2 Chronicles 35:6   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 35)

Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves and prepare the lambs for your fellow Israelites, doing what the Lord commanded through Moses."

2 Chronicles 35:21   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 35)

But Necho sent messengers to him, saying, "What quarrel is there, king of Judah, between you and me? It is not you I am attacking at this time, but the house with which I am at war. God has told me to hurry; so stop opposing God, who is with me, or he will destroy you."

2 Chronicles 36:17   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 36)

He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians, who killed their young men with the sword in the sanctuary, and did not spare young men or young women, the elderly or the infirm. God gave them all into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.

2 Chronicles 36:23   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 36)

"This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: " 'The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up, and may the Lord their God be with them.' "

Ezra 1:3   (Read all of Ezra 1)

Any of his people among you may go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the Lord, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem, and may their God be with them.

Ezra 4:2   (Read all of Ezra 4)

they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of the families and said, "Let us help you build because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to him since the time of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here."

Ezra 4:3   (Read all of Ezra 4)

But Zerubbabel, Joshua and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel answered, "You have no part with us in building a temple to our God. We alone will build it for the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, commanded us."

Ezra 4:11   (Read all of Ezra 4)

(This is a copy of the letter they sent him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants in Trans-Euphrates:

Ezra 4:12   (Read all of Ezra 4)

The king should know that the people who came up to us from you have gone to Jerusalem and are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are restoring the walls and repairing the foundations.

Ezra 4:15   (Read all of Ezra 4)

so that a search may be made in the archives of your predecessors. In these records you will find that this city is a rebellious city, troublesome to kings and provinces, a place with a long history of sedition. That is why this city was destroyed.

Ezra 4:16   (Read all of Ezra 4)

We inform the king that if this city is built and its walls are restored, you will be left with nothing in Trans-Euphrates.

Ezra 4:18   (Read all of Ezra 4)

The letter you sent us has been read and translated in my presence.

Ezra 5:3   (Read all of Ezra 5)

At that time Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and their associates went to them and asked, "Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and to finish it?"

Ezra 5:9   (Read all of Ezra 5)

We questioned the elders and asked them, "Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and to finish it?"

Ezra 5:10   (Read all of Ezra 5)

We also asked them their names, so that we could write down the names of their leaders for your information.

Ezra 6:6   (Read all of Ezra 6)

Now then, Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and you other officials of that province, stay away from there.

Ezra 6:8   (Read all of Ezra 6)

Moreover, I hereby decree what you are to do for these elders of the Jews in the construction of this house of God: Their expenses are to be fully paid out of the royal treasury, from the revenues of Trans-Euphrates, so that the work will not stop.

Ezra 7:13   (Read all of Ezra 7)

Now I decree that any of the Israelites in my kingdom, including priests and Levites, who volunteer to go to Jerusalem with you, may go.

Ezra 7:14   (Read all of Ezra 7)

You are sent by the king and his seven advisers to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem with regard to the Law of your God, which is in your hand.

Ezra 7:15   (Read all of Ezra 7)

Moreover, you are to take with you the silver and gold that the king and his advisers have freely given to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,

Ezra 7:16   (Read all of Ezra 7)

together with all the silver and gold you may obtain from the province of Babylon, as well as the freewill offerings of the people and priests for the temple of their God in Jerusalem.

Ezra 7:17   (Read all of Ezra 7)

With this money be sure to buy bulls, rams and male lambs, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and sacrifice them on the altar of the temple of your God in Jerusalem.

Ezra 7:18   (Read all of Ezra 7)

You and your fellow Israelites may then do whatever seems best with the rest of the silver and gold, in accordance with the will of your God.

Ezra 7:19   (Read all of Ezra 7)

Deliver to the God of Jerusalem all the articles entrusted to you for worship in the temple of your God.