Ezra chapter 8
The people who return with Ezra. Ezra asks Levites to join them. Ezra proclaims a fast. They guard the valuables. They arrive in Jerusalem.
Ezra chapter 7
Ezra is sent to Jerusalem. The orders from king Artaxerxes. Ezra praises the LORD God.
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Ezra chapter 6
King Darius searches the archives. He reauthorizes the temple project. The Jewish people rededicate the temple. They celebrate the Passover.
Ezra chapter 5
They start rebuilding again. The governor objects.
Ezra
In 538 BC, Cyrus the Great announces freedom for Israelites in Babylon. Ezra chronicles their journey home and their rebuilding of the temple.
The Seventy Years
Jeremiah prophesied that the exile in Babylon would last for seventy years.
2 Chronicles chapter 33
Manasseh becomes king of Judah. Amon becomes king of Judah. Josiah becomes king of Judah.
2 Chronicles chapter 32
Sennacherib invades Judah. He threatens Jerusalem. The LORD God rescues Jerusalem. Hezekiah’s final years.
2 Chronicles chapter 31
Hezekiah reestablishes proper worship.