Places
Persia in Ezra 6
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This place shows up in Ezra 6:14: “The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Ezra 6:14
“The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.”
What kids can learn
When you hear persia in Ezra, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Ezra 6:14 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Ezra 6:14
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
TheoftheJewsbuiltandprospered,throughtheofHaggaitheprophetandZechariahthesonofIddo.Theybuiltandfinishedit,accordingtothecommandmentoftheGodofIsrael,andtothedecreeofCyrus,Darius,andArtaxerxeskingofPersia.