Reading 1 - Est 1 "It is indeed a derisive eye that our narrator has cast upon the royal court he describes: A king who rules the whole...

Reading 1 - Neh 13 Notice the similarities between the prophecy of Malachi and Neh 13. Malachi was the "messenger of the covenant" (Mal...

Reading 1 - Neh 12:27-43 "At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from where they lived and were brought...

Reading 1 - Neh 11:1,2 "Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of...

Reading 1 - Neh 10 After Ezra's prayer on behalf of the nation, in Neh 9, the people were prepared to seal the covenant with Yahweh, and...

Reading 1 - Neh 9:8 "You found his heart faithful to you" (Neh 9:8). Examples of faithfulness in service: Samuel (1Sa 3:20); David (1Sa...

Reading 1 - Neh 8:10 "The joy of the LORD is your strength" (Neh 8:10). "Perhaps what we should pray for most is to be taught how to...

Reading 1 - Neh 7 "Nehemiah not only directed the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem; he also set out to rebuild the nation and to...

Reading 1 - Neh 4:9 "But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat" (Neh 4:9). "Nehemiah was sent to...

Reading 1 - Neh 3 Nehemiah 3 enumerates 44 teams who begin work on the wall. Each team is assigned its own portion to build. Did some...

Reading 1 - Neh 2:18 Many lessons of a very practical nature might be gleaned from the inspired diary of "the king's cupbearer" (Neh...

Reading 1 - Ezr 10:1 "While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a large crowd of...

Reading 1 - Ezr 9:5-7 "Then, at the evening sacrifice, I rose from my self-abasement, with my tunic and cloak torn, and fell on my knees...

Reading 1 - Ezr 8:22 "I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told...

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...

Reading 1 - Ezr 1:1 "In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, the LORD...

Reading 1 - 2Ch 36 "This last chapter [2Ch 36] brings to a conclusion the Davidic monarchy, in the dismal environment of ecclesial...

Reading 1 - 2Ch 35:24,25 "So they took him out of his chariot, put him in the other chariot he had and brought him to Jerusalem, where he...