History
What should a child notice in Ezra 1?
Ezra 1 opens with these words: “Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that Yahweh’s word by Jeremiah’s mouth might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit…” The line to keep is Ezra 1:7: “Also Cyrus the king brought out the vessels of Yahweh’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods;” Carry the word “cyrus” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Ezra 1:7: “Also Cyrus the king brought out the vessels of Yahweh’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods;” What happens first in Ezra 1?
Ezra 1:7
“Also Cyrus the king brought out the vessels of Yahweh’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods;”
Ezra 1:3
“Whoever there is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Yahweh, the God of Israel (he is God), which is in Jerusalem.”
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Practice Ezra 1:7
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
AlsoCyrusthekingoutthevesselsofYahweh’shouse,whichhadbroughtoutofandhadputinthehouseofhisgods;