Prophets encouraged the peopleverses 1-2
Then the prophets – Haggai – the prophet – Zechariah – the son of Iddo
prophesied to the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem
in the name of the God of Israel – even to them
Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Sheltiel
and Jeshua the son of Jozadak
and began to … Read More
Enemies of Israel wanted to help build Templeverses 1-2
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin
heard that the children of the captivity
built the temple of the LORD God of Israel
Then they came to Zerubbabel – and to the chief of the fathers
and said
Let us build with you – FOR we SEEK your God… Read More
People gather to build altar of LORDverses 1-3
And when the seventh month was come
and the children of Israel were in the cities
the people gathered themselves together as
one man to Jerusalem
Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak
and his brethren the priests
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel
and his brethren
and built the altar… Read More
Children of Israel return from captivityverse 1
Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity
of those which had been carried away – whom Nebuchadnezzar the
king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon
and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah
every one to his city
Zerubbabel the leader of those returning… Read More
LORD appoints Cyrus to rebuild Jerusalemverses 1-4
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia
that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah
might be FULFILLED – the LORD stirred up the spirit of
Cyrus king of Persia – that he made a proclamation
throughout all his kingdom – and put it also
in … Read More
Jehoahaz king of Judah under Egyptverses 1-4
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah
and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign
and he reigned THREE MONTHS in Jerusalem
and the king of Egypt put him down in Jerusalem
and … Read More
Josiah sets up the Passover celebrationverses 1-4
Moreover Josiah kept a Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem
and they killed the Passover
on the fourteenth day of the first month
And he set the priests in their charges
and encouraged them to the service of
the house of the LORD
And said to the Levites that TAUGHT all Israel… Read More
Josiah did right in sight of the LORDverses 1-2
Josiah was eight years old [8 years old] when he began to reign
and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years
and he did that which was RIGHT in the sight of the LORD
and he WALKED in the ways of David his father
and he declined … Read More
Manasseh sets up worship of false godsverses 1-3
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign
and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem
BUT he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD
like unto the abominations of the heathen
whom the LORD had cast out before the
children of Israel
FOR … Read More
Hezekiah prepares Jerusalem for invasionverses 1-4
After these things and the establishment thereof
Sennacherib – king of Assyria came – and entered into Judah
and encamped against the fenced cities
and thought to win them for himself
And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come
and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem
he took counsel with his … Read More