and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gent
Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the ki
But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, so that they were not stopped until a report was sent to Darius
Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and
And since the gracious hand of our God was upon us, they brought us Sherebiah—a man of insight from the descendants of M
And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gate
May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me,
He had begun the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day
Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock,
O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give
this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had give
You are sent by the king and his seven counselors to evaluate Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, whic