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Passage Read: Ezra 6-9 Meditation Verses: 9:13-14 Ezra says they are in difficult circumstances, though now they have been returned to their own land. They have been released from exile and permitted to return to their ancestral homes, which is very good. But other books…

Passage Read: Ezra 2-5 Meditation Verses: 4:1-4 It is great that these Samaritans wanted to help rebuild the temple, because they had been worshiping what they understood to be God from early on after their deportation to Israel. However, they also worshiped all their original…

Passage Read: 2 Chronicles 34 - Ezra 1 Meditation Verse: 2 Chronicles 34:21 Just from reading the Book of the Law, Josiah understood that the Lord was exceedingly angry at Israel. He sent for confirmation from the Lord and received it, along with a reprieve…

Passage Read: 2 Chronicles 30-33 Meditation Verse: 32:1 Hezekiah promised the people of Israel that whoever turned to the Lord and joined their Passover celebration, the Lord would cause the captors of their brothers and sons to show them favor and let them return to…

Passage Read: 2 Chronicles 26-29 Meditation Verse: 29:34 Had the priests lost faith? During Ahaz's reign, they were driven out and the people turned against them, worshiping other gods. If they were loyal to the Lord, they had nothing to do but tend their lands.