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Ezra: Rebuilding the Temple
PostedSeptember 26, 2022
UpdatedOctober 9, 2023
ByDNW
| Return under Zerubbabel, 1-6 Rebuilding the Temple | Return under Ezra, 7-10 Rebuilding the People |
|---|---|
| Return decreed & described, 1-2 | Return decreed & described, 7-8 |
| Restoration of temple worship begun, 3 | Repentance of the remnant, 9-10 |
| Resistance encountered, 4 | |
| Restoration resumed, 5 | |
| Restoration completed, 6 |
Major Characters
- Ezra (“help”)
- Cyrus – 559-530 BC
- Darius I (Hystapes) — 522-486 BC
- Artaxerxes I — 464-465 BC
- Haggai (“festive, festival”)
- Zechariah (“Jehovah remembers”)
Major words/phrases
- “hand of the Lord his God upon him…”, 7:6, 9, 28; 8:18, 22, 31
- decrees of kings
- Cyrus, 1
- Darius, 5-6
- Artaxerxes, 7
Major themes
- Sovereignty of God
- Goodness of God
- Restoration to the promised land
- Restoration of temple worship
- The problem of pagan wives, 9-10
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