#Nehemiah 2

Nehemiah asked king #Artaxerxes to send him to Judah to rebuild #Jerusalem, so he sent him. (v1-8)

“I told (the officials of Judah) of the hand of my #God that had been upon me for good, and also of the words that the king had spoken to me…they said, ‘Let us rise up and build.’…” (v18)

#Ezra 7

“…Ezra…a scribe skilled in the #Law of Moses that the LORD, the #God of Israel, had given…the hand of the LORD his God was on him…Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the #LORD, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in #Israel.” (v6,10)

#Artaxerxes supported Ezra. (v11-27)

#Ezra 6

King Darius decreed to finish building the house of #God after reading king Cyrus’s original decree. (v1-12)

“…(the people) finished their building by decree of the God of #Israel and by decree of #Cyrus and #Darius and #Artaxerxes…” (v14)

“…the returned #exiles kept the #Passover.” (v19)

#Ezra 4

“Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a #temple to the #LORD, the #God of #Israel, they…made them afraid to build.” (v1-2,4)

“…king #Artaxerxes’ letter was read…Then the work on the house of God that is in #Jerusalem stopped…” (v23-24)