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...
The Passover is Celebrated as Temple is Completed Scripture: Ezra 6(NIV) 1 King Darius then issued an order, and they searched in the archives stored in the treasury at Babylon. 2 A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana in the province...
The Two Olive Trees & Call to Complete Temple Scripture: Zechariah 4(NIV) 1 Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep. 2 He asked me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I...
Haggai Calls the People to Rebuild the Temple Scripture: Haggai 1:1-2:9(NIV) 1 In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel...
Haggai & Zechariah Arrive Amid Conflict Scripture: Ezra 5(NIV) 1 Now Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the prophet, a descendant of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them. 2...
Amid Opposition, Artaxerxes Halts Rebuilding Temple Scripture: Ezra 4(NIV) 1 When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the Lord, the God of Israel, 2 they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of...
Zerubbabel Rebuilds Altar & Temple Foundation Scripture: Ezra 3(NIV) 1 When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns, the people assembled together as one in Jerusalem. 2 Then Joshua son of Jozadak and his...