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 gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.
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
When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His serv
Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a
Now God had granted Daniel favor and compassion from the chief official,
Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come,
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 rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who app
He had begun the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day
But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.
Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in
At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its
For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the he
The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond