,7,1,"Ezra was a male","EZRA,MALE" Ezra,7,1,"Ezra was alive during the reign of Artaxerxes","ALIVE,ARTAXERXES,DURING,EZRA,REIGN" Ezra,7,1,"Ezra was the descendant of Sheraiah","DESCENDANT,EZRA,SHERAIAH" Ezra,7,1,"Sheraiah was the descendant of Azariah","AZARIAH,DESCENDANT,SHERAIAH" Ezra,7,2,"Hilkiah was the descendant of Shallum","DESCENDANT,HILKIAH,SHALLUM" Ezra,7,2,"Shallum was the descendant of Zadok","DESCENDANT,SHALLUM,ZADOK" Ezra,7,2,"Zadok was the descendant of Ahitub","AHITUB,DESCENDANT,ZADOK" Ezra,7,3,"Ahitub was the descendant of Amariah","AHITUB,AMARIAH,DESCENDANT" Ezra,7,3,"Amariah was the descendant of Azariah","AMARIAH,AZARIAH,DESCENDANT" Ezra,7,3,"Azariah was the descendant of Meraioth","AZARIAH,DESCENDANT,MERAIOTH" Ezra,7,4,"Meraioth was the descendant of Zerahiah","DESCENDANT,MERAIOTH,ZERAHIAH" Ezra,7,4,"Uzzi was the descendant of Bukki","BUKKI,DESCENDANT,UZZI" Ezra,7,4,"Zerahiah was the descendant of Uzzi","DESCENDANT,UZZI,ZERAHIAH" Ezra,7,5,"Aaron was the chief priest","AARON,CHIEF,PRIEST" Ezra,7,5,"Abishua was the descendant of Phinehas","ABISHUA,DESCENDANT,PHINEHAS" Ezra,7,5,"Bukki was the descendant of Abishua","ABISHUA,BUKKI,DESCENDANT" Ezra,7,5,"Eleazar was the descendant of Aaron","AARON,DESCENDANT,ELEAZAR" Ezra,7,5,"Ezra could prove that he was a direct descendant of Aaron; he could prove his lineage","AARON,DESCENDANT,DIRECT,EZRA,HE,HIS,LINEAGE,PROVE" Ezra,7,5,"Ezra was a direct descendant of Aaron","AARON,DESCENDANT,DIRECT,EZRA" Ezra,7,5,"Ezra was a priest","EZRA,PRIEST" Ezra,7,5,"Phinehas was the descendant of Eleazar","DESCENDANT,ELEAZAR,PHINEHAS" Ezra,7,6,"Ezra knew the law of Moses","EZRA,KNEW,LAW,MOSES" Ezra,7,6,"Ezra left Babylon","BABYLON,EZRA,LEFT" Ezra,7,6,"Ezra was a scribe","EZRA,SCRIBE" Ezra,7,6,"God gave Israel the law through Moses","GAVE,GOD,ISRAEL,LAW,MOSES" Ezra,7,6,"God gave the law of Moses to Israel","GAVE,GOD,ISRAEL,LAW,MOSES" Ezra,7,6,"God has control over the actions of kings","ACTIONS,CONTROL,GOD,KINGS" Ezra,7,6,"God was the God of Israel","GOD,ISRAEL" Ezra,7,6,"Moses was a real person who actually existed","ACTUALLY,EXISTED,MOSES,PERSON,REAL,WHO" Ezra,7,6,"The king granted Ezra's request","EZRA,GRANTED,KING,REQUEST" Ezra,7,6,"The reason the king granted Ezra's request was because God moved the king to do so","BECAUSE,DO,EZRA,GOD,GRANTED,KING,MOVED,REASON,REQUEST" Ezra,7,7,"Ezra and his group of people left Babylon in the seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes","ARTAXERXES,BABYLON,EZRA,GROUP,HIS,LEFT,PEOPLE,REIGN,SEVENTH,YEAR" Ezra,7,7,"Ezra and his group of people left Babylon to go to Jerusalem","BABYLON,EZRA,GO,GROUP,HIS,JERUSALEM,LEFT,PEOPLE" Ezra,7,7,"When Ezra left Babylon he was joined by some Jews","BABYLON,EZRA,HE,JEWS,JOINED,LEFT,SOME,WHEN" Ezra,7,7,"When Ezra left Babylon he was joined by some Levites","BABYLON,EZRA,HE,JOINED,LEFT,LEVITES,SOME,WHEN" Ezra,7,7,"When Ezra left Babylon he was joined by some porters","BABYLON,EZRA,HE,JOINED,LEFT,PORTERS,SOME,WHEN" Ezra,7,7,"When Ezra left Babylon he was joined by some priests","BABYLON,EZRA,HE,JOINED,LEFT,PRIESTS,SOME,WHEN" Ezra,7,7,"When Ezra left Babylon he was joined by some singers","BABYLON,EZRA,HE,JOINED,LEFT,SINGERS,SOME,WHEN" Ezra,7,7,"When Ezra left Babylon he was joined by the Nethinims (temple assistants)","ASSISTANTS,BABYLON,EZRA,HE,JOINED,LEFT,NETHINIMS,TEMPLE,WHEN" Ezra,7,8,"Ezra and his group of people arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month","ARRIVED,EZRA,FIFTH,GROUP,HIS,JERUSALEM,MONTH,PEOPLE" Ezra,7,8,"When Ezra and his group of people arrived in Jerusalem it was still the seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes","ARRIVED,ARTAXERXES,EZRA,GROUP,HIS,JERUSALEM,PEOPLE,REIGN,SEVENTH,WHEN,YEAR" Ezra,7,9,"Ezra and his group of people arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month of the seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes","ARRIVED,ARTAXERXES,DAY,EZRA,FIFTH,FIRST,GROUP,HIS,JERUSALEM,MONTH,PEOPLE,REIGN,SEVENTH,YEAR" Ezra,7,9,"Ezra and his group of people left Babylon on the first day of the first month of the seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes; this means it took 5 months to make the trip from Babylon to Jerusalem","ARTAXERXES,BABYLON,DAY,EZRA,FIRST,GROUP,HIS,JERUSALEM,LEFT,MAKE,MEANS,MONTH,MONTHS,PEOPLE,REIGN,SEVENTH,TOOK,TRIP,YEAR" Ezra,7,9,"God is good","GOD,GOOD" Ezra,7,9,"The reason Ezra and his group were able to safely travel from Babylon to Jerusalem was because God protected them","ABLE,BABYLON,BECAUSE,EZRA,GOD,GROUP,HIS,JERUSALEM,PROTECTED,REASON,SAFELY,TRAVEL" Ezra,7,10,"Ezra prepared his heart to obey God","EZRA,GOD,HEART,HIS,OBEY,PREPARED" Ezra,7,10,"Ezra prepared his heart to seek the law of God","EZRA,GOD,HEART,HIS,LAW,PREPARED,SEEK" Ezra,7,10,"Ezra prepared his heart to teach Israel God's judgments","EZRA,GOD,HEART,HIS,ISRAEL,JUDGMENTS,PREPARED,TEACH" Ezra,7,10,"Ezra prepared his heart to teach Israel God's statutes","EZRA,GOD,HEART,HIS,ISRAEL,PREPARED,STATUTES,TEACH" Ezra,7,10,"We must obey the law of God","GOD,LAW,MUST,OBEY" Ezra,7,10,"We must prepare our heart to seek God","GOD,HEART,MUST,OUR,PREPARE,SEEK" Ezra,7,10,"We must prepare our heart to seek God's law","GOD,HEART,LAW,MUST,OUR,PREPARE,SEEK" Ezra,7,10,"We must prepare our heart to teach others God's law","GOD,HEART,LAW,MUST,OUR,PREPARE,TEACH" Ezra,7,10,"We must seek the law of God","GOD,LAW,MUST,SEEK" Ezra,7,10,"We must teach others the law of God","GOD,LAW,MUST,TEACH" Ezra,7,11,"Artaxerxes gave a letter to Ezra","ARTAXERXES,EZRA,GAVE,LETTER" Ezra,7,11,"Artaxerxes was the king","ARTAXERXES,KING" Ezra,7,11,"Ezra was a priest","EZRA,PRIEST" Ezra,7,11,"Ezra was a scribe","EZRA,SCRIBE" Ezra,7,11,"Ezra was a scribe of the commandments of God","COMMANDMENTS,EZRA,GOD,SCRIBE" Ezra,7,11,"Ezra was a scribe of the statutes of God","EZRA,GOD,SCRIBE,STATUTES" Ezra,7,11,"This portion of this book contains the letter that Artaxerxes gave to Ezra","ARTAXERXES,BOOK,CONTAINS,EZRA,GAVE,LETTER,PORTION" Ezra,7,12,"Artaxerxes called himself the king of kings","ARTAXERXES,CALLED,HIMSELF,KING,KINGS" Ezra,7,12,"Artaxerxes wished that perfect peace be upon Ezra","ARTAXERXES,EZRA,PEACE,PERFECT,WISHED" Ezra,7,12,"Artaxerxes wrote this letter to Ezra","ARTAXERXES,EZRA,LETTER,WROTE" Ezra,7,12,"Ezra was a priest","EZRA,PRIEST" Ezra,7,12,"Ezra was a scribe of the law of the God of heaven","EZRA,GOD,HEAVEN,LAW,SCRIBE" Ezra,7,12,"God is the God of heaven","GOD,HEAVEN" Ezra,7,13,"Artaxerxes decreed that all of the Jewish priests in his kingdom who wanted to go up to Jerusalem were at liberty to join Ezra","ALL,ARTAXERXES,DECREED,EZRA,GO,HIS,JERUSALEM,JEWISH,JOIN,KINGDOM,LIBERTY,PRIESTS,UP,WANTED,WHO" Ezra,7,13,"Artaxerxes decreed that all of the Jews in his kingdom who wanted to go up to Jerusalem were at liberty to join Ezra","ALL,ARTAXERXES,DECREED,EZRA,GO,HIS,JERUSALEM,JEWS,JOIN,KINGDOM,LIBERTY,UP,WANTED,WHO" Ezra,7,13,"Artaxerxes decreed that all of the Levites in his kingdom who wanted to go up to Jerusalem were at liberty to join Ezra","ALL,ARTAXERXES,DECREED,EZRA,GO,HIS,JERUSALEM,JOIN,KINGDOM,LEVITES,LIBERTY,UP,WANTED,WHO" Ezra,7,14,"Artaxerxes had seven counselors","ARTAXERXES,COUNSELORS,SEVEN" Ezra,7,14,"Artaxerxes said that Ezra was going to Jerusalem to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem","ARTAXERXES,EZRA,GOING,INQUIRE,JERUSALEM,JUDAH,SAID" Ezra,7,14,"Artaxerxes said that he and his counselors were sending Ezra to Jerusalem","ARTAXERXES,COUNSELORS,EZRA,HE,HIS,JERUSALEM,SAID,SENDING" Ezra,7,14,"Ezra followed the law of God","EZRA,FOLLOWED,GOD,LAW" Ezra,7,14,"Ezra had a copy of the law of God","EZRA,GOD,LAW" Ezra,7,15,"Artaxerxes said that the habitation (dwelling place) of God was in Jerusalem; (this seems to be a reference to the temple, which this book calls the house of God)","ARTAXERXES,BOOK,CALLS,DWELLING,GOD,HABITATION,HOUSE,JERUSALEM,PLACE,REFERENCE,SAID,SEEMS,TEMPLE,WHICH" Ezra,7,15,"Ezra was commanded to carry the offering that was given by the king and his counselors to Jerusalem","CARRY,COMMANDED,COUNSELORS,EZRA,GIVEN,HIS,JERUSALEM,KING,OFFERING" Ezra,7,15,"The counselors of the king gave an offering to the God of Israel","COUNSELORS,GAVE,GOD,ISRAEL,KING,OFFERING" Ezra,7,15,"The king gave an offering to the God of Israel","GAVE,GOD,ISRAEL,KING,OFFERING" Ezra,7,15,"The offering which was given to Ezra included gold","EZRA,GIVEN,GOLD,INCLUDED,OFFERING,WHICH" Ezra,7,15,"The offering which was given to Ezra included silver","EZRA,GIVEN,INCLUDED,OFFERING,SILVER,WHICH" Ezra,7,16,"Ezra was authorized to collect whatever freewill offerings he could find in the entire province of Babylon","AUTHORIZED,BABYLON,COLLECT,ENTIRE,EZRA,FIND,FREEWILL,HE,OFFERINGS,PROVINCE" Ezra,7,16,"It seems that there were other people who gave an offering for the temple of God","GAVE,GOD,OFFERING,PEOPLE,SEEMS,TEMPLE,THERE,WHO" Ezra,7,16,"It seems that there were priests who gave an offering for the temple of God","GAVE,GOD,OFFERING,PRIESTS,SEEMS,TEMPLE,THERE,WHO" Ezra,7,16,"Part of the freewill offerings consisted of gold","CONSISTED,FREEWILL,GOLD,OFFERINGS,PART" Ezra,7,16,"Part of the freewill offerings consisted of silver","CONSISTED,FREEWILL,OFFERINGS,PART,SILVER" Ezra,7,16,"People willingly gave to the temple of God","GAVE,GOD,PEOPLE,TEMPLE,WILLINGLY" Ezra,7,16,"The house of God (the temple) was located in Jerusalem","GOD,HOUSE,JERUSALEM,LOCATED,TEMPLE" Ezra,7,16,"The king gave Ezra permission to carry whatever other freewill offerings the people gave for the temple to Jerusalem","CARRY,EZRA,FREEWILL,GAVE,JERUSALEM,KING,OFFERINGS,PEOPLE,PERMISSION,TEMPLE" Ezra,7,17,"The freewill offering was intended to purchase bullocks","BULLOCKS,FREEWILL,INTENDED,OFFERING,PURCHASE" Ezra,7,17,"The freewill offering was intended to purchase drink offerings","DRINK,FREEWILL,INTENDED,OFFERING,OFFERINGS,PURCHASE" Ezra,7,17,"The freewill offering was intended to purchase lambs","FREEWILL,INTENDED,LAMBS,OFFERING,PURCHASE" Ezra,7,17,"The freewill offering was intended to purchase meat (food) offerings","FOOD,FREEWILL,INTENDED,MEAT,OFFERING,OFFERINGS,PURCHASE" Ezra,7,17,"The freewill offering was intended to purchase rams","FREEWILL,INTENDED,OFFERING,PURCHASE,RAMS" Ezra,7,17,"The offerings were to be offered upon the altar of the temple","ALTAR,OFFERED,OFFERINGS,TEMPLE" Ezra,7,17,"The temple is called the house of God","CALLED,GOD,HOUSE,TEMPLE" Ezra,7,17,"The temple was located in Jerusalem","JERUSALEM,LOCATED,TEMPLE" Ezra,7,18,"The king gave Ezra permission to do whatever he thought best with whatever money was left over, according to the will of God","ACCORDING,BEST,DO,EZRA,GAVE,GOD,HE,KING,LEFT,MONEY,PERMISSION,THOUGHT" Ezra,7,19,"Ezra was also given vessels for use in the temple","EZRA,GIVEN,TEMPLE,USE,VESSELS" Ezra,7,19,"Ezra was commanded to transport the vessels to the temple in Jerusalem","COMMANDED,EZRA,JERUSALEM,TEMPLE,TRANSPORT,VESSELS" Ezra,7,19,"The king called God the God of Jerusalem","CALLED,GOD,JERUSALEM,KING" Ezra,7,20,"Artaxerxes donated to help finance the operation of the temple of God at Jerusalem","ARTAXERXES,DONATED,GOD,HELP,JERUSALEM,OPERATION,TEMPLE" Ezra,7,20,"The king told Ezra that if he needed anything else for the temple, the king would pay for it out of the king's treasure house","ANYTHING,EZRA,HE,HOUSE,IF,KING,NEEDED,PAY,TEMPLE,TOLD,TREASURE" Ezra,7,21,"Artaxerxes made a decree to the treasurers who were beyond the river; (this seems to be a reference to the Jordan river, and the treasurers who were in Judah)","ARTAXERXES,BEYOND,DECREE,JORDAN,JUDAH,MADE,REFERENCE,RIVER,SEEMS,TREASURERS,WHO" Ezra,7,21,"Artaxerxes told the treasurers who were in Judah to give Ezra whatever he needed","ARTAXERXES,EZRA,GIVE,HE,JUDAH,NEEDED,TOLD,TREASURERS,WHO" Ezra,7,21,"Ezra was a priest","EZRA,PRIEST" Ezra,7,21,"Ezra was a scribe","EZRA,SCRIBE" Ezra,7,21,"Ezra was a scribe of the law of God of heaven","EZRA,GOD,HEAVEN,LAW,SCRIBE" Ezra,7,21,"God is the God of heaven","GOD,HEAVEN" Ezra,7,22,"Ezra was authorized to receive as much salt as he needed","AUTHORIZED,EZRA,HE,MUCH,NEEDED,RECEIVE,SALT" Ezra,7,22,"Ezra was authorized to receive up to 100 baths of oil","AUTHORIZED,BATHS,EZRA,OIL,RECEIVE,UP" Ezra,7,22,"Ezra was authorized to receive up to 100 baths of wine","AUTHORIZED,BATHS,EZRA,RECEIVE,UP,WINE" Ezra,7,22,"Ezra was authorized to receive up to 100 measures of wheat","AUTHORIZED,EZRA,MEASURES,RECEIVE,UP,WHEAT" Ezra,7,22,"Ezra was authorized to receive up to 100 talents of silver","AUTHORIZED,EZRA,RECEIVE,SILVER,TALENTS,UP" Ezra,7,23,"Artaxerxes commanded his treasurers to do whatever the God of heaven commanded be done for the house of the God of heaven (the temple)","ARTAXERXES,COMMANDED,DO,DONE,GOD,HEAVEN,HIS,HOUSE,TEMPLE,TREASURERS" Ezra,7,23,"The reason Artaxerxes did all of those things is because he did not want the wrath of God to fall upon his kingdom; he did not want the wrath of God to come upon him or his children","ALL,ARTAXERXES,BECAUSE,CHILDREN,COME,FALL,GOD,HE,HIM,HIS,KINGDOM,NOT,REASON,THINGS,WANT,WRATH" Ezra,7,24,"Artaxerxes decreed that it was illegal to impose any sort of tax upon the Levites of the temple","ANY,ARTAXERXES,DECREED,ILLEGAL,IMPOSE,LEVITES,TAX,TEMPLE" Ezra,7,24,"Artaxerxes decreed that it was illegal to impose any sort of tax upon the Nethinims (assistants) of the temple","ANY,ARTAXERXES,ASSISTANTS,DECREED,ILLEGAL,IMPOSE,NETHINIMS,TAX,TEMPLE" Ezra,7,24,"Artaxerxes decreed that it was illegal to impose any sort of tax upon the porters of the temple","ANY,ARTAXERXES,DECREED,ILLEGAL,IMPOSE,PORTERS,TAX,TEMPLE" Ezra,7,24,"Artaxerxes decreed that it was illegal to impose any sort of tax upon the priests of the temple","ANY,ARTAXERXES,DECREED,ILLEGAL,IMPOSE,PRIESTS,TAX,TEMPLE" Ezra,7,24,"Artaxerxes decreed that it was illegal to impose any sort of tax upon the singers of the temple","ANY,ARTAXERXES,DECREED,ILLEGAL,IMPOSE,SINGERS,TAX,TEMPLE" Ezra,7,24,"Artaxerxes decreed that it was illegal to impose any sort of tax upon those who served in the temple","ANY,ARTAXERXES,DECREED,ILLEGAL,IMPOSE,SERVED,TAX,TEMPLE,WHO" Ezra,7,24,"There were Levites who served in the temple of God in Jerusalem","GOD,JERUSALEM,LEVITES,SERVED,TEMPLE,THERE,WHO" Ezra,7,24,"There were Nethinims (assistants) who served in the temple of God in Jerusalem","ASSISTANTS,GOD,JERUSALEM,NETHINIMS,SERVED,TEMPLE,THERE,WHO" Ezra,7,24,"There were porters who served in the temple of God in Jerusalem","GOD,JERUSALEM,PORTERS,SERVED,TEMPLE,THERE,WHO" Ezra,7,24,"There were priests who served in the temple of God in Jerusalem","GOD,JERUSALEM,PRIESTS,SERVED,TEMPLE,THERE,WHO" Ezra,7,24,"There were singers who served in the temple of God in Jerusalem","GOD,JERUSALEM,SERVED,SINGERS,TEMPLE,THERE,WHO" Ezra,7,25,"Artaxerxes commanded Ezra to set judges that knew the law of God over the Jews","ARTAXERXES,COMMANDED,EZRA,GOD,JEWS,JUDGES,KNEW,LAW,SET" Ezra,7,25,"Artaxerxes commanded Ezra to set magistrates that knew the law of God over the Jews","ARTAXERXES,COMMANDED,EZRA,GOD,JEWS,KNEW,LAW,MAGISTRATES,SET" Ezra,7,25,"Artaxerxes commanded Ezra to teach the law of God to those who did not know it","ARTAXERXES,COMMANDED,EZRA,GOD,KNOW,LAW,NOT,TEACH,WHO" Ezra,7,25,"Ezra had wisdom","EZRA,WISDOM" Ezra,7,25,"Ezra's wisdom came from God","EZRA,GOD,WISDOM" Ezra,7,26,"Artaxerxes commanded that those who disobeyed the law of God should be punished","ARTAXERXES,COMMANDED,DISOBEYED,GOD,LAW,PUNISHED,SHOULD,WHO" Ezra,7,26,"Artaxerxes commanded that those who disobeyed the law of the king should be punished","ARTAXERXES,COMMANDED,DISOBEYED,KING,LAW,PUNISHED,SHOULD,WHO" Ezra,7,26,"Ezra was authorized to enforce the law of God in the land of Judah","AUTHORIZED,EZRA,GOD,JUDAH,LAND,LAW" Ezra,7,26,"The judgment could be banishment","BANISHMENT,JUDGMENT" Ezra,7,26,"The judgment could be confiscating the person's possessions","JUDGMENT,PERSON,POSSESSIONS" Ezra,7,26,"The judgment could be death","DEATH,JUDGMENT" Ezra,7,26,"The judgment could be imprisonment","IMPRISONMENT,JUDGMENT" Ezra,7,27,"Ezra blessed God for moving Artaxerxes to issue those decrees","ARTAXERXES,BLESSED,DECREES,EZRA,GOD,ISSUE,MOVING" Ezra,7,27,"Ezra rejoiced that the second temple would be beautified","EZRA,REJOICED,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,7,27,"God has power over the heart of rulers","GOD,HEART,POWER,RULERS" Ezra,7,27,"God has the power to put things into the heart of rulers","GOD,HEART,POWER,PUT,RULERS,THINGS" Ezra,7,27,"The decrees of Artaxerxes helped beautify the second temple","ARTAXERXES,BEAUTIFY,DECREES,HELPED,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,7,27,"The reason Artaxerxes wrote this letter and made these decrees was because God put it into his heart","ARTAXERXES,BECAUSE,DECREES,GOD,HEART,HIS,LETTER,MADE,PUT,REASON,THESE,WROTE" Ezra,7,27,"The second temple was located in Jerusalem","JERUSALEM,LOCATED,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,7,27,"There are times when God puts things into the heart of rulers, and moves them to act","ACT,GOD,HEART,PUTS,RULERS,THERE,THINGS,TIMES,WHEN" Ezra,7,28,"Artaxerxes had counselors","ARTAXERXES,COUNSELORS" Ezra,7,28,"Artaxerxes had mighty princes","ARTAXERXES,MIGHTY,PRINCES" Ezra,7,28,"Ezra gathered the chief men of Israel, and they went with him from Babylon to Jerusalem","BABYLON,CHIEF,EZRA,GATHERED,HIM,ISRAEL,JERUSALEM,MEN,WENT" Ezra,7,28,"Ezra received mercy from the king","EZRA,KING,MERCY,RECEIVED" Ezra,7,28,"Ezra received mercy from the king's counselors","COUNSELORS,EZRA,KING,MERCY,RECEIVED" Ezra,7,28,"Ezra received mercy from the king's princes","EZRA,KING,MERCY,PRINCES,RECEIVED" Ezra,7,28,"God has the power to cause rulers to show mercy to people","CAUSE,GOD,MERCY,PEOPLE,POWER,RULERS,SHOW" Ezra,7,28,"The hand of God strengthened Ezra","EZRA,GOD,HAND,STRENGTHENED" Ezra,7,28,"The reason the king and his counselors showed mercy to Ezra was because God moved them to do so","BECAUSE,COUNSELORS,DO,EZRA,GOD,HIS,KING,MERCY,MOVED,REASON,SHOWED" Ezra,7,28,"There are times when God moves rulers to show mercy to people","GOD,MERCY,PEOPLE,RULERS,SHOW,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Ezra,8,1,"Artaxerxes was the king","ARTAXERXES,KING" Ezra,8,1,"Ezra left Babylon during the reign of Artaxerxes","ARTAXERXES,BABYLON,DURING,EZRA,LEFT,REIGN" Ezra,8,1,"This chapter lists the chief men of Israel who accompanied Ezra when he left Babylon","ACCOMPANIED,BABYLON,CHAPTER,CHIEF,EZRA,HE,ISRAEL,LEFT,LISTS,MEN,WHEN,WHO" Ezra,8,2,"Daniel was one of the descendants of Ithamar","DANIEL,DESCENDANTS,ITHAMAR,ONE" Ezra,8,2,"Daniel went with Ezra","DANIEL,EZRA,WENT" Ezra,8,2,"Gershom was one of the chief men of Israel","CHIEF,GERSHOM,ISRAEL,MEN,ONE" Ezra,8,2,"Gershom was one of the descendants of Phinehas","DESCENDANTS,GERSHOM,ONE,PHINEHAS" Ezra,8,2,"Gershom went with Ezra","EZRA,GERSHOM,WENT" Ezra,8,2,"Hattush was one of the descendants of David","DAVID,DESCENDANTS,HATTUSH,ONE" Ezra,8,2,"Hattush went with Ezra","EZRA,HATTUSH,WENT" Ezra,8,3,"150 men accompanied Zechariah","ACCOMPANIED,MEN,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,8,3,"Zechariah was one of the chief men of Israel","CHIEF,ISRAEL,MEN,ONE,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,8,3,"Zechariah was one of the descendants of Pharosh","DESCENDANTS,ONE,PHAROSH,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,8,3,"Zechariah was one of the descendants of Shechaniah","DESCENDANTS,ONE,SHECHANIAH,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,8,3,"Zechariah went with Ezra","EZRA,WENT,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,8,4,"200 men accompanied Elihoenai","ACCOMPANIED,ELIHOENAI,MEN" Ezra,8,4,"Elihoenai was one of the chief men of Israel","CHIEF,ELIHOENAI,ISRAEL,MEN,ONE" Ezra,8,4,"Elihoenai was the descendant of Zerahiah","DESCENDANT,ELIHOENAI,ZERAHIAH" Ezra,8,4,"Elihoenai went with Ezra","ELIHOENAI,EZRA,WENT" Ezra,8,4,"Zerahiah was the descendant of Pahathmoab","DESCENDANT,PAHATHMOAB,ZERAHIAH" Ezra,8,5,"300 men accompanied the son of Jahaziel","ACCOMPANIED,JAHAZIEL,MEN,SON" Ezra,8,5,"Jahaziel was the descendant of Shechaniah","DESCENDANT,JAHAZIEL,SHECHANIAH" Ezra,8,5,"Jehaziel was one of the chief men of Israel","CHIEF,ISRAEL,JEHAZIEL,MEN,ONE" Ezra,8,5,"The son of Jahaziel went with Ezra","EZRA,JAHAZIEL,SON,WENT" Ezra,8,6,"50 men accompanied Ebed","ACCOMPANIED,EBED,MEN" Ezra,8,6,"Ebed was one of the chief men of Israel","CHIEF,EBED,ISRAEL,MEN,ONE" Ezra,8,6,"Ebed was the descendant of Jonathan","DESCENDANT,EBED,JONATHAN" Ezra,8,6,"Ebed went with Ezra","EBED,EZRA,WENT" Ezra,8,6,"Jonathan was the descendant of Adin","ADIN,DESCENDANT,JONATHAN" Ezra,8,7,"70 men accompanied Jeshaiah","ACCOMPANIED,JESHAIAH,MEN" Ezra,8,7,"Athaliah was the descendant of Elam","ATHALIAH,DESCENDANT,ELAM" Ezra,8,7,"Jeshaiah was one of the chief men of Israel","CHIEF,ISRAEL,JESHAIAH,MEN,ONE" Ezra,8,7,"Jeshaiah was the descendant of Athaliah","ATHALIAH,DESCENDANT,JESHAIAH" Ezra,8,7,"Jeshaiah went with Ezra","EZRA,JESHAIAH,WENT" Ezra,8,8,"80 men accompanied Zebadiah","ACCOMPANIED,MEN,ZEBADIAH" Ezra,8,8,"Michael was the descendant of Shephatiah","DESCENDANT,MICHAEL,SHEPHATIAH" Ezra,8,8,"Zebadiah was one of the chief men of Israel","CHIEF,ISRAEL,MEN,ONE,ZEBADIAH" Ezra,8,8,"Zebadiah was the descendant of Michael","DESCENDANT,MICHAEL,ZEBADIAH" Ezra,8,8,"Zebadiah went with Ezra","EZRA,WENT,ZEBADIAH" Ezra,8,9,"218 men accompanied Obadiah","ACCOMPANIED,MEN,OBADIAH" Ezra,8,9,"Jehiel was the descendant of Joab","DESCENDANT,JEHIEL,JOAB" Ezra,8,9,"Obadiah was one of the chief men of Israel","CHIEF,ISRAEL,MEN,OBADIAH,ONE" Ezra,8,9,"Obadiah was the descendant of Jehiel","DESCENDANT,JEHIEL,OBADIAH" Ezra,8,9,"Obadiah went with Ezra","EZRA,OBADIAH,WENT" Ezra,8,10,"160 men accompanied the son of Josiphiah","ACCOMPANIED,JOSIPHIAH,MEN,SON" Ezra,8,10,"Josiphiah was the descendant of Shelomith","DESCENDANT,JOSIPHIAH,SHELOMITH" Ezra,8,10,"The son of Josiphiah went with Ezra","EZRA,JOSIPHIAH,SON,WENT" Ezra,8,11,"28 men accompanied Zechariah","ACCOMPANIED,MEN,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,8,11,"Zechariah was one of the chief men of Israel","CHIEF,ISRAEL,MEN,ONE,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,8,11,"Zechariah was the descendant of Bebai","BEBAI,DESCENDANT,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,8,11,"Zechariah went with Ezra","EZRA,WENT,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,8,12,"110 men accompanied Johanan","ACCOMPANIED,JOHANAN,MEN" Ezra,8,12,"Hakkatan was the descendant of Azgad","AZGAD,DESCENDANT,HAKKATAN" Ezra,8,12,"Johanan was one of the chief men of Israel","CHIEF,ISRAEL,JOHANAN,MEN,ONE" Ezra,8,12,"Johanan was the descendant of Hakkatan","DESCENDANT,HAKKATAN,JOHANAN" Ezra,8,12,"Johanan went with Ezra","EZRA,JOHANAN,WENT" Ezra,8,13,"60 men accompanied Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah","ACCOMPANIED,ELIPHELET,JEIEL,MEN,SHEMAIAH" Ezra,8,13,"Eliphelet was one of the chief men of Israel","CHIEF,ELIPHELET,ISRAEL,MEN,ONE" Ezra,8,13,"Eliphelet was the descendant of Adonikam","ADONIKAM,DESCENDANT,ELIPHELET" Ezra,8,13,"Eliphelet went with Ezra","ELIPHELET,EZRA,WENT" Ezra,8,13,"Jeiel was one of the chief men of Israel","CHIEF,ISRAEL,JEIEL,MEN,ONE" Ezra,8,13,"Jeiel was the descendant of Adonikam","ADONIKAM,DESCENDANT,JEIEL" Ezra,8,13,"Jeiel went with Ezra","EZRA,JEIEL,WENT" Ezra,8,13,"Shemaiah was one of the chief men of Israel","CHIEF,ISRAEL,MEN,ONE,SHEMAIAH" Ezra,8,13,"Shemaiah was the descendant of Adonikam","ADONIKAM,DESCENDANT,SHEMAIAH" Ezra,8,13,"Shemaiah went with Ezra","EZRA,SHEMAIAH,WENT" Ezra,8,14,"70 men accompanied Uthai and Zabbud","ACCOMPANIED,MEN,UTHAI,ZABBUD" Ezra,8,14,"Uthai was one of the chief men of Israel","CHIEF,ISRAEL,MEN,ONE,UTHAI" Ezra,8,14,"Uthai was the descendant of Bigvai","BIGVAI,DESCENDANT,UTHAI" Ezra,8,14,"Uthai went with Ezra","EZRA,UTHAI,WENT" Ezra,8,14,"Zabbud was one of the chief men of Izrael","CHIEF,MEN,ONE,ZABBUD" Ezra,8,14,"Zabbud was the descendant of Bigvai","BIGVAI,DESCENDANT,ZABBUD" Ezra,8,14,"Zabbud went with Ezra","EZRA,WENT,ZABBUD" Ezra,8,15,"Before Ezra made the trip to Jerusalem, he stopped to make sure that he had everyone he needed","BEFORE,EVERYONE,EZRA,HE,JERUSALEM,MADE,MAKE,NEEDED,STOPPED,SURE,TRIP" Ezra,8,15,"Ezra examined the group that had gathered and found people and priests, but no Levites","EXAMINED,EZRA,FOUND,GATHERED,GROUP,LEVITES,NO,PEOPLE,PRIESTS" Ezra,8,15,"Ezra gathered the group together at the river that runs to Ahava","AHAVA,EZRA,GATHERED,GROUP,RIVER,RUNS" Ezra,8,15,"The group lived in tents","GROUP,LIVED,TENTS" Ezra,8,15,"The group remained there for 3 days","DAYS,GROUP,REMAINED,THERE" Ezra,8,16,"Ariel was one of the chief men of Israel","ARIEL,CHIEF,ISRAEL,MEN,ONE" Ezra,8,16,"Eliezer was one of the chief men of Israel","CHIEF,ELIEZER,ISRAEL,MEN,ONE" Ezra,8,16,"Elnathan was a man of great understanding; he was a wise man","ELNATHAN,GREAT,HE,MAN,UNDERSTANDING,WISE" Ezra,8,16,"Elnathan was one of the chief men of Israel","CHIEF,ELNATHAN,ISRAEL,MEN,ONE" Ezra,8,16,"Ezra called a meeting","CALLED,EZRA,MEETING" Ezra,8,16,"Ezra called Ariel to the meeting","ARIEL,CALLED,EZRA,MEETING" Ezra,8,16,"Ezra called Eliezer to the meeting","CALLED,ELIEZER,EZRA,MEETING" Ezra,8,16,"Ezra called Elnathan to the meeting","CALLED,ELNATHAN,EZRA,MEETING" Ezra,8,16,"Ezra called Jarib to the meeting","CALLED,EZRA,JARIB,MEETING" Ezra,8,16,"Ezra called Joiarib to the meeting","CALLED,EZRA,JOIARIB,MEETING" Ezra,8,16,"Ezra called Meshullam to the meeting","CALLED,EZRA,MEETING,MESHULLAM" Ezra,8,16,"Ezra called Nathan to the meeting","CALLED,EZRA,MEETING,NATHAN" Ezra,8,16,"Ezra called Shemaiah to the meeting","CALLED,EZRA,MEETING,SHEMAIAH" Ezra,8,16,"Ezra called the other Elnathan to the meeting","CALLED,ELNATHAN,EZRA,MEETING" Ezra,8,16,"Ezra called Zechariah to the meeting","CALLED,EZRA,MEETING,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,8,16,"Ezra gathered the leaders of Israel","EZRA,GATHERED,ISRAEL,LEADERS" Ezra,8,16,"Ezra gathered the wise men of Israel","EZRA,GATHERED,ISRAEL,MEN,WISE" Ezra,8,16,"Jarib was one of the chief men of Israel","CHIEF,ISRAEL,JARIB,MEN,ONE" Ezra,8,16,"Joiarib was a man of great understanding; he was a wise man","GREAT,HE,JOIARIB,MAN,UNDERSTANDING,WISE" Ezra,8,16,"Meshullam was one of the chief men of Israel","CHIEF,ISRAEL,MEN,MESHULLAM,ONE" Ezra,8,16,"Nathan was one of the chief men of Israel","CHIEF,ISRAEL,MEN,NATHAN,ONE" Ezra,8,16,"Shemaiah was one of the chief men of Israel","CHIEF,ISRAEL,MEN,ONE,SHEMAIAH" Ezra,8,16,"Zechariah was one of the chief men of Israel","CHIEF,ISRAEL,MEN,ONE,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,8,17,"Ezra gave them a message for Iddo","EZRA,GAVE,IDDO,MESSAGE" Ezra,8,17,"Ezra sent the men he had gathered (the chief men and wise men of Israel) to Iddo","CHIEF,EZRA,GATHERED,HE,IDDO,ISRAEL,MEN,SENT,WISE" Ezra,8,17,"Ezra told the chief men of Israel to go to Casiphia and ask Iddo for people to serve in the temple in Jerusalem","ASK,CASIPHIA,CHIEF,EZRA,GO,IDDO,ISRAEL,JERUSALEM,MEN,PEOPLE,SERVE,TEMPLE,TOLD" Ezra,8,17,"Iddo was the chief at Casiphia","CASIPHIA,CHIEF,IDDO" Ezra,8,17,"The message was also for the Nethinims (the temple assistants)","ASSISTANTS,MESSAGE,NETHINIMS,TEMPLE" Ezra,8,17,"There were Nethinims (temple assistants0 at Casiphia","CASIPHIA,NETHINIMS,TEMPLE,THERE" Ezra,8,18,"God is good","GOD,GOOD" Ezra,8,18,"Sherebiah was accompanied by a total of 18 people","ACCOMPANIED,PEOPLE,SHEREBIAH" Ezra,8,18,"Sherebiah was accompanied by his sons","ACCOMPANIED,HIS,SHEREBIAH,SONS" Ezra,8,18,"The leaders of Israel also brought back Sherebiah","BACK,BROUGHT,ISRAEL,LEADERS,SHEREBIAH" Ezra,8,18,"The leaders of Israel brought back a man of understanding","BACK,BROUGHT,ISRAEL,LEADERS,MAN,UNDERSTANDING" Ezra,8,18,"The person they brought back was a descendant of Levi","BACK,BROUGHT,DESCENDANT,LEVI,PERSON" Ezra,8,18,"The person they brought back was a descendant of Mahli","BACK,BROUGHT,DESCENDANT,MAHLI,PERSON" Ezra,8,18,"The person they brought back was a Jew","BACK,BROUGHT,JEW,PERSON" Ezra,8,18,"The reason the leaders of Israel brought people back was because the hand of God was upon them; God blessed them","BACK,BECAUSE,BLESSED,BROUGHT,GOD,HAND,ISRAEL,LEADERS,PEOPLE,REASON" Ezra,8,19,"Hashabiah was accompanied by Jeshaiah","ACCOMPANIED,HASHABIAH,JESHAIAH" Ezra,8,19,"Jeshaiah was a descendant of Merari (which means he was a Levite)","DESCENDANT,HE,JESHAIAH,LEVITE,MEANS,MERARI,WHICH" Ezra,8,19,"Jeshaiah was accompanied by a total of 20 people","ACCOMPANIED,JESHAIAH,PEOPLE" Ezra,8,19,"Jeshaiah was accompanied by his sons","ACCOMPANIED,HIS,JESHAIAH,SONS" Ezra,8,19,"The leaders of Israel also brought back Hashabiah","BACK,BROUGHT,HASHABIAH,ISRAEL,LEADERS" Ezra,8,20,"220 Nethinims (temple assistants) returned to Ezra with the leaders of Israel","ASSISTANTS,EZRA,ISRAEL,LEADERS,NETHINIMS,RETURNED,TEMPLE" Ezra,8,20,"David appointed the Nethinims to serve the Levites","APPOINTED,DAVID,LEVITES,NETHINIMS,SERVE" Ezra,8,20,"The leaders of Israel also brought back Nethinims (temple assistants)","ASSISTANTS,BACK,BROUGHT,ISRAEL,LEADERS,NETHINIMS,TEMPLE" Ezra,8,20,"The position of Nethinim was created by David","CREATED,DAVID,NETHINIM,POSITION" Ezra,8,20,"There were people whose job was to serve the Levites","JOB,LEVITES,PEOPLE,SERVE,THERE,WHOSE" Ezra,8,21,"Ezra proclaimed a fast","EZRA,FAST,PROCLAIMED" Ezra,8,21,"Ezra wanted God to protect the children who were with them","CHILDREN,EZRA,GOD,PROTECT,WANTED,WHO" Ezra,8,21,"Ezra wanted God to protect the people","EZRA,GOD,PEOPLE,PROTECT,WANTED" Ezra,8,21,"Ezra wanted God to protect the treasure that they were carrying to the temple in Jerusalem","CARRYING,EZRA,GOD,JERUSALEM,PROTECT,TEMPLE,TREASURE,WANTED" Ezra,8,21,"In the fast the people afflicted themselves in the presence of God","AFFLICTED,FAST,GOD,PEOPLE,PRESENCE" Ezra,8,21,"The fast was proclaimed before the group left Babylon to travel to Jerusalem","BABYLON,BEFORE,FAST,GROUP,JERUSALEM,LEFT,PROCLAIMED,TRAVEL" Ezra,8,21,"The fast was proclaimed while the group was still at the river of Ahava","AHAVA,FAST,GROUP,PROCLAIMED,RIVER,WHILE" Ezra,8,21,"The group included children","CHILDREN,GROUP,INCLUDED" Ezra,8,21,"The purpose of the fast was to seek the right path for them, for their children, and for their goods; they wanted a safe road that would take them to Jerusalem","CHILDREN,FAST,GOODS,JERUSALEM,PATH,PURPOSE,RIGHT,ROAD,SAFE,SEEK,TAKE,WANTED" Ezra,8,21,"The reason Ezra proclaimed a fast was to ask God to protect them while they traveled to Jerusalem","ASK,EZRA,FAST,GOD,JERUSALEM,PROCLAIMED,PROTECT,REASON,TRAVELED,WHILE" Ezra,8,22,"Ezra did not ask the king for a band of soldiers to protect them on the journey","ASK,BAND,EZRA,JOURNEY,KING,NOT,PROTECT,SOLDIERS" Ezra,8,22,"Ezra had told the king that the hand of God was upon those who sought Him","EZRA,GOD,HAND,HIM,KING,SOUGHT,TOLD,WHO" Ezra,8,22,"Ezra had told the king that the wrath of God was against those who forsook Him","AGAINST,EZRA,FORSOOK,GOD,HIM,KING,TOLD,WHO,WRATH" Ezra,8,22,"Ezra was ashamed to ask the king for protection","ASHAMED,ASK,EZRA,KING,PROTECTION" Ezra,8,22,"Since Ezra told the king that God protected those who sought Him, and was against those who forsook Him, Ezra did not want to ask the king for soldiers to protect them; after all, he had just told the king that God would protect them; if he had asked for soldiers it would have made God look weak and powerless","AFTER,AGAINST,ALL,ASK,ASKED,EZRA,FORSOOK,GOD,HE,HIM,IF,JUST,KING,LOOK,MADE,NOT,POWERLESS,PROTECT,PROTECTED,SINCE,SOLDIERS,SOUGHT,TOLD,WANT,WEAK,WHO" Ezra,8,22,"The hand of God is upon all those who seek Him, for their good","ALL,GOD,GOOD,HAND,HIM,SEEK,WHO" Ezra,8,22,"The power of God is against all those who forsake Him","AGAINST,ALL,FORSAKE,GOD,HIM,POWER,WHO" Ezra,8,22,"The wrath of God is upon all those who forsake Him","ALL,FORSAKE,GOD,HIM,WHO,WRATH" Ezra,8,22,"We must not forsake God","FORSAKE,GOD,MUST,NOT" Ezra,8,22,"We must seek God","GOD,MUST,SEEK" Ezra,8,23,"Ezra did not just assume that God would protect them; instead he and the entire group fasted and prayed and earnestly sought the protection of God","ASSUME,EARNESTLY,ENTIRE,EZRA,FASTED,GOD,GROUP,HE,INSTEAD,JUST,NOT,PRAYED,PROTECT,PROTECTION,SOUGHT" Ezra,8,23,"God heard their prayer","GOD,HEARD,PRAYER" Ezra,8,23,"The people fasted","FASTED,PEOPLE" Ezra,8,23,"The people prayed that God would protect them on the journey","GOD,JOURNEY,PEOPLE,PRAYED,PROTECT" Ezra,8,24,"Ezra separated 12 of the leaders of the priests","EZRA,LEADERS,PRIESTS,SEPARATED" Ezra,8,24,"Hashabiah was one of the leaders of the priests","HASHABIAH,LEADERS,ONE,PRIESTS" Ezra,8,24,"One of the priests that Ezra separated was Hashabiah","EZRA,HASHABIAH,ONE,PRIESTS,SEPARATED" Ezra,8,24,"One of the priests that Ezra separated was Sherebiah","EZRA,ONE,PRIESTS,SEPARATED,SHEREBIAH" Ezra,8,24,"Sherebiah was one of the leaders of the priests","LEADERS,ONE,PRIESTS,SHEREBIAH" Ezra,8,25,"12 priests were responsible for keeping the treasure safe on the trip from Babylon to Jerusalem","BABYLON,JERUSALEM,KEEPING,PRIESTS,RESPONSIBLE,SAFE,TREASURE,TRIP" Ezra,8,25,"Ezra divided the gold that was being transported among 12 chosen priests","AMONG,BEING,CHOSEN,DIVIDED,EZRA,GOLD,PRIESTS,TRANSPORTED" Ezra,8,25,"Ezra divided the silver that was being transported among 12 chosen priests","AMONG,BEING,CHOSEN,DIVIDED,EZRA,PRIESTS,SILVER,TRANSPORTED" Ezra,8,25,"Ezra divided the vessels that were being transported among 12 chosen priests","AMONG,BEING,CHOSEN,DIVIDED,EZRA,PRIESTS,TRANSPORTED,VESSELS" Ezra,8,25,"Ezra sought to keep the treasure which the group was carrying safe by putting it into the custody of 12 chosen priests","CARRYING,CHOSEN,CUSTODY,EZRA,GROUP,KEEP,PRIESTS,PUTTING,SAFE,SOUGHT,TREASURE,WHICH" Ezra,8,25,"The gold had been donated to the temple of God by the king, his counselors, his lords, and the people of Israel","COUNSELORS,DONATED,GOD,GOLD,HIS,ISRAEL,KING,LORDS,PEOPLE,TEMPLE" Ezra,8,25,"The silver had been donated to the temple of God by the king, his counselors, his lords, and the people of Israel","COUNSELORS,DONATED,GOD,HIS,ISRAEL,KING,LORDS,PEOPLE,SILVER,TEMPLE" Ezra,8,25,"The treasure was not put into the custody of one person; instead it was put into the custody of 12 people","CUSTODY,INSTEAD,NOT,ONE,PEOPLE,PERSON,PUT,TREASURE" Ezra,8,25,"The vessels had been donated to the temple of God by the king, his counselors, his lords, and the people of Israel","COUNSELORS,DONATED,GOD,HIS,ISRAEL,KING,LORDS,PEOPLE,TEMPLE,VESSELS" Ezra,8,26,"Ezra put 100 talents of gold into the custody of 12 chosen priests","CHOSEN,CUSTODY,EZRA,GOLD,PRIESTS,PUT,TALENTS" Ezra,8,26,"Ezra put 650 talents of silver into the custody of 12 chosen priests","CHOSEN,CUSTODY,EZRA,PRIESTS,PUT,SILVER,TALENTS" Ezra,8,26,"Ezra put vessels weighing 100 talents of silver into the custody of 12 chosen priests","CHOSEN,CUSTODY,EZRA,PRIESTS,PUT,SILVER,TALENTS,VESSELS,WEIGHING" Ezra,8,26,"The group had 100 talents of gold","GOLD,GROUP,TALENTS" Ezra,8,26,"The group had 650 talents of silver","GROUP,SILVER,TALENTS" Ezra,8,26,"The group had silver vessels that weighed 100 talents","GROUP,SILVER,TALENTS,VESSELS,WEIGHED" Ezra,8,27,"Ezra put 2 vessels of fine copper into the custody of 12 chosen priests","CHOSEN,COPPER,CUSTODY,EZRA,FINE,PRIESTS,PUT,VESSELS" Ezra,8,27,"Ezra put 20 basins of gold into the custody of 12 chosen priests","BASINS,CHOSEN,CUSTODY,EZRA,GOLD,PRIESTS,PUT" Ezra,8,27,"The group had 2 vessels of fine copper","COPPER,FINE,GROUP,VESSELS" Ezra,8,27,"The group had 20 basins of gold that weighed 1000 drams; (a dram is about 1/16th of an ounce)","BASINS,DRAMS,GOLD,GROUP,OUNCE,WEIGHED" Ezra,8,27,"The vessels of copper were as precious as if they had been made of gold","COPPER,GOLD,IF,MADE,PRECIOUS,VESSELS" Ezra,8,28,"Ezra called God the God of their fathers","CALLED,EZRA,FATHERS,GOD" Ezra,8,28,"Ezra made sure that the holy vessels of the temple were being carried by priests who were also holy","BEING,CARRIED,EZRA,HOLY,MADE,PRIESTS,SURE,TEMPLE,VESSELS,WHO" Ezra,8,28,"The 12 priests who were entrusted with the treasures were holy","ENTRUSTED,HOLY,PRIESTS,TREASURES,WHO" Ezra,8,28,"The gold which was entrusted to the 12 priests was a freewill offering that was being made to God","BEING,ENTRUSTED,FREEWILL,GOD,GOLD,MADE,OFFERING,PRIESTS,WHICH" Ezra,8,28,"The silver which was entrusted to the 12 priests was a freewill offering that was being made to God","BEING,ENTRUSTED,FREEWILL,GOD,MADE,OFFERING,PRIESTS,SILVER,WHICH" Ezra,8,28,"The vessels that were entrusted to the 12 priests were holy","ENTRUSTED,HOLY,PRIESTS,VESSELS" Ezra,8,29,"Ezra commanded the 12 chosen priests to watch the treasure and keep it safe","CHOSEN,COMMANDED,EZRA,KEEP,PRIESTS,SAFE,TREASURE,WATCH" Ezra,8,29,"Once the treasure was transported to Jerusalem it would be brought to the chambers of the temple","BROUGHT,CHAMBERS,JERUSALEM,ONCE,TEMPLE,TRANSPORTED,TREASURE" Ezra,8,29,"Once the treasure was transported to Jerusalem it would be given to the leaders of the Jews","GIVEN,JERUSALEM,JEWS,LEADERS,ONCE,TRANSPORTED,TREASURE" Ezra,8,29,"Once the treasure was transported to Jerusalem it would be given to the leaders of the priests","GIVEN,JERUSALEM,LEADERS,ONCE,PRIESTS,TRANSPORTED,TREASURE" Ezra,8,29,"Once the treasure was transported to Jerusalem it would be given to the Levites","GIVEN,JERUSALEM,LEVITES,ONCE,TRANSPORTED,TREASURE" Ezra,8,29,"Once the treasure was transported to Jerusalem it would be weighed","JERUSALEM,ONCE,TRANSPORTED,TREASURE,WEIGHED" Ezra,8,29,"The 12 chosen priests were made responsible for safeguarding the treasure","CHOSEN,MADE,PRIESTS,RESPONSIBLE,TREASURE" Ezra,8,29,"The 12 chosen priests were to guard the treasure until it was brought to Jerusalem","BROUGHT,CHOSEN,GUARD,JERUSALEM,PRIESTS,TREASURE,UNTIL" Ezra,8,29,"The 12 chosen priests were told that once the group reached Jerusalem, the treasure would be weighed again; this would ensure that all of it had arrived safely","AGAIN,ALL,ARRIVED,CHOSEN,GROUP,JERUSALEM,ONCE,PRIESTS,REACHED,SAFELY,TOLD,TREASURE,WEIGHED" Ezra,8,29,"The treasure was weighed before it was given to the 12 chosen priests","BEFORE,CHOSEN,GIVEN,PRIESTS,TREASURE,WEIGHED" Ezra,8,30,"The Levites brought the treasure with them to Jerusalem to the temple","BROUGHT,JERUSALEM,LEVITES,TEMPLE,TREASURE" Ezra,8,30,"The Levites took the gold","GOLD,LEVITES,TOOK" Ezra,8,30,"The Levites took the silver","LEVITES,SILVER,TOOK" Ezra,8,30,"The Levites took the vessels","LEVITES,TOOK,VESSELS" Ezra,8,30,"The priests brought the treasure with them to Jerusalem to the temple","BROUGHT,JERUSALEM,PRIESTS,TEMPLE,TREASURE" Ezra,8,30,"The priests took the gold","GOLD,PRIESTS,TOOK" Ezra,8,30,"The priests took the silver","PRIESTS,SILVER,TOOK" Ezra,8,30,"The priests took the vessels","PRIESTS,TOOK,VESSELS" Ezra,8,31,"God saved the group from enemies","ENEMIES,GOD,GROUP,SAVED" Ezra,8,31,"God saved the group from robbers","GOD,GROUP,ROBBERS,SAVED" Ezra,8,31,"The group departed from the Ahava river on the 12th day of the first month","AHAVA,DAY,DEPARTED,FIRST,GROUP,MONTH,RIVER" Ezra,8,31,"The group left to go to Jerusalem","GO,GROUP,JERUSALEM,LEFT" Ezra,8,31,"The hand of God was upon the group","GOD,GROUP,HAND" Ezra,8,32,"The group arrived in Jerusalem","ARRIVED,GROUP,JERUSALEM" Ezra,8,32,"The group remained in Jerusalem for 3 days","DAYS,GROUP,JERUSALEM,REMAINED" Ezra,8,33,"Eleazar was the descendant of Phinehas","DESCENDANT,ELEAZAR,PHINEHAS" Ezra,8,33,"Eleazar was with Meremoth when he weighed the treasure","ELEAZAR,HE,MEREMOTH,TREASURE,WEIGHED,WHEN" Ezra,8,33,"Jozabad was a Levite","JOZABAD,LEVITE" Ezra,8,33,"Jozabad was the descendant of Jeshua","DESCENDANT,JESHUA,JOZABAD" Ezra,8,33,"Jozabad was with Meremoth when he weighed the treasure","HE,JOZABAD,MEREMOTH,TREASURE,WEIGHED,WHEN" Ezra,8,33,"Meremoth did not weigh the treasure alone; there were other people with him","ALONE,HIM,MEREMOTH,NOT,PEOPLE,THERE,TREASURE,WEIGH" Ezra,8,33,"Meremoth was the descendant of Uriah the priest","DESCENDANT,MEREMOTH,PRIEST,URIAH" Ezra,8,33,"Meremoth weighed the treasure","MEREMOTH,TREASURE,WEIGHED" Ezra,8,33,"Noadiah was a Levite","LEVITE,NOADIAH" Ezra,8,33,"Noadiah was with Meremoth when he weighed the treasure","HE,MEREMOTH,NOADIAH,TREASURE,WEIGHED,WHEN" Ezra,8,33,"Nodiah was the son of Binnui","BINNUI,NODIAH,SON" Ezra,8,33,"On the fourth day the gold was weighed","DAY,FOURTH,GOLD,WEIGHED" Ezra,8,33,"On the fourth day the silver was weighed","DAY,FOURTH,SILVER,WEIGHED" Ezra,8,33,"On the fourth day the vessels were weighed","DAY,FOURTH,VESSELS,WEIGHED" Ezra,8,33,"The treasure was weighed in the temple","TEMPLE,TREASURE,WEIGHED" Ezra,8,33,"There were Levites present when Meremoth weighed the treasure","LEVITES,MEREMOTH,PRESENT,THERE,TREASURE,WEIGHED,WHEN" Ezra,8,34,"The treasure was counted by number","COUNTED,NUMBER,TREASURE" Ezra,8,34,"The treasure was weighed","TREASURE,WEIGHED" Ezra,8,34,"The weight of the treasure was recorded","RECORDED,TREASURE,WEIGHT" Ezra,8,35,"12 bullocks were offered to God for all Israel","ALL,BULLOCKS,GOD,ISRAEL,OFFERED" Ezra,8,35,"12 male goats were offered to God as a sin offering","GOATS,GOD,MALE,OFFERED,OFFERING,SIN" Ezra,8,35,"77 lambs were offered to God","GOD,LAMBS,OFFERED" Ezra,8,35,"96 rams were offered to God","GOD,OFFERED,RAMS" Ezra,8,35,"The Jews who had been taken into captivity and then returned to Judah offered burnt offerings to God","BURNT,CAPTIVITY,GOD,JEWS,JUDAH,OFFERED,OFFERINGS,RETURNED,TAKEN,WHO" Ezra,8,36,"The commission from the king was delivered to the king's governors on this side of the river; (this seems to be a reference to the Jordan river)","DELIVERED,GOVERNORS,JORDAN,KING,REFERENCE,RIVER,SEEMS,SIDE" Ezra,8,36,"The commission from the king was delivered to the king's lieutenants","DELIVERED,KING,LIEUTENANTS" Ezra,8,36,"The king's lieutenants and governors helped the Jews","GOVERNORS,HELPED,JEWS,KING,LIEUTENANTS" Ezra,8,36,"The king's lieutenants and governors helped the temple of God","GOD,GOVERNORS,HELPED,KING,LIEUTENANTS,TEMPLE" Ezra,9,1,"God does not want Christians to live like the pagans, and commit the same abominations that they do","ABOMINATIONS,CHRISTIANS,COMMIT,DO,GOD,LIKE,LIVE,NOT,PAGANS,SAME,WANT" Ezra,9,1,"The Ammonites were committing abominations in the sight of God","ABOMINATIONS,AMMONITES,COMMITTING,GOD,SIGHT" Ezra,9,1,"The Amorites were committing abominations in the sight of God","ABOMINATIONS,AMORITES,COMMITTING,GOD,SIGHT" Ezra,9,1,"The Canaanites were committing abominations in the sight of God","ABOMINATIONS,CANAANITES,COMMITTING,GOD,SIGHT" Ezra,9,1,"The common people were guilty of this sin","COMMON,GUILTY,PEOPLE,SIN" Ezra,9,1,"The Egyptians were committing abominations in the sight of God","ABOMINATIONS,COMMITTING,EGYPTIANS,GOD,SIGHT" Ezra,9,1,"The Hittites were committing abominations in the sight of God","ABOMINATIONS,COMMITTING,GOD,HITTITES,SIGHT" Ezra,9,1,"The Jebusites were committing abominations in the sight of God","ABOMINATIONS,COMMITTING,GOD,JEBUSITES,SIGHT" Ezra,9,1,"The Levites were guilty of this sin","GUILTY,LEVITES,SIN" Ezra,9,1,"The Moabites were committing abominations in the sight of God","ABOMINATIONS,COMMITTING,GOD,MOABITES,SIGHT" Ezra,9,1,"The Perizzites were committing abominations in the sight of God","ABOMINATIONS,COMMITTING,GOD,PERIZZITES,SIGHT" Ezra,9,1,"The priests were guilty of this sin","GUILTY,PRIESTS,SIN" Ezra,9,1,"The princes told Ezra that some Jews were living like the pagans of the land, and committing the same abominations that the pagans were","ABOMINATIONS,COMMITTING,EZRA,JEWS,LAND,LIKE,LIVING,PAGANS,PRINCES,SAME,SOME,TOLD" Ezra,9,1,"There were Ammonites in the land","AMMONITES,LAND,THERE" Ezra,9,1,"There were Amorites in the land","AMORITES,LAND,THERE" Ezra,9,1,"There were Canaanites in the land","CANAANITES,LAND,THERE" Ezra,9,1,"There were Egyptians in the land","EGYPTIANS,LAND,THERE" Ezra,9,1,"There were Hittites in the land","HITTITES,LAND,THERE" Ezra,9,1,"There were Jebusites in the land","JEBUSITES,LAND,THERE" Ezra,9,1,"There were Moabites in the land","LAND,MOABITES,THERE" Ezra,9,1,"There were Perizzites in the land","LAND,PERIZZITES,THERE" Ezra,9,2,"God does not want Christians to marry those who are not Christians","CHRISTIANS,GOD,MARRY,NOT,WANT,WHO" Ezra,9,2,"The holy seed of God was being intermingled with pagans, and was being corrupted","BEING,CORRUPTED,GOD,HOLY,PAGANS,SEED" Ezra,9,2,"The Jews were a holy seed, set apart for God","GOD,HOLY,JEWS,SEED,SET" Ezra,9,2,"The leadership of Israel were leading the way in this sin; it seems that they were guilty of it themselves, and their example was teaching the rest of the nation to sin","EXAMPLE,GUILTY,ISRAEL,LEADERSHIP,LEADING,NATION,REST,SEEMS,SIN,TEACHING" Ezra,9,2,"The people had married pagans","MARRIED,PAGANS,PEOPLE" Ezra,9,2,"The people were marrying their sons to pagan women","MARRYING,PAGAN,PEOPLE,SONS,WOMEN" Ezra,9,2,"The people who married pagans were living like the pagans, and committing the same abominations that the pagans committed","ABOMINATIONS,COMMITTED,COMMITTING,LIKE,LIVING,MARRIED,PAGANS,PEOPLE,SAME,WHO" Ezra,9,2,"The princes of Israel were guilty of this sin","GUILTY,ISRAEL,PRINCES,SIN" Ezra,9,2,"The rulers of Israel were guilty of this sin","GUILTY,ISRAEL,RULERS,SIN" Ezra,9,3,"Ezra became greatly upset when he heard this news","BECAME,EZRA,GREATLY,HE,HEARD,NEWS,UPSET,WHEN" Ezra,9,3,"Ezra did not know this was happening until he was told about it","EZRA,HAPPENING,HE,KNOW,NOT,TOLD,UNTIL" Ezra,9,3,"Ezra had a beard","BEARD,EZRA" Ezra,9,3,"When Ezra heard this news he sat down, astonished","ASTONISHED,DOWN,EZRA,HE,HEARD,NEWS,SAT,WHEN" Ezra,9,3,"When Ezra heard this news he tore hair out of his beard","BEARD,EZRA,HAIR,HE,HEARD,HIS,NEWS,TORE,WHEN" Ezra,9,3,"When Ezra heard this news he tore hair out of his head","EZRA,HAIR,HE,HEAD,HEARD,HIS,NEWS,TORE,WHEN" Ezra,9,3,"When Ezra heard this news he tore his garment","EZRA,GARMENT,HE,HEARD,HIS,NEWS,TORE,WHEN" Ezra,9,3,"When Ezra heard this news he tore his mantle","EZRA,HE,HEARD,HIS,MANTLE,NEWS,TORE,WHEN" Ezra,9,4,"At this time the priests were offering a sacrifice in the temple every evening","EVENING,EVERY,OFFERING,PRIESTS,SACRIFICE,TEMPLE,TIME" Ezra,9,4,"Ezra remained astonished until the time of the evening sacrifice","ASTONISHED,EVENING,EZRA,REMAINED,SACRIFICE,TIME,UNTIL" Ezra,9,4,"There were some Jews who trembled at the word of God","GOD,JEWS,SOME,THERE,TREMBLED,WHO,WORD" Ezra,9,4,"Those who trembled at the word of God came to Ezra","EZRA,GOD,TREMBLED,WHO,WORD" Ezra,9,4,"We should tremble at the word of God","GOD,SHOULD,TREMBLE,WORD" Ezra,9,4,"When the Jews intermarried with pagans, and lived like pagans, they were committing a transgression; they were doing something that was wrong in the sight of God","COMMITTING,DOING,GOD,INTERMARRIED,JEWS,LIKE,LIVED,PAGANS,SIGHT,SOMETHING,TRANSGRESSION,WHEN,WRONG" Ezra,9,5,"Ezra fell upon his knees","EZRA,FELL,HIS,KNEES" Ezra,9,5,"Ezra got up at the time of the evening sacrifice","EVENING,EZRA,SACRIFICE,TIME,UP" Ezra,9,5,"Ezra had torn his garment","EZRA,GARMENT,HIS,TORN" Ezra,9,5,"Ezra had torn his mantle","EZRA,HIS,MANTLE,TORN" Ezra,9,5,"Ezra responded to this terrible sin by falling down before God and praying","BEFORE,DOWN,EZRA,FALLING,GOD,PRAYING,RESPONDED,SIN,TERRIBLE" Ezra,9,5,"Ezra spread out his hands to God","EZRA,GOD,HANDS,HIS,SPREAD" Ezra,9,5,"Ezra's heart was heavy","EZRA,HEART,HEAVY" Ezra,9,5,"The God of Israel was Ezra's God","EZRA,GOD,ISRAEL" Ezra,9,6,"Ezra was ashamed to lift up his face to God because he knew that the nation of Israel was guilty of sin","ASHAMED,BECAUSE,EZRA,FACE,GOD,GUILTY,HE,HIS,ISRAEL,KNEW,LIFT,NATION,SIN,UP" Ezra,9,6,"Ezra was ashamed, even though he was not guilty of that sin; he was ashamed because he knew that the Jews were guilty of the sin","ASHAMED,BECAUSE,EZRA,GUILTY,HE,JEWS,KNEW,NOT,SIN" Ezra,9,6,"The iniquity of the Jews was very large; Ezra said that it reached up to the heavens","EZRA,HEAVENS,INIQUITY,JEWS,LARGE,REACHED,SAID,UP" Ezra,9,6,"The Jews were guilty of terrible iniquity","GUILTY,INIQUITY,JEWS,TERRIBLE" Ezra,9,6,"The sin of Israel made Ezra ashamed","ASHAMED,EZRA,ISRAEL,MADE,SIN" Ezra,9,7,"God delivered the Jews over to their enemies","DELIVERED,ENEMIES,GOD,JEWS" Ezra,9,7,"God delivered the kings of Israel over to their enemies","DELIVERED,ENEMIES,GOD,ISRAEL,KINGS" Ezra,9,7,"God delivered the priests of Israel over to their enemies","DELIVERED,ENEMIES,GOD,ISRAEL,PRIESTS" Ezra,9,7,"The ancestors of the Jews were guilty of terrible sin","ANCESTORS,GUILTY,JEWS,SIN,TERRIBLE" Ezra,9,7,"The common Jewish people had been guilty of terrible sins since ancient times","ANCIENT,COMMON,GUILTY,JEWISH,PEOPLE,SINCE,SINS,TERRIBLE,TIMES" Ezra,9,7,"The enemies of the Jews put them to death","DEATH,ENEMIES,JEWS,PUT" Ezra,9,7,"The enemies of the Jews took their possessions","ENEMIES,JEWS,POSSESSIONS,TOOK" Ezra,9,7,"The enemies of the Jews took them as captives","CAPTIVES,ENEMIES,JEWS,TOOK" Ezra,9,7,"The Jews had been guilty of terrible sins from ancient times until the time of Ezra","ANCIENT,EZRA,GUILTY,JEWS,SINS,TERRIBLE,TIME,TIMES,UNTIL" Ezra,9,7,"The Jews were filled with confusion","CONFUSION,FILLED,JEWS" Ezra,9,7,"The kings of Israel had been guilty of terrible sins since ancient times","ANCIENT,GUILTY,ISRAEL,KINGS,SINCE,SINS,TERRIBLE,TIMES" Ezra,9,7,"The nation of Israel in Ezra's time was also guilty of terrible sins, just like their forefathers; nothing had changed","CHANGED,EZRA,FOREFATHERS,GUILTY,ISRAEL,JUST,LIKE,NATION,NOTHING,SINS,TERRIBLE,TIME" Ezra,9,7,"The priests of Israel had been guilty of terrible sins since ancient times","ANCIENT,GUILTY,ISRAEL,PRIESTS,SINCE,SINS,TERRIBLE,TIMES" Ezra,9,7,"The reason God gave the Jews over to their enemies was because of all the sins they had committed against Him","AGAINST,ALL,BECAUSE,COMMITTED,ENEMIES,GAVE,GOD,HIM,JEWS,REASON,SINS" Ezra,9,7,"The reason God turned the Jews over to their enemies to be killed was because of the many sins they had committed against Him","AGAINST,BECAUSE,COMMITTED,ENEMIES,GOD,HIM,JEWS,KILLED,MANY,REASON,SINS,TURNED" Ezra,9,7,"The reason God turned the Jews over to their enemies to be taken as captives was because of the many sins they had committed against Him","AGAINST,BECAUSE,CAPTIVES,COMMITTED,ENEMIES,GOD,HIM,JEWS,MANY,REASON,SINS,TAKEN,TURNED" Ezra,9,7,"The reason God turned the Jews over to their enemies to have their possessions taken was because of the many sins they had committed against Him","AGAINST,BECAUSE,COMMITTED,ENEMIES,GOD,HIM,JEWS,MANY,POSSESSIONS,REASON,SINS,TAKEN,TURNED" Ezra,9,8,"God allowed a remnant of the Jews to escape","ALLOWED,ESCAPE,GOD,JEWS,REMNANT" Ezra,9,8,"God had begun to revive the Jews while they were captives","BEGUN,CAPTIVES,GOD,JEWS,REVIVE,WHILE" Ezra,9,8,"God had given the Jews a holy place","GIVEN,GOD,HOLY,JEWS,PLACE" Ezra,9,8,"God had lightened the eyes of the Jews; He had lifted them up","EYES,GOD,HE,JEWS,LIFTED,LIGHTENED,UP" Ezra,9,8,"God had shown grace to the Jews","GOD,GRACE,JEWS,SHOWN" Ezra,9,9,"Although the Jews were captives, God had not forgotten them","ALTHOUGH,CAPTIVES,FORGOTTEN,GOD,JEWS,NOT" Ezra,9,9,"God had begun to revive the Jews","BEGUN,GOD,JEWS,REVIVE" Ezra,9,9,"God had caused the kings of Persia to show mercy to the Jews","CAUSED,GOD,JEWS,KINGS,MERCY,PERSIA,SHOW" Ezra,9,9,"God had extend His mercy to the Jews","EXTEND,GOD,HIS,JEWS,MERCY" Ezra,9,9,"The fact that the Jews had been able to begin rebuilding Jerusalem was an act of mercy from God","ABLE,ACT,BEGIN,FACT,GOD,JERUSALEM,JEWS,MERCY,REBUILDING" Ezra,9,9,"The fact that the Jews had been able to begin rebuilding the wall around Jerusalem was an act of mercy from God","ABLE,ACT,BEGIN,FACT,GOD,JERUSALEM,JEWS,MERCY,REBUILDING,WALL" Ezra,9,9,"The fact that the Jews had been able to build the second temple was an act of mercy from God","ABLE,ACT,BUILD,FACT,GOD,JEWS,MERCY,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,9,9,"The Jews were captives","CAPTIVES,JEWS" Ezra,9,10,"God had shown great mercy to the Jews by reviving them, by saving a remnant of them, and by allowing them to build the second temple; yet the Jews responded to this great mercy by committing terrible sins, which is the very thing that caused the wrath of God to fall upon their ancestors","ALLOWING,ANCESTORS,BUILD,CAUSED,COMMITTING,FALL,GOD,GREAT,JEWS,MERCY,REMNANT,RESPONDED,REVIVING,SAVING,SECOND,SHOWN,SINS,TEMPLE,TERRIBLE,THING,WHICH,WRATH" Ezra,9,10,"The Jews had forsaken God's commandments","COMMANDMENTS,FORSAKEN,GOD,JEWS" Ezra,9,10,"We must not forsake God's commandments","COMMANDMENTS,FORSAKE,GOD,MUST,NOT" Ezra,9,10,"We must obey God's commandments","COMMANDMENTS,GOD,MUST,OBEY" Ezra,9,11,"God used the prophets to command the people to obey Him","COMMAND,GOD,HIM,OBEY,PEOPLE,PROPHETS,USED" Ezra,9,11,"God warned Israel before they entered into the promised land that the land they were about to enter was an unclean land that had been made filthy by the people who lived there","BEFORE,ENTER,ENTERED,FILTHY,GOD,ISRAEL,LAND,LIVED,MADE,PEOPLE,PROMISED,THERE,UNCLEAN,WARNED,WHO" Ezra,9,11,"The prophets are the servants of God","GOD,PROPHETS,SERVANTS" Ezra,9,11,"When the Israelites first entered the promised land, it was an unclean land; the pagans who lived there were guilty of abominations and had filled the land with uncleanness","ABOMINATIONS,ENTERED,FILLED,FIRST,GUILTY,ISRAELITES,LAND,LIVED,PAGANS,PROMISED,THERE,UNCLEAN,UNCLEANNESS,WHEN,WHO" Ezra,9,12,"God warned Israel before they entered into the promised land that in order for them to be a strong nation, they had to wage war against the pagans who lived in the land; they must not intermarry with them or make peace with them","AGAINST,BEFORE,ENTERED,GOD,INTERMARRY,ISRAEL,LAND,LIVED,MAKE,MUST,NATION,NOT,ORDER,PAGANS,PEACE,PROMISED,STRONG,WAGE,WAR,WARNED,WHO" Ezra,9,12,"God warned Israel before they entered into the promised land that in order for them to enjoy the bounty of the land, they had to wage war against the pagans who lived in the land; they must not intermarry with them or make peace with them","AGAINST,BEFORE,BOUNTY,ENJOY,ENTERED,GOD,INTERMARRY,ISRAEL,LAND,LIVED,MAKE,MUST,NOT,ORDER,PAGANS,PEACE,PROMISED,WAGE,WAR,WARNED,WHO" Ezra,9,12,"God warned Israel before they entered into the promised land that in order for them to remain in the land and leave it to their children as an inheritance, they had to wage war against the pagans who lived in the land; they must not intermarry with them or make peace with them","AGAINST,BEFORE,CHILDREN,ENTERED,GOD,INHERITANCE,INTERMARRY,ISRAEL,LAND,LEAVE,LIVED,MAKE,MUST,NOT,ORDER,PAGANS,PEACE,PROMISED,REMAIN,WAGE,WAR,WARNED,WHO" Ezra,9,12,"God warned Israel before they entered into the promised land that they must not give their daughters to the sons of the pagans who lived in the land","BEFORE,DAUGHTERS,ENTERED,GIVE,GOD,ISRAEL,LAND,LIVED,MUST,NOT,PAGANS,PROMISED,SONS,WARNED,WHO" Ezra,9,12,"God warned Israel before they entered into the promised land that they must not marry their sons to the daughters of the pagans who lived in the land","BEFORE,DAUGHTERS,ENTERED,GOD,ISRAEL,LAND,LIVED,MARRY,MUST,NOT,PAGANS,PROMISED,SONS,WARNED,WHO" Ezra,9,12,"God warned Israel before they entered into the promised land that they must not seek the peace or welfare of the pagans who lived at the land; Israel was to be in a perpetual state of war against them","AGAINST,BEFORE,ENTERED,GOD,ISRAEL,LAND,LIVED,MUST,NOT,PAGANS,PEACE,PERPETUAL,PROMISED,SEEK,STATE,WAR,WARNED,WELFARE,WHO" Ezra,9,13,"God had delivered the Jews; they were now in the land again, they were rebuilding Jerusalem, and the second temple had been built and was operational","AGAIN,BUILT,DELIVERED,GOD,JERUSALEM,JEWS,LAND,NOW,REBUILDING,SECOND,TEMPLE" Ezra,9,13,"God had punished the Jews for their evil deeds and their enormous sins against Him","AGAINST,DEEDS,ENORMOUS,EVIL,GOD,HIM,JEWS,PUNISHED,SINS" Ezra,9,13,"God had punished the Jews less than their sins deserved; God could have punished them even more but He didn't","DESERVED,GOD,HE,JEWS,LESS,PUNISHED,SINS" Ezra,9,13,"The sins of the ancestors of the Jews were directly tied to their intermarrying with the pagans of the land, which was something God had strictly forbidden them to do; ultimately their sins led to them being punished and evicted from the land, and yet the Jews of Ezra's day were committing that very same sin","ANCESTORS,BEING,COMMITTING,DAY,DIRECTLY,DO,EZRA,FORBIDDEN,GOD,INTERMARRYING,JEWS,LAND,LED,PAGANS,PUNISHED,SAME,SIN,SINS,SOMETHING,TIED,WHICH" Ezra,9,14,"Ezra knew that this sin was going to cause God to be very angry with the Jews","ANGRY,CAUSE,EZRA,GOD,GOING,JEWS,KNEW,SIN" Ezra,9,14,"Ezra was afraid that this sin would cause God to utterly consume the Jews until there was no remnant left","AFRAID,CAUSE,CONSUME,EZRA,GOD,JEWS,LEFT,NO,REMNANT,SIN,THERE,UNTIL" Ezra,9,14,"The Jews of Ezra's day had joined with pagans who were committing abominations in the sight of God","ABOMINATIONS,COMMITTING,DAY,EZRA,GOD,JEWS,JOINED,PAGANS,SIGHT,WHO" Ezra,9,14,"The Jews of Ezra's day were breaking the commandments of God","BREAKING,COMMANDMENTS,DAY,EZRA,GOD,JEWS" Ezra,9,15,"God is righteous","GOD,RIGHTEOUS" Ezra,9,15,"God is the God of Israel","GOD,ISRAEL" Ezra,9,15,"The Jews could not stand before God because of their sin","BECAUSE,BEFORE,GOD,JEWS,NOT,SIN,STAND" Ezra,9,15,"The Jews had escaped utter destruction; a remnant still existed, and was in the promised land","DESTRUCTION,ESCAPED,EXISTED,JEWS,LAND,PROMISED,REMNANT,UTTER" Ezra,9,15,"The sins of the Jews were manifest in the sight of God; they were not hidden from Him","GOD,HIDDEN,HIM,JEWS,MANIFEST,NOT,SIGHT,SINS" Ezra,10,1,"Ezra cast himself down in front of the temple","CAST,DOWN,EZRA,FRONT,HIMSELF,TEMPLE" Ezra,10,1,"Ezra confessed the sin of the Jews","CONFESSED,EZRA,JEWS,SIN" Ezra,10,1,"Ezra confessed the sins of the Jews, even though he was not guilty of committing that sin; it seems that he was interceding with God on behalf of the nation","BEHALF,COMMITTING,CONFESSED,EZRA,GOD,GUILTY,HE,INTERCEDING,JEWS,NATION,NOT,SEEMS,SIN,SINS" Ezra,10,1,"Ezra prayed","EZRA,PRAYED" Ezra,10,1,"Ezra wept","EZRA,WEPT" Ezra,10,1,"The group greatly wept","GREATLY,GROUP,WEPT" Ezra,10,1,"There were children in the group","CHILDREN,GROUP,THERE" Ezra,10,1,"There were men in the group","GROUP,MEN,THERE" Ezra,10,1,"There were women in the group","GROUP,THERE,WOMEN" Ezra,10,1,"When Ezra wept and prayed, a very large group of people gathered around him","EZRA,GATHERED,GROUP,HIM,LARGE,PEOPLE,PRAYED,WEPT,WHEN" Ezra,10,2,"Shechaniah told Ezra that although the Jews had sinned, there was hope","ALTHOUGH,EZRA,HOPE,JEWS,SHECHANIAH,SINNED,THERE,TOLD" Ezra,10,2,"Shechaniah told Ezra that the Jews had sinned against God by marrying pagan women","AGAINST,EZRA,GOD,JEWS,MARRYING,PAGAN,SHECHANIAH,SINNED,TOLD,WOMEN" Ezra,10,2,"Shechaniah was one of the descendants of Elam","DESCENDANTS,ELAM,ONE,SHECHANIAH" Ezra,10,2,"Shechaniah was the descendant of Jehiel","DESCENDANT,JEHIEL,SHECHANIAH" Ezra,10,3,"Shechaniah said that the Jews should make a covenant with God to separate themselves from their pagan wives, and from the children that were born from those marriages","BORN,CHILDREN,COVENANT,GOD,JEWS,MAKE,MARRIAGES,PAGAN,SAID,SEPARATE,SHECHANIAH,SHOULD,WIVES" Ezra,10,3,"Shechaniah said that the people should make this covenant and then follow through with it and obey it","COVENANT,FOLLOW,MAKE,OBEY,PEOPLE,SAID,SHECHANIAH,SHOULD" Ezra,10,3,"Shechaniah said that this covenant should be made by all those who trembled at the commandment of God","ALL,COMMANDMENT,COVENANT,GOD,MADE,SAID,SHECHANIAH,SHOULD,TREMBLED,WHO" Ezra,10,3,"Shechaniah suggested that the Jewish men should separate from their pagan wives; however, there was no mention of Jewish women separating from their pagan husbands; it seems that men could divorce their wives, but wives could not divorce their husbands","DIVORCE,HUSBANDS,JEWISH,MEN,MENTION,NO,NOT,PAGAN,SEEMS,SEPARATE,SEPARATING,SHECHANIAH,SHOULD,SUGGESTED,THERE,WIVES,WOMEN" Ezra,10,4,"Shechaniah told Ezra that the group would be with him","EZRA,GROUP,HIM,SHECHANIAH,TOLD" Ezra,10,4,"Shechaniah told Ezra to arise and handle this situation","ARISE,EZRA,HANDLE,SHECHANIAH,SITUATION,TOLD" Ezra,10,4,"Shechaniah told Ezra to be of good courage","COURAGE,EZRA,GOOD,SHECHANIAH,TOLD" Ezra,10,4,"Shechaniah told Ezra to see this matter through to the end","END,EZRA,MATTER,SEE,SHECHANIAH,TOLD" Ezra,10,5,"Ezra arose after Shechaniah spoke to him","AFTER,AROSE,EZRA,HIM,SHECHANIAH,SPOKE" Ezra,10,5,"Ezra made the chief priests swear to do this; he made them swear to separate from their pagan wives and from the children that came from those marriages","CHIEF,CHILDREN,DO,EZRA,HE,MADE,MARRIAGES,PAGAN,PRIESTS,SEPARATE,SWEAR,WIVES" Ezra,10,5,"Ezra made the Jews swear to do this; he made them swear to separate from their pagan wives and from the children that came from those marriages","CHILDREN,DO,EZRA,HE,JEWS,MADE,MARRIAGES,PAGAN,SEPARATE,SWEAR,WIVES" Ezra,10,5,"Ezra made the Levites swear to do this; he made them swear to separate from their pagan wives and from the children that came from those marriages","CHILDREN,DO,EZRA,HE,LEVITES,MADE,MARRIAGES,PAGAN,SEPARATE,SWEAR,WIVES" Ezra,10,5,"The chief priests were guilty of marrying pagan women","CHIEF,GUILTY,MARRYING,PAGAN,PRIESTS,WOMEN" Ezra,10,5,"The Jews were guilty of marrying pagan women","GUILTY,JEWS,MARRYING,PAGAN,WOMEN" Ezra,10,5,"The Levites were guilty of marrying pagan women","GUILTY,LEVITES,MARRYING,PAGAN,WOMEN" Ezra,10,6,"Ezra fasted","EZRA,FASTED" Ezra,10,6,"Ezra mourned because of the sin that the Jews were committing","BECAUSE,COMMITTING,EZRA,JEWS,MOURNED,SIN" Ezra,10,6,"Ezra went from the temple to the chamber of Johanan","CHAMBER,EZRA,JOHANAN,TEMPLE,WENT" Ezra,10,6,"Johanan had a chamber","CHAMBER,JOHANAN" Ezra,10,6,"Johanan was the descendant of Eliashib","DESCENDANT,ELIASHIB,JOHANAN" Ezra,10,6,"The reason Ezra fasted was because he was mourning over the sin of the Jews","BECAUSE,EZRA,FASTED,HE,JEWS,MOURNING,REASON,SIN" Ezra,10,6,"The temple is called the house of God","CALLED,GOD,HOUSE,TEMPLE" Ezra,10,6,"When Ezra entered the chamber he did not drink any water","ANY,CHAMBER,DRINK,ENTERED,EZRA,HE,NOT,WATER,WHEN" Ezra,10,6,"When Ezra entered the chamber he did not eat any bread","ANY,BREAD,CHAMBER,EAT,ENTERED,EZRA,HE,NOT,WHEN" Ezra,10,7,"A proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all of the Jews should gather at Jerusalem","ALL,GATHER,JERUSALEM,JEWS,JUDAH,MADE,PROCLAMATION,SHOULD" Ezra,10,7,"The Jews are called the children of the captivity; it seems that the Jews who were in the land were the children of those who had been taken into captivity","CALLED,CAPTIVITY,CHILDREN,JEWS,LAND,SEEMS,TAKEN,WHO" Ezra,10,8,"Any Jew who did not go to Jerusalem within three days was to be removed from the congregation","ANY,CONGREGATION,DAYS,GO,JERUSALEM,JEW,NOT,REMOVED,THREE,WHO" Ezra,10,8,"Any Jew who did not go to Jerusalem within three days was to have all of his possessions taken from him","ALL,ANY,DAYS,GO,HIM,HIS,JERUSALEM,JEW,NOT,POSSESSIONS,TAKEN,THREE,WHO" Ezra,10,8,"The elders of Israel helped in this matter","ELDERS,HELPED,ISRAEL,MATTER" Ezra,10,8,"The Jews were given three days to gather at Jerusalem","DAYS,GATHER,GIVEN,JERUSALEM,JEWS,THREE" Ezra,10,8,"The Jews were required to go to Jerusalem; those who did not go would be greatly punished","GO,GREATLY,JERUSALEM,JEWS,NOT,PUNISHED,REQUIRED,WHO" Ezra,10,8,"The princes of Israel helped in this matter","HELPED,ISRAEL,MATTER,PRINCES" Ezra,10,8,"The punishment for not coming to Jerusalem was set by the counsel of the princes of Israel","COMING,COUNSEL,ISRAEL,JERUSALEM,NOT,PRINCES,PUNISHMENT,SET" Ezra,10,8,"The punishment for not coming to Jerusalem was set by the elders of the princes of Israel","COMING,ELDERS,ISRAEL,JERUSALEM,NOT,PRINCES,PUNISHMENT,SET" Ezra,10,9,"All the men of Benjamin gathered to Jerusalem within three days","ALL,BENJAMIN,DAYS,GATHERED,JERUSALEM,MEN,THREE" Ezra,10,9,"All the men of Judah gathered to Jerusalem within three days","ALL,DAYS,GATHERED,JERUSALEM,JUDAH,MEN,THREE" Ezra,10,9,"On that day there was an abundance of rain","ABUNDANCE,DAY,RAIN,THERE" Ezra,10,9,"The Jews gathered on the 20th day of the month","DAY,GATHERED,JEWS,MONTH" Ezra,10,9,"The Jews gathered on the ninth month","GATHERED,JEWS,MONTH,NINTH" Ezra,10,9,"The people also trembled because of the rain","BECAUSE,PEOPLE,RAIN,TREMBLED" Ezra,10,9,"The people sat in the street of the temple","PEOPLE,SAT,STREET,TEMPLE" Ezra,10,9,"The people sat outside in the rain","OUTSIDE,PEOPLE,RAIN,SAT" Ezra,10,9,"The people trembled","PEOPLE,TREMBLED" Ezra,10,9,"The reason the people trembled was because of the terrible sin that had been committed","BECAUSE,COMMITTED,PEOPLE,REASON,SIN,TERRIBLE,TREMBLED" Ezra,10,10,"Ezra addressed the crowd","ADDRESSED,CROWD,EZRA" Ezra,10,10,"Ezra stood up","EZRA,STOOD,UP" Ezra,10,10,"Ezra told the Jews that marrying pagan women increased the sins of the nation; they were making a bad situation worse by increasing their guilt in the sight of God","BAD,EZRA,GOD,GUILT,INCREASED,INCREASING,JEWS,MAKING,MARRYING,NATION,PAGAN,SIGHT,SINS,SITUATION,TOLD,WOMEN,WORSE" Ezra,10,10,"Ezra told the Jews that they had married pagan women","EZRA,JEWS,MARRIED,PAGAN,TOLD,WOMEN" Ezra,10,10,"Ezra told the Jews that they had sinned against God","AGAINST,EZRA,GOD,JEWS,SINNED,TOLD" Ezra,10,10,"Ezra told the Jews that they had sinned by marrying pagan women","EZRA,JEWS,MARRYING,PAGAN,SINNED,TOLD,WOMEN" Ezra,10,10,"Ezra was a priest","EZRA,PRIEST" Ezra,10,11,"Ezra called God the God of their fathers","CALLED,EZRA,FATHERS,GOD" Ezra,10,11,"Ezra commanded the Jews to confess their sin to God","COMMANDED,CONFESS,EZRA,GOD,JEWS,SIN" Ezra,10,11,"Ezra commanded the Jews to please God (by confessing their sin and making this situation right)","COMMANDED,CONFESSING,EZRA,GOD,JEWS,MAKING,PLEASE,RIGHT,SIN,SITUATION" Ezra,10,11,"Ezra commanded the Jews to separate themselves from the pagan women they had married","COMMANDED,EZRA,JEWS,MARRIED,PAGAN,SEPARATE,WOMEN" Ezra,10,11,"Ezra commanded the Jews to separate themselves from the pagans who lived in the land","COMMANDED,EZRA,JEWS,LAND,LIVED,PAGANS,SEPARATE,WHO" Ezra,10,11,"Ezra only addressed the situation of Jewish men who had married pagan women; nothing was said about the Jewish women who married pagan men, and the people who gathered to hear Ezra speak were men and not women","ADDRESSED,EZRA,GATHERED,HEAR,JEWISH,MARRIED,MEN,NOT,NOTHING,ONLY,PAGAN,PEOPLE,SAID,SITUATION,SPEAK,WHO,WOMEN" Ezra,10,12,"The congregation said that they must do what Ezra said; they agreed that they had to separate themselves from their pagan wives","AGREED,CONGREGATION,DO,EZRA,MUST,PAGAN,SAID,SEPARATE,WHAT,WIVES" Ezra,10,12,"The entire congregation responded to Ezra with a loud voice","CONGREGATION,ENTIRE,EZRA,LOUD,RESPONDED,VOICE" Ezra,10,13,"The congregation agreed that marrying pagan women was a sin against God; they had transgressed the law of God","AGAINST,AGREED,CONGREGATION,GOD,LAW,MARRYING,PAGAN,SIN,WOMEN" Ezra,10,13,"The congregation told Ezra that since it was a time of much rain, they couldn't keep standing outside in the rain while this situation was dealt with","CONGREGATION,DEALT,EZRA,KEEP,MUCH,OUTSIDE,RAIN,SINCE,SITUATION,STANDING,TIME,TOLD,WHILE" Ezra,10,13,"The congregation told Ezra that the time of year was a time of much rain","CONGREGATION,EZRA,MUCH,RAIN,TIME,TOLD,YEAR" Ezra,10,13,"The congregation told Ezra that there were many people who had committed this sin","COMMITTED,CONGREGATION,EZRA,MANY,PEOPLE,SIN,THERE,TOLD,WHO" Ezra,10,13,"The congregation told Ezra that there were so many people involved in this sin that it would take more than just one or two days to handle the matter","CONGREGATION,DAYS,EZRA,HANDLE,INVOLVED,JUST,MANY,MATTER,ONE,PEOPLE,SIN,TAKE,THERE,TOLD,TWO" Ezra,10,14,"The congregation asked that the rulers set an appointed time for those who had taken pagan wives to come and meet with the elders and judges, so they could divorce their pagan wives","APPOINTED,ASKED,COME,CONGREGATION,DIVORCE,ELDERS,JUDGES,MEET,PAGAN,RULERS,SET,TAKEN,TIME,WHO,WIVES" Ezra,10,14,"The congregation asked that the rulers take charge of this matter","ASKED,CHARGE,CONGREGATION,MATTER,RULERS,TAKE" Ezra,10,14,"The congregation wanted the elders of every city to be involved in this; that way the people of those cities could go to the elders and judges of that city and get divorces","CITIES,CITY,CONGREGATION,DIVORCES,ELDERS,EVERY,GO,INVOLVED,JUDGES,PEOPLE,WANTED" Ezra,10,14,"The congregation wanted the rulers to set a schedule so that people could come before elders and judges and get divorces","BEFORE,COME,CONGREGATION,DIVORCES,ELDERS,JUDGES,PEOPLE,RULERS,SET,WANTED" Ezra,10,14,"The congregation wanted to divorce their pagan wives so that the wrath of God would no longer be against them","AGAINST,CONGREGATION,DIVORCE,GOD,LONGER,NO,PAGAN,WANTED,WIVES,WRATH" Ezra,10,14,"The wrath of God was upon the congregation because they had sinned against Him","AGAINST,BECAUSE,CONGREGATION,GOD,HIM,SINNED,WRATH" Ezra,10,15,"Jahaziah was employed to help carry out these divorces","CARRY,DIVORCES,EMPLOYED,HELP,JAHAZIAH,THESE" Ezra,10,15,"Jahaziah was the descendant of Tikvah","DESCENDANT,JAHAZIAH,TIKVAH" Ezra,10,15,"Jonathan was employed to help carry out these divorces","CARRY,DIVORCES,EMPLOYED,HELP,JONATHAN,THESE" Ezra,10,15,"Jonathan was the descendant of Asahel","ASAHEL,DESCENDANT,JONATHAN" Ezra,10,15,"Meshullam helped Jonathan and Jahaziah in this matter","HELPED,JAHAZIAH,JONATHAN,MATTER,MESHULLAM" Ezra,10,15,"Meshullam was a Levite","LEVITE,MESHULLAM" Ezra,10,15,"Shabbethai helped Jonathan and Jahaziah in this matter","HELPED,JAHAZIAH,JONATHAN,MATTER,SHABBETHAI" Ezra,10,15,"Shabbethai was a Levite","LEVITE,SHABBETHAI" Ezra,10,16,"Ezra began examining this matter on the first day of the tenth month","BEGAN,DAY,EXAMINING,EZRA,FIRST,MATTER,MONTH,TENTH" Ezra,10,16,"Ezra was a priest","EZRA,PRIEST" Ezra,10,16,"Ezra was separated to examine this matter","EXAMINE,EZRA,MATTER,SEPARATED" Ezra,10,16,"Ezra worked with certain of the leaders of the Jews to examine this matter","CERTAIN,EXAMINE,EZRA,JEWS,LEADERS,MATTER,WORKED" Ezra,10,16,"The Jews worked together to carry out this plan","CARRY,JEWS,PLAN,WORKED" Ezra,10,16,"The people who had married pagan women were also separated by name","MARRIED,NAME,PAGAN,PEOPLE,SEPARATED,WHO,WOMEN" Ezra,10,16,"The people who had married pagan women were divided according to the house of their ancestors; they were separated by their ancestry","ACCORDING,ANCESTORS,ANCESTRY,DIVIDED,HOUSE,MARRIED,PAGAN,PEOPLE,SEPARATED,WHO,WOMEN" Ezra,10,17,"Ezra and the leaders of the Jews finished the divorces by the first day of the first month; it took two months in order to process all of the divorces","ALL,DAY,DIVORCES,EZRA,FINISHED,FIRST,JEWS,LEADERS,MONTH,MONTHS,ORDER,PROCESS,TOOK,TWO" Ezra,10,17,"Ezra and the leaders worked with Jewish men who divorced their pagan wives; there is once again no mention of Jewish women divorcing their pagan husbands; only Jewish men were given divorces","AGAIN,DIVORCED,DIVORCES,DIVORCING,EZRA,GIVEN,HUSBANDS,JEWISH,LEADERS,MEN,MENTION,NO,ONCE,ONLY,PAGAN,THERE,WHO,WIVES,WOMEN,WORKED" Ezra,10,18,"4 of the descendants of Jeshua had married pagan women","DESCENDANTS,JESHUA,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMEN" Ezra,10,18,"Eliezer had married a pagan woman","ELIEZER,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,18,"Eliezer was a descendant of Jeshua","DESCENDANT,ELIEZER,JESHUA" Ezra,10,18,"Gedaliah had married a pagan woman","GEDALIAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,18,"Gedaliah was a descendant of Jeshua","DESCENDANT,GEDALIAH,JESHUA" Ezra,10,18,"Jarib had married a pagan woman","JARIB,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,18,"Jarib was a descndant of Jeshua","JARIB,JESHUA" Ezra,10,18,"Jeshua was a descendant of Jozadak","DESCENDANT,JESHUA,JOZADAK" Ezra,10,18,"Maaseiah had married a pagan woman","MAASEIAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,18,"Maaseiah was a descendant of Jeshua","DESCENDANT,JESHUA,MAASEIAH" Ezra,10,18,"Some of the sons of the priests had married pagan women","MARRIED,PAGAN,PRIESTS,SOME,SONS,WOMEN" Ezra,10,19,"Eliezer promised to divorce his pagan wife","DIVORCE,ELIEZER,HIS,PAGAN,PROMISED,WIFE" Ezra,10,19,"Eliezer was guilty of marrying a pagan wife, which was a sin","ELIEZER,GUILTY,MARRYING,PAGAN,SIN,WHICH,WIFE" Ezra,10,19,"Gedaliah promised to divorce his pagan wife","DIVORCE,GEDALIAH,HIS,PAGAN,PROMISED,WIFE" Ezra,10,19,"Gedaliah was guilty of marrying a pagan wife, which was a sin","GEDALIAH,GUILTY,MARRYING,PAGAN,SIN,WHICH,WIFE" Ezra,10,19,"Jarib promised to divorce his pagan wife","DIVORCE,HIS,JARIB,PAGAN,PROMISED,WIFE" Ezra,10,19,"Jarib was guilty of marrying a pagan wife, which was a sin","GUILTY,JARIB,MARRYING,PAGAN,SIN,WHICH,WIFE" Ezra,10,19,"Maaseiah promised to divorce his pagan wife","DIVORCE,HIS,MAASEIAH,PAGAN,PROMISED,WIFE" Ezra,10,19,"Maaseiah was guilty of marrying a pagan wife, which was a sin","GUILTY,MAASEIAH,MARRYING,PAGAN,SIN,WHICH,WIFE" Ezra,10,19,"Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah offered a ram for the sin they had committed (which was marrying pagan wives); they had to pay for their sin through a sacrifice","COMMITTED,ELIEZER,GEDALIAH,JARIB,MAASEIAH,MARRYING,OFFERED,PAGAN,PAY,RAM,SACRIFICE,SIN,WHICH,WIVES" Ezra,10,20,"2 of the descendants of Immer had married pagan women","DESCENDANTS,IMMER,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMEN" Ezra,10,20,"Hanani had married a pagan woman","HANANI,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,20,"Hanani was a descendant of Immer","DESCENDANT,HANANI,IMMER" Ezra,10,20,"Zebadiah had married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN,ZEBADIAH" Ezra,10,20,"Zebadiah was a descendant of Immer","DESCENDANT,IMMER,ZEBADIAH" Ezra,10,21,"5 of the descendants of Harim had married pagan women","DESCENDANTS,HARIM,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMEN" Ezra,10,21,"Elijah had married a pagan woman","ELIJAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,21,"Elijah was a descendant of Harim","DESCENDANT,ELIJAH,HARIM" Ezra,10,21,"Jehiel had married a pagan woman","JEHIEL,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,21,"Jehiel was a descendant of Harim","DESCENDANT,HARIM,JEHIEL" Ezra,10,21,"Maaseiah had married a pagan woman","MAASEIAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,21,"Maaseiah was a descendant of Harim","DESCENDANT,HARIM,MAASEIAH" Ezra,10,21,"Shemaiah had married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,SHEMAIAH,WOMAN" Ezra,10,21,"Shemaiah was a descendant of Harim","DESCENDANT,HARIM,SHEMAIAH" Ezra,10,21,"Uzziah had married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,UZZIAH,WOMAN" Ezra,10,21,"Uzziah was a descendant of Harim","DESCENDANT,HARIM,UZZIAH" Ezra,10,22,"6 of the descendants of Pashur had married pagan women","DESCENDANTS,MARRIED,PAGAN,PASHUR,WOMEN" Ezra,10,22,"Elasah had married a pagan woman","ELASAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,22,"Elasah was a descendant of Pashur","DESCENDANT,ELASAH,PASHUR" Ezra,10,22,"Elioenai had married a pagan woman","ELIOENAI,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,22,"Elioenai was a descendant of Pashur","DESCENDANT,ELIOENAI,PASHUR" Ezra,10,22,"Ishmael had married a pagan woman","ISHMAEL,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,22,"Ishmael was a descendant of Pashur","DESCENDANT,ISHMAEL,PASHUR" Ezra,10,22,"Jozabad had married a pagan woman","JOZABAD,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,22,"Jozabad was a descendant of Pashur","DESCENDANT,JOZABAD,PASHUR" Ezra,10,22,"Maaseiah had married a pagan woman","MAASEIAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,22,"Maaseiah was a descendant of Pashur","DESCENDANT,MAASEIAH,PASHUR" Ezra,10,22,"Nethaneel had married a pagan woman","MARRIED,NETHANEEL,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,22,"Nethaneel was a descendant of Pashur","DESCENDANT,NETHANEEL,PASHUR" Ezra,10,23,"6 of the Levites had married pagan women","LEVITES,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMEN" Ezra,10,23,"Eliezer had married a pagan woman","ELIEZER,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,23,"Eliezer was a Levite","ELIEZER,LEVITE" Ezra,10,23,"Jozabad had married a pagan woman","JOZABAD,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,23,"Jozabad was a Levite","JOZABAD,LEVITE" Ezra,10,23,"Judah had married a pagan woman","JUDAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,23,"Judah was a Levite","JUDAH,LEVITE" Ezra,10,23,"Kelaiah had married a pagan woman","KELAIAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,23,"Kelaiah was a Levite","KELAIAH,LEVITE" Ezra,10,23,"Kelaiah was also called Kelita","CALLED,KELAIAH,KELITA" Ezra,10,23,"Pethahiah had married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,PETHAHIAH,WOMAN" Ezra,10,23,"Pethahiah was a Levite","LEVITE,PETHAHIAH" Ezra,10,23,"Shimei had married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,SHIMEI,WOMAN" Ezra,10,23,"Shimei was a Levite","LEVITE,SHIMEI" Ezra,10,23,"There were Levites who married pagan women","LEVITES,MARRIED,PAGAN,THERE,WHO,WOMEN" Ezra,10,24,"1 singer had married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,SINGER,WOMAN" Ezra,10,24,"3 porters had married pagan women","MARRIED,PAGAN,PORTERS,WOMEN" Ezra,10,24,"Eliashib married a pagan woman","ELIASHIB,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,24,"Eliashib was a singer in the temple","ELIASHIB,SINGER,TEMPLE" Ezra,10,24,"Shallum married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,SHALLUM,WOMAN" Ezra,10,24,"Shallum was a porter in the temple","PORTER,SHALLUM,TEMPLE" Ezra,10,24,"Telem married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,TELEM,WOMAN" Ezra,10,24,"Telem was a porter in the temple","PORTER,TELEM,TEMPLE" Ezra,10,24,"There was a singer in the temple who married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,SINGER,TEMPLE,THERE,WHO,WOMAN" Ezra,10,24,"There were porters in the temple who married pagan women","MARRIED,PAGAN,PORTERS,TEMPLE,THERE,WHO,WOMEN" Ezra,10,24,"Uri married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,URI,WOMAN" Ezra,10,24,"Uri was a porter in the temple","PORTER,TEMPLE,URI" Ezra,10,25,"7 of the descendants of Parosh had married pagan women","DESCENDANTS,MARRIED,PAGAN,PAROSH,WOMEN" Ezra,10,25,"Benaiah married a pagan woman","BENAIAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,25,"Benaiah was a descendant of Parosh","BENAIAH,DESCENDANT,PAROSH" Ezra,10,25,"Eleazar married a pagan woman","ELEAZAR,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,25,"Eleazar was a descendant of Parosh","DESCENDANT,ELEAZAR,PAROSH" Ezra,10,25,"Jeziah married a pagan woman","JEZIAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,25,"Jeziah was a descendant of Parosh","DESCENDANT,JEZIAH,PAROSH" Ezra,10,25,"Malchiah married a pagan woman","MALCHIAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,25,"Malchiah was a descendant of Parosh","DESCENDANT,MALCHIAH,PAROSH" Ezra,10,25,"Malchijah married a pagan woman","MALCHIJAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,25,"Malchijah was a descendant of Parosh","DESCENDANT,MALCHIJAH,PAROSH" Ezra,10,25,"Miamin married a pagan woman","MARRIED,MIAMIN,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,25,"Miamin was a descendant of Parosh","DESCENDANT,MIAMIN,PAROSH" Ezra,10,25,"Rajiah was a descendant of Parosh","DESCENDANT,PAROSH,RAJIAH" Ezra,10,25,"Ramiah married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,RAMIAH,WOMAN" Ezra,10,26,"6 of the descendants of Elam had married pagan women","DESCENDANTS,ELAM,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMEN" Ezra,10,26,"Abdi married a pagan woman","ABDI,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,26,"Abdi was a descendant of Elam","ABDI,DESCENDANT,ELAM" Ezra,10,26,"Eliah married a pagan woman","ELIAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,26,"Eliah was a descendant of Elam","DESCENDANT,ELAM,ELIAH" Ezra,10,26,"Jehiel married a pagan woman","JEHIEL,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,26,"Jehiel was a descendant of Elam","DESCENDANT,ELAM,JEHIEL" Ezra,10,26,"Jeremoth married a pagan woman","JEREMOTH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,26,"Jeremoth was a descendant of Elam","DESCENDANT,ELAM,JEREMOTH" Ezra,10,26,"Mattaniah married a pagan woman","MARRIED,MATTANIAH,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,26,"Mattaniah was a descendant of Elam","DESCENDANT,ELAM,MATTANIAH" Ezra,10,26,"Zechariah married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,10,26,"Zechariah was a descendant of Elam","DESCENDANT,ELAM,ZECHARIAH" Ezra,10,27,"6 of the descendants of Zattu had married pagan women","DESCENDANTS,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMEN,ZATTU" Ezra,10,27,"Aziza married a pagan woman","AZIZA,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,27,"Aziza was a descendant of Zattu","AZIZA,DESCENDANT,ZATTU" Ezra,10,27,"Eliashib married a pagan woman","ELIASHIB,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,27,"Eliashib was a descendant of Zattu","DESCENDANT,ELIASHIB,ZATTU" Ezra,10,27,"Elioenai married a pagan woman","ELIOENAI,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,27,"Elioenai was a descendant of Zattu","DESCENDANT,ELIOENAI,ZATTU" Ezra,10,27,"Jeremoth married a pagan woman","JEREMOTH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,27,"Jeremoth was a descendant of Zattu","DESCENDANT,JEREMOTH,ZATTU" Ezra,10,27,"Mattaniah married a pagan woman","MARRIED,MATTANIAH,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,27,"Mattaniah was a descendant of Zattu","DESCENDANT,MATTANIAH,ZATTU" Ezra,10,27,"Zabad married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN,ZABAD" Ezra,10,27,"Zabad was a descendant of Zattu","DESCENDANT,ZABAD,ZATTU" Ezra,10,28,"4 of the descendants of Bebai had married pagan women","BEBAI,DESCENDANTS,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMEN" Ezra,10,28,"Athlai married a pagan woman","ATHLAI,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,28,"Athlai was a descendant of Bebai","ATHLAI,BEBAI,DESCENDANT" Ezra,10,28,"Hananiah married a pagan woman","HANANIAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,28,"Hananiah was a descendant of Bebai","BEBAI,DESCENDANT,HANANIAH" Ezra,10,28,"Jehohanan married a pagan woman","JEHOHANAN,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,28,"Jehohanan was a descendant of Bebai","BEBAI,DESCENDANT,JEHOHANAN" Ezra,10,28,"Zabbai married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN,ZABBAI" Ezra,10,28,"Zabbai was a descendant of Bebai","BEBAI,DESCENDANT,ZABBAI" Ezra,10,29,"6 of the descendants of Bani had married pagan women","BANI,DESCENDANTS,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMEN" Ezra,10,29,"Adaiah married a pagan woman","ADAIAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,29,"Adaiah was a descendant of Bani","ADAIAH,BANI,DESCENDANT" Ezra,10,29,"Jashub married a pagan woman","JASHUB,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,29,"Jashub was a descendant of Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,JASHUB" Ezra,10,29,"Malluch married a pagan woman","MALLUCH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,29,"Malluch was a descendant of Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,MALLUCH" Ezra,10,29,"Meshullam married a pagan woman","MARRIED,MESHULLAM,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,29,"Meshullam was a descendant of Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,MESHULLAM" Ezra,10,29,"Ramoth married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,RAMOTH,WOMAN" Ezra,10,29,"Ramoth was a descendant of Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,RAMOTH" Ezra,10,29,"Sheal married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,SHEAL,WOMAN" Ezra,10,29,"Sheal was a descendant of Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,SHEAL" Ezra,10,30,"8 of the descendants of Pahathmoab had married pagan women","DESCENDANTS,MARRIED,PAGAN,PAHATHMOAB,WOMEN" Ezra,10,30,"Adna married a pagan woman","ADNA,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,30,"Adna was a descendant of Pahathmoab","ADNA,DESCENDANT,PAHATHMOAB" Ezra,10,30,"Benaiah married a pagan woman","BENAIAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,30,"Benaiah was a descendant of Pahathmoab","BENAIAH,DESCENDANT,PAHATHMOAB" Ezra,10,30,"Bezaleel married a pagan woman","BEZALEEL,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,30,"Bezaleel was a descendant of Pahathmoab","BEZALEEL,DESCENDANT,PAHATHMOAB" Ezra,10,30,"Binnui married a pagan woman","BINNUI,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,30,"Binnui was a descendant of Pahathmoab","BINNUI,DESCENDANT,PAHATHMOAB" Ezra,10,30,"Chelal married a pagan woman","CHELAL,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,30,"Chelal was a descendant of Pahathmoab","CHELAL,DESCENDANT,PAHATHMOAB" Ezra,10,30,"Maaseiah married a pagan woman","MAASEIAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,30,"Maaseiah was a descendant of Pahathmoab","DESCENDANT,MAASEIAH,PAHATHMOAB" Ezra,10,30,"Manasseh married a pagan woman","MANASSEH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,30,"Manasseh was a descendant of Pahathmoab","DESCENDANT,MANASSEH,PAHATHMOAB" Ezra,10,30,"Mattaniah married a pagan woman","MARRIED,MATTANIAH,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,30,"Mattaniah was a descendant of Pahathmoab","DESCENDANT,MATTANIAH,PAHATHMOAB" Ezra,10,31,"Eliezer married a pagan woman","ELIEZER,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,31,"Eliezer was a descendant of Harim","DESCENDANT,ELIEZER,HARIM" Ezra,10,31,"Ishijah married a pagan woman","ISHIJAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,31,"Ishijah was a descendant of Harim","DESCENDANT,HARIM,ISHIJAH" Ezra,10,31,"Malchiah married a pagan woman","MALCHIAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,31,"Malchiah was a descendant of Harim","DESCENDANT,HARIM,MALCHIAH" Ezra,10,31,"Shemaiah married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,SHEMAIAH,WOMAN" Ezra,10,31,"Shemaiah was a descendant of Harim","DESCENDANT,HARIM,SHEMAIAH" Ezra,10,31,"Shimeon married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,SHIMEON,WOMAN" Ezra,10,31,"Shimeon was a descendant of Harim","DESCENDANT,HARIM,SHIMEON" Ezra,10,32,"8 of the descendants of Harim had married pagan women","DESCENDANTS,HARIM,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMEN" Ezra,10,32,"Benjamin married a pagan woman","BENJAMIN,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,32,"Benjamin was a descendant of Harim","BENJAMIN,DESCENDANT,HARIM" Ezra,10,32,"Malluch married a pagan woman","MALLUCH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,32,"Malluch was a descendant of Harim","DESCENDANT,HARIM,MALLUCH" Ezra,10,32,"Shemariah married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,SHEMARIAH,WOMAN" Ezra,10,32,"Shemariah was a descendant of Harim","DESCENDANT,HARIM,SHEMARIAH" Ezra,10,33,"7 of the descendants of Hashum had married pagan women","DESCENDANTS,HASHUM,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMEN" Ezra,10,33,"Eliphelet married a pagan woman","ELIPHELET,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,33,"Eliphelet was a descendant of Hashum","DESCENDANT,ELIPHELET,HASHUM" Ezra,10,33,"Jeremai married a pagan woman","JEREMAI,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,33,"Jeremai was a descendant of Hashum","DESCENDANT,HASHUM,JEREMAI" Ezra,10,33,"Manasseh married a pagan woman","MANASSEH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,33,"Manasseh was a descendant of Hashum","DESCENDANT,HASHUM,MANASSEH" Ezra,10,33,"Mattathah married a pagan woman","MARRIED,MATTATHAH,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,33,"Mattathah was a descendant of Hashum","DESCENDANT,HASHUM,MATTATHAH" Ezra,10,33,"Mattenai married a pagan woman","MARRIED,MATTENAI,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,33,"Mattenai was a descendant of Hashum","DESCENDANT,HASHUM,MATTENAI" Ezra,10,33,"Shimei married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,SHIMEI,WOMAN" Ezra,10,33,"Shimei was a descendant of Hashum","DESCENDANT,HASHUM,SHIMEI" Ezra,10,33,"Zabad married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN,ZABAD" Ezra,10,33,"Zabad was a descendant of Hashum","DESCENDANT,HASHUM,ZABAD" Ezra,10,34,"Amram married a pagan woman","AMRAM,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,34,"Amram was a descendant of Bani","AMRAM,BANI,DESCENDANT" Ezra,10,34,"Maadai married a pagan woman","MAADAI,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,34,"Maadai was a descendant of Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,MAADAI" Ezra,10,34,"Uel married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,UEL,WOMAN" Ezra,10,34,"Uel was a descendant of Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,UEL" Ezra,10,35,"Bedeiah married a pagan woman","BEDEIAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,35,"Bedeiah was a descendant of Bani","BANI,BEDEIAH,DESCENDANT" Ezra,10,35,"Benaiah married a pagan woman","BENAIAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,35,"Benaiah was a descendant of Bani","BANI,BENAIAH,DESCENDANT" Ezra,10,35,"Chelluh married a pagan woman","CHELLUH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,35,"Chelluh was a descendant of Bani","BANI,CHELLUH,DESCENDANT" Ezra,10,36,"Eliashib married a pagan woman","ELIASHIB,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,36,"Eliashib was a descendant of Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,ELIASHIB" Ezra,10,36,"Meremoth married a pagan woman","MARRIED,MEREMOTH,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,36,"Meremoth was a descendant of Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,MEREMOTH" Ezra,10,36,"Vaniah married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,VANIAH,WOMAN" Ezra,10,36,"Vaniah was a descendant of Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,VANIAH" Ezra,10,37,"Jaasau married a pagan woman","JAASAU,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,37,"Jaasau was a descendant of Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,JAASAU" Ezra,10,37,"Mattaniah married a pagan woman","MARRIED,MATTANIAH,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,37,"Mattaniah was a descendant of Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,MATTANIAH" Ezra,10,37,"Mattenai married a pagan woman","MARRIED,MATTENAI,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,37,"Mattenai was a descendant of Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,MATTENAI" Ezra,10,38,"Bani had a descendant who was also named Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,NAMED,WHO" Ezra,10,38,"Bani married a pagan woman","BANI,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,38,"Binnui married a pagan woman","BINNUI,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,38,"Binnui was a descendant of Bani","BANI,BINNUI,DESCENDANT" Ezra,10,38,"Shimei married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,SHIMEI,WOMAN" Ezra,10,38,"Shimei was a descendant of Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,SHIMEI" Ezra,10,39,"Adaiah married a pagan woman","ADAIAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,39,"Adaiah was a descendant of Bani","ADAIAH,BANI,DESCENDANT" Ezra,10,39,"Nathan married a pagan woman","MARRIED,NATHAN,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,39,"Nathan was a descendant of Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,NATHAN" Ezra,10,39,"Shelemiah married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,SHELEMIAH,WOMAN" Ezra,10,39,"Shelemiah was a descendant of Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,SHELEMIAH" Ezra,10,40,"Machnadebai married a pagan woman","MACHNADEBAI,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,40,"Machnadebai was a descendant of Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,MACHNADEBAI" Ezra,10,40,"Sharai married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,SHARAI,WOMAN" Ezra,10,40,"Sharai was a descendant of Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,SHARAI" Ezra,10,40,"Shashai married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,SHASHAI,WOMAN" Ezra,10,40,"Shashai was a descendant of Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,SHASHAI" Ezra,10,41,"Azareel married a pagan woman","AZAREEL,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,41,"Azareel was a descendant of Bani","AZAREEL,BANI,DESCENDANT" Ezra,10,41,"Shelemiah married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,SHELEMIAH,WOMAN" Ezra,10,41,"Shelemiah was a descendant of Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,SHELEMIAH" Ezra,10,41,"Shemariah married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,SHEMARIAH,WOMAN" Ezra,10,41,"Shemariah was a descendant of Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,SHEMARIAH" Ezra,10,42,"27 of the descendants of Bani had married pagan women","BANI,DESCENDANTS,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMEN" Ezra,10,42,"Amariah married a pagan woman","AMARIAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,42,"Amariah was a descendant of Bani","AMARIAH,BANI,DESCENDANT" Ezra,10,42,"Joseph married a pagan woman","JOSEPH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,42,"Joseph was a descendant of Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,JOSEPH" Ezra,10,42,"Shallum married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,SHALLUM,WOMAN" Ezra,10,42,"Shallum was a descendant of Bani","BANI,DESCENDANT,SHALLUM" Ezra,10,43,"7 of the descendants of Nebo had married pagan women","DESCENDANTS,MARRIED,NEBO,PAGAN,WOMEN" Ezra,10,43,"Benaiah married a pagan woman","BENAIAH,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,43,"Benaiah was a descendant of Nebo","BENAIAH,DESCENDANT,NEBO" Ezra,10,43,"Jadau married a pagan woman","JADAU,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,43,"Jadau was a descendant of Nebo","DESCENDANT,JADAU,NEBO" Ezra,10,43,"Jeiel married a pagan woman","JEIEL,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,43,"Jeiel was a descendant of Nebo","DESCENDANT,JEIEL,NEBO" Ezra,10,43,"Joel married a pagan woman","JOEL,MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,43,"Joel was a descendant of Nebo","DESCENDANT,JOEL,NEBO" Ezra,10,43,"Mattithiah married a pagan woman","MARRIED,MATTITHIAH,PAGAN,WOMAN" Ezra,10,43,"Mattithiah was a descendant of Nebo","DESCENDANT,MATTITHIAH,NEBO" Ezra,10,43,"Zabad married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN,ZABAD" Ezra,10,43,"Zabad was a descendant of Nebo","DESCENDANT,NEBO,ZABAD" Ezra,10,43,"Zebina married a pagan woman","MARRIED,PAGAN,WOMAN,ZEBINA" Ezra,10,43,"Zebina was a descendant of Nebo","DESCENDANT,NEBO,ZEBINA" Ezra,10,44,"All of these men had married pagan women","ALL,MARRIED,MEN,PAGAN,THESE,WOMEN" Ezra,10,44,"Even though only 113 men out of the entire nation were guilty of this sin, Ezra was greatly distressed","DISTRESSED,ENTIRE,EZRA,GREATLY,GUILTY,MEN,NATION,ONLY,SIN" Ezra,10,44,"Even though only 113 men out of the entire nation were guilty of this sin, the wrath of God was upon the Jews for this","ENTIRE,GOD,GUILTY,JEWS,MEN,NATION,ONLY,SIN,WRATH" Ezra,10,44,"It seems that even the men who had children with their pagan wives put them away","AWAY,CHILDREN,MEN,PAGAN,PUT,SEEMS,WHO,WIVES" Ezra,10,44,"It seems that out of the entire Jewish population that was in Judah and Jerusalem at the time, only 113 men (from 17 families) had married pagan women","ENTIRE,FAMILIES,JERUSALEM,JEWISH,JUDAH,MARRIED,MEN,ONLY,PAGAN,SEEMS,TIME,WOMEN" Ezra,10,44,"It seems that these men put away their pagan wives","AWAY,MEN,PAGAN,PUT,SEEMS,THESE,WIVES" Ezra,10,44,"Some of these men had children with the pagan women they had married","CHILDREN,MARRIED,MEN,PAGAN,SOME,THESE,WOMEN"