History
What should a child notice in Ezra 4?
Ezra 4 opens with these words: “Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to Yahweh, the God of Israel;” The line to keep is Ezra 4:1: “Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to Yahweh, the God of Israel;” Carry the word “adversarie” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Ezra 4:1: “Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to Yahweh, the God of Israel;” What happens first in Ezra 4?
Ezra 4:1
“Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to Yahweh, the God of Israel;”
Ezra 4:3
“But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers’ households of Israel, said to them, “You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to Yahweh, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.””
1 of 2
Say it
Practice Ezra 4:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
NowtheadversariesofandBenjaminthatthechildrenofthecaptivitywerebuildingatempletoYahweh,theGodofIsrael;