TheBibleIn365 — CSB

Day 142. Ezra 4–7

Opposition arises against the rebuilding, causing delays. Letters are sent to stop the work, and progress is hindered for a time. Later, the work resumes and the temple is completed. Ezra arrives in Jerusalem with authority to teach and establish the law.

Day 141. Ezra 1-3

Cyrus, king of Persia, allows the exiles to return and rebuild the temple. The first group returns to Jerusalem and begins restoring worship. The altar is rebuilt, and sacrifices resume. The foundation of the temple is laid with both joy and mourning among the people.

Day 140. 2 Chronicles 35-36

Josiah restores the Passover and leads the people in worship, but later dies in battle. The kings that follow lead Judah into decline. Babylon rises and eventually destroys Jerusalem and the temple. The people are taken into exile, ending the kingdom.

Day 139. 2 Chronicles 32-34

Assyria threatens Judah, but Hezekiah trusts God, and Jerusalem is delivered. Hezekiah later becomes ill, recovers, but shows his wealth to Babylon’s envoys. After him, Manasseh rules with great wrongdoing but later humbles himself. Josiah becomes king and begins to seek God, removing idols from the land.

Day 138. 2 Chronicles 28-31

Ahaz rules Judah and leads the people into deep unfaithfulness. After him, Hezekiah becomes king and brings major reform, reopening the temple and restoring worship. The people return to observing the Passover. Idols are removed, and proper offerings and order are reestablished.