Ezra 7:27

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Because King Artaxerxes was so kind, Ezra said: Praise the LORD God of our ancestors! He made sure that the king honoured the LORD's temple in Jerusalem.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 31:8

When Hezekiah and his officials saw these offerings, they thanked the LORD and the people.

Ezra 6:22

For seven days they celebrated the Festival of Thin Bread. Everyone was happy because the LORD God of Israel had made sure that the king of Assyria would be kind to them and help them build the temple.

Nehemiah 2:12

I got up during the night and left my house. I took some men with me, without telling anyone what I thought God wanted me to do for the city. The only animal I took was the donkey I rode on.

Nehemiah 2:8

I will need timber to rebuild the gates of the fortress near the temple and more timber to construct the city wall and to build a place for me to live. And so, I would appreciate a letter to Asaph, who is in charge of the royal forest.” God was good to me, and the king did everything I asked.

Nehemiah 7:5

So God gave me the idea to bring together the people, their leaders, and officials and to check the family records of those who had returned from captivity in Babylonia, after having been taken there by King Nebuchadnezzar. About this same time, I found records of those who had been the first to return to Jerusalem from Babylon Province. By reading these records, I learnt that they settled in their own home towns,

Exodus 8:9

“All right,” Moses answered. “You choose the time when I am to pray for the frogs to stop bothering you, your officials, and your people, and for them to leave your houses and be found only in the river.”

Proverbs 21:1

The LORD controls rulers, just as he determines the course of rivers.

Isaiah 60:13

Wood from Lebanon's best trees will be brought to you— the pines, the firs, and the cypress trees. It will be used in my temple to make beautiful the place where I rest my feet.

Luke 7:5

He loves our nation and even built us a meeting place.”

2 Corinthians 8:16

I am grateful that God made Titus care as much about you as we do.

Philippians 4:10

The Lord has made me very grateful that at last you have thought about me once again. Actually, you were thinking about me all along, but you didn't have any chance to show it.

Hebrews 10:16

“When the time comes, I will make an agreement with them. I will write my laws on their minds and hearts.

Hebrews 8:10

“But now I tell the people of Israel this is my new agreement: ‘The time will come when I, the Lord, will write my laws on their minds and hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

James 1:17

Every good and perfect gift comes down from the Father who created all the lights in the heavens. He is always the same and never makes dark shadows by changing.

Revelation 17:17

God is the one who made these kings all think alike and decide to give their power to the beast. And they will do this until what God has said comes true.