Ezra 7:28

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

and who has shown favour to me before the king,  his counsellors, and all his powerful officers. So I took courage because I was strengthened by the hand of the Lord my God,  , and I gathered Israelite leaders to return with me.

Cross References

Ezra 9:9

Though we are slaves,  our God has not abandoned us in our slavery. He has extended grace to us in the presence of the Persian kings,  giving us relief, so that we can rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins,  to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 2:8

And let me have a letter written to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to rebuild the gates of the temple’s fortress,  the city wall, and the home where I will live.’  , The king granted my requests, for the gracious hand of my God was on me.

Ezra 8:18

Since the gracious hand of our God was on us,  they brought us Sherebiah   #– #a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli, a descendant of Levi son of Israel #– #along with his sons and brothers, 18 men,

Ezra 5:5

But God was watching  over  the Jewish elders. These men wouldn’t stop them until a report was sent to Darius, so that they could receive written instructions about this matter.

Genesis 32:28

‘Your name will no longer be Jacob,’  he said. ‘It will be Israel  because you have struggled with God  and with men and have prevailed.’

Jonah 3:7

Then he issued a decree  in Nineveh: By order of the king and his nobles: No person or animal, herd or flock, is to taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink water.

Nehemiah 1:11

Please, Lord, let your ear be attentive  to the prayer of your servant and to that of your servants who delight to revere your name. Give your servant success today,  and grant him compassion in the presence of this man.  , At the time, I was the king’s cupbearer.

Ezra 7:14

You are sent by the king and his seven counsellors  to evaluate Judah and Jerusalem according to the law of your God, which is in your possession.

Ezra 7:9

He began the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month  and arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month  since the gracious hand of his God was on him.

Ezra 7:6

#– #came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses,  which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted him everything he requested  because the hand of the Lord his God was on him.

Genesis 43:14

May God Almighty cause the man to be merciful to you so that he will release your other brother and Benjamin to you. As for me, if I am deprived of my sons, then I am deprived.’

Ezra 8:1

These are the family heads and the genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:

Ezra 8:15

I gathered them at the river  that flows to Ahava,  and we camped there for three days. I searched among the people and priests, but found no Levites  there.