Reading 1 - Ezr 7:27,28 "Praise be to the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put it into the king's heart to bring honor to the house...

Reading 1 - Ezr 5; 6 "The unexpected opposition to the work of God discouraged the people. If any of the wall had been set up (Ezr 4:2),...

Reading 1 - Ezr 4:24 "Thus the work on the house of God in Jerusalem came to a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius...