1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple to the LORD, the God of Israel,2 they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers' houses and said to them, "Let us build with you, for we worship your God as you do, and we have been sacrificing to him ever since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria who brought us here."  Ezra 4:1-2 Ezra 4:1-2.mp3File Size: 3478 kb [...]

​13 so that the people could not distinguish the sound of the joyful shout from the sound of the people's weeping, for the people shouted with a great shout, and the sound was heard far away. Ezra 3:13 Ezra 3:13.mp3File Size: 2437 kbFile Type: mp3Download File [...]

​11 And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the LORD, "For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever toward Israel."And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.12 But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' houses, old men who had seen the first house, wept with a loud voice when they saw the foundation of this house being laid, though many shouted aloud for joy,& [...]

​When the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem. Ezra 3:1 Ezra 3:1.mp3File Size: 2319 kbFile Type: mp3Download File [...]

68 When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings toward the rebuilding of the house of God on its site.69 According to their ability they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver and 100 priestly garments.  Ezra 2: 68-69 Ezra 2:68-69.mp3File Size: 3187 kbFile Type: mp3Download File [...]

40 The Levites:41 The musicians:42 The gatekeepers of the temple:43 The temple servants:44 Keros, Siaha, Padon,45 Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,46 Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,47 Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,48 Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,49 Uzza, Paseah, Besai,50 Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim,51 Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,52 Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,53 Barkos, Sisera, Temah,54 Neziah and HatiphaEzra 2:40-54 Ezra 2:40-54.mp3File Size: 2542 kbFile Type: mp3Down [...]

​Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive to Babylon (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to their own town, Ezra 2:1 Ezra 2:1.mp3File Size: 2828 kbFile Type: mp3Download File [...]

​ In all, there were 5,400 articles of gold and of silver. Sheshbazzar brought all these along with the exiles when they came up from Babylon to Jerusalem. Ezra 1:11 Ezra 1:11.mp3File Size: 2881 kbFile Type: mp3Download File [...]

​Moreover, King Cyrus brought out the articles belonging to the temple of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of his god. Ezra 1:7 Ezra 1:7.mp3File Size: 2671 kbFile Type: mp3Download File [...]

​Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites—everyone whose heart God had moved—prepared to go up and build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. Ezra 1:5 ezra_1_5.mp3File Size: 2379 kbFile Type: mp3Download File [...]