Ezra

Ezra’s humiliation and confession of sin made good impressions upon the people. No sooner was it made known in the city that their new governor...

When Ezra came to Jerusalem and saw the grace of God at work among his countrymen there, no doubt he was glad; and like Barnabas in Acts 11:23,...

Having received his commission from King Artaxerxes, Ezra gathered together a group of Jewish volunteers to return with him to Jerusalem. The...

This chapter begins with no other indication of time than the words, “Now after these things.” However, in reality, about 48 years had elapsed...

The last chapter concluded with Tatnai and his friends requesting King Darius Hystaspes to search the Persian records and see if Cyrus had...

King Cyrus of Persia gave his decree for the rebuilding of the Temple in 537 BC; and the work began soon after the Jews’ return, in the year...

This chapter gives us a glimpse of the old enmity that was put between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent (Gen. 3:14-15). God’s...

A general assembly of the returned Israelites convened at Jerusalem in the seventh month of the year. In this month, many of the feasts of the...

In this chapter, we are shown that an account was kept in writing of the families who returned from captivity in Babylon. This was done for...

The prophet Jeremiah foretold that the captive Jews would return to their own homeland at the expiration of 70 years – dating from 607 BC, when...