Places
Persia in Ezra 7
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This place shows up in Ezra 7:1: “Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Ezra 7:1
“Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,”
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 7:1 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Ezra 7:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Nowafterthesethings,inthereignofArtaxerxeskingofEzrathesonofthesonofAzariah,thesonof