Esther 8
The Jews Are Told to Fight Back 1 That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther all the property of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. Esther told the king…
Esther 9
The Jews Destroy Their Enemies 1 The thirteenth day of Adar came, the day on which the royal proclamation was to take effect, the day when the enemies of the…
Esther 10
The Greatness of Xerxes and Mordecai 1 King Xerxes imposed forced labor on the people of the coastal regions of his empire as well as on those of the interior….
Nehemiah 1
1 This is the account of what Nehemiah son of Hacaliah accomplished. Nehemiah’s Concern for Jerusalem In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year that Artaxerxes was emperor of…
Nehemiah 2
Nehemiah Goes to Jerusalem 1 One day four months later, when Emperor Artaxerxes was dining, I took the wine to him. He had never seen me look sad before, 2…
Nehemiah 3
Rebuilding the Wall of Jerusalem 1 This is how the city wall was rebuilt.The High Priest Eliashib and his fellow priests rebuilt the Sheep Gate, dedicated it, and put the…
Nehemiah 4
Nehemiah Overcomes Opposition to His Work 1 When Sanballat heard that we Jews had begun rebuilding the wall, he became furious and began to ridicule us. 2 In front of…
Nehemiah 5
Oppression of the Poor 1 Some time later many of the people, both men and women, began to complain against the other Jews. 2 Some said, “We have large families,…
Nehemiah 6
Plots against Nehemiah 1 Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem, and the rest of our enemies heard that we had finished building the wall and that there were no gaps left in it,…
Nehemiah 7
1 And now the wall had been rebuilt, the gates had all been put in place, and the Temple guards, the members of the sacred choir, and the other Levites…