Day 144: Nehemiah 11-13
The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 144, is Nehemiah 11-13: Cities are resettled; priests return; people rejoice; Nehemiah reforms.
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Old Testament
Day 143: Nehemiah 8-10
The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 143, is Nehemiah 8-10: Having completed rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, the community turns to the task of renewing its commitment to God.
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Day 142: Nehemiah 4-7
The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 142, is Nehemiah 4-7: Enemies—internal and external—oppose Nehemiah’s project.
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Day 141: Nehemiah 1-3
The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 141, is Nehemiah 1-3: Nehemiah goes to Jerusalem from Persia in 444 BC to repair the fallen city walls.
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Day 140: Ezra 8-10
The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 140, is Ezra 8-10: The exiles arrive in Jerusalem and Ezra institutes reforms.
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Day 139: Ezra 5-7
The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 139, is Ezra 5-7: With the Temple rebuilt, the book skips forward 80 years to the leadership of Ezra taking a second group of exiles back to Jerusalem in 458 BC.
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Video overview of Ezra-Nehemiah
A complete animated overview from the Bible Project of Ezra and Nehemiah.
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Day 138: Ezra 1-4
The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 138, is Ezra 1-4: A new day dawns: King Cyrus of Persia sends some exiles home in 538 BC.
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Day 137: 2 Chronicles 35-36
The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 137, is 2 Chronicles 35-36: Josiah institutes religious reforms, but the wickedness of his successors leads to the fall of Jerusalem and exile to Babylon in 586 BC.
Online text: 2 Chronicles 35-36
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Day 136: 2 Chronicles 32-34
The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 136, is 2 Chronicles 32-34: King Sennacherib of Assyria invades Judah in 701 BC. After the deaths of kings of Judah, Hezekiah (d. 697 BC) and Manessah (d. 642 BC), faithful Josiah takes the throne.
Online text: 2 Chronicles 32-34
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