Nehemiah Returns to Jerusalem to Inspect Walls Scripture: Nehemiah 2(NIV) 1 In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his...
Nehemiah Weeps about Jerusalem's Walls Scripture: Nehemiah 1(NIV) 1 The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah: In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa, 2 Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with...
Mordecai is Exalted and Purim is Celebrated Scripture: Esther 9-10(NIV) 1 On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the edict commanded by the king was to be carried out. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to...
Haman is Hanged as Decree Protects Jews Scripture: Esther 7-8(NIV) 1 So the king and Haman went to Queen Esther’s banquet, 2 and as they were drinking wine on the second day, the king again asked, “Queen Esther, what is your...
Esther's Banquet and Haman's Humiliation Scripture: Esther 5-6(NIV) 1 On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace, in front of the king’s hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne in...
Esther to Intervene in Plot Against the Jews Scripture: Esther 3:1-6; 4:1-17(NIV) 1 After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him and giving him a seat of honor higher than that of all the other...
Esther Becomes Queen; Mordecai Finds Conspiracy Scripture: Esther 2(NIV) 1 Later when King Xerxes’ fury had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what he had decreed about her. 2 Then the king’s personal...
Ezra Opposes Intermarriage Scripture: Ezra 9(NIV) 1 After these things had been done, the leaders came to me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and the Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the neighboring...
Ezra Permitted to Return with 2nd Group of Exiles Scripture: Ezra 7(NIV) 1 After these things, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 2 the son of Shallum, the son of...
The Coming of Zion's King on a Donkey Scripture: Zechariah 9:9-17(NIV) 9 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem!See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious,lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a...