Next Steps Bible Reading Podcast

Nehemiah 8:13-18 - 445 BC - The Festival of Tabernacles Nehemiah 9:1-38 - 445 BC - The People Confess Their Sins Nehemiah 10:30-39 - 445 BC - The Vow of the People

Nehemiah 7:4-73a - 445 BC - Nehemiah Registers the People Nehemiah 7:73b-8:12 - 445 BC - Ezra Reads the Law

Nehemiah 3:1-32 - 445 BC - Rebuilding the Wall of Jerusalem Nehemiah 4:1-23 - 445 BC - Enemies Oppose the Rebuilding Nehemiah 5:1-13 - 445 BC - Nehemiah Defends the Oppressed Nehemiah 6:1-14 - 445 BC - Continued Opposition to Rebuilding Nehemiah 6:15-7:3 - 445 BC - The Builders Complete the Wall

Ezra 9:1-15 - 458 BC - Ezra's Prayer concerning Intermarriage Ezra 10:1-17 - 458 BC - The People Confess Their Sins Ezra 10:18-44 - Those Guilty of Intermarriage Nehemiah 1:1-11 - 446 BC - Nehemiah's Concern for Jerusalem Nehemiah 2:1-10 - 445 BC - Nehemiah Goes to Jerusalem Nehemiah 2:11-20 - 445 BC - Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem's Wall

Here we continue with Ezra's account, which we left following the dedication of the temple nad the celebration of the Passover in 515 BC (see Ezra 6:19-22) Ezra 4:7-23 - 464 BC - Later Opposition under King Artaxerxes Ezra 7:1-10 - 458 BC - Ezra Arrives in Jerusalem Ezra 7:11-26 - 458 BC - Artaxerxes' Letter to Ezra Ezra 7:27,28 - 458 BC - Ezra Praises the LORD Ezra 8:1-14 - 458 BC - Exile...

Esther 5:1-8 - 474 BC - Esther's Request to the King Esther 5:9-14 - 474 BC - Haman's Plan to Kill Mordecai Esther 6:1-14 - 474 BC - The King Honors Mordecai Esther 7:1-10 - 474 BC - The King Executes Haman Esther 8:1-17 - 474 BC. - A Decree to Help the Jews Esther 9:1-19 - 473 BC - The Victory of the Jews Esther 9:20-32 - 473 BC - The Festival of Purim Esther 10:1-3 - 473 BC - The Greatne...

Ezra 6:14b-18 - 515 BC - The Temple's Dedication Ezra 6:19-22 - 515 BC - Celebration of passover Ezra 4:6 - 486 BC. - Opposition under King Xerxes Esther's story took place in Persia during the reign of King Xerxes I (486-465 BC) Esther 1:1-9 - The King's Banquet Esther 1:10-22 - Queen Vashti Deposed Esther 2:1-14 - around 479 BC - Esther Becomes Queen Esther 2:15-20 - around 478 BC Es...

Zechariah 9:1-8 - Judgment against Israel's Enemies Zechariah 9:9-17 - Zion's Coming King Zechariah 10:1-11:3 - The LORD will restore His People Zechariah 11:4-17 - The Good and Evil Shepherds Zechariah 12:1-14 - Future Deliverance for Jerusalem Zechariah 13:1-6 - A Fountain of Cleansing Zechariah 13:7-9 - The Scattering of the Sheep Zechariah 14:1-21 - The Lord will rule the Earth

Zechariah 6:1-8 - Four Chariots Zechariah 6:9-15 - The Crowing of Joshua Ezra 5:3-17 - Tattenai's Letter to King Darius Ezra 6:1-14a - Darius Approves the Rebuilding Zechariah 7:1-14 - 518 BC - A Call to Justice and Mercy Zechariah 8:1-23 - Promised Blessings for Jerusalem

Haggai 1:15b-2:9 - 520 BC - The New Temple's Spendor Zechariah 1:1-6 - 520 BC - A Call to Return to the LORD Haggai 2:10-19 - 520 BC - Blessings Promised for Obedience Ezra 5:2 - 520 BC - The Rebuilding Resumes Haggai 2:20-23 - 520 BC - Promises for Zerubbabel Zechariah 1:7-17 - 519 BC - A Man among the Myrtle Trees Zechariah 1:18-21 - Four Horns and Four Craftsmen Zechariah 2:1-5 - Future Pro...

Daniel 10:1-11:1 - around 536 BC - Daniel's Vision of a Messenger Daniel 11:2-45 - around 536 BC - Kings of the South and North Daniel 12:1-13 - around 536 BC - the Time of the End Ezra 4:24-5:1 - 520 BC - Haggai and Zechariah prophesy Haggai 1:1-11 - 520 BC - A Call to Rebuild the Temple Haggai 1:12-15a - 520 BC - Obedience to God's Call

Ezra 2:1-70 - 538 BC - Exiles Who Returned with Zerubbabel Ezra 3:1-7 - 538 BC - The Altar is Rebuilt Ezra 3:8-13 - 537 BC - The People Rebuilding the Temple Ezra 4:1-5 - Enemies Oppose the Rebuilding I Chronicles 3:19b-24 - Zerubbabel's Descendants

Daniel 6:1-28 - Daniel in the Lions Den - around 538 BC The events of Daniel 6 took place shortly after Darius the Mede took over Babylon in October, 539 BC Daniel 9:1-19 - around 538 BC - Daniel's Prayer for His People Daniel 9:20-27 - Gabriel's Message about the Exile II Chronicles 36:22,23 - 538 BC - Cyrus Allows the Exiles to Return Ezra 1:1-11 I Chronicles 3:17-19a - Descendants of Je...

Belshazzar began to reign around 553 BC as co-regent with his father, Nabonidus, who had begun to reign around 556 BC. Although Belshazzar was officially second-in-command to Nabonidus from 553 to 539 BC, he appears to have been the active ruler of Babylon during this time. Daniel 7:1-14 - around 553 BC - Daniel's Vision of Four Beasts Daniel 7:15-28 - The Vision is Explained Daniel 8:1-14 - a...

Ezekiel 47:1-12 - The River of Healing Ezekiel 47:13-23 - Boundaries for the Land Ezekiel 48:1-29 - Division of the Land Ezekiel 48:30-35 - The Gates of the City Ezekiel 29:17-21 - 571 BC - Nebuchadnezzar to Conquer Egypt Ezekiel 30:1-19 - A Sad Day for Egypt II Kings 25:27-30 - 561 BC - Hope for Israel's Royal Line Jeremiah 52:31-34

Ezekiel 44:1-31 - The Prince, Levites, and Priests Ezekiel 45:1-8a - Division of th eLand Ezekiel 45:8b-12 - Rules for the Prince Ezekiel 45:13-46:18 - Special Offerings and Celebrations Ezekiel 46:19-24 - The Temple Kitchens

Ezekiel 40:38-43 - Rooms for Preparing Sacrifices Ezekiel 40:44-47 - Rooms for the Priests Ezekiel 40:48-41:26 - The Inner Courtyard and Temple Ezekiel 42:1-20 - Rooms for the Priests Ezekiel 43:1-12 - The LORD'S Glory Returns Ezekiel 43:13-27 - The Altar

I Chronicles 8:29-9:1 - The Family of Saul Nebuchadnezzar's activities between 582 and 575 BC are not recorded in the Babylonian records; this may have been due to his madness described in Daniel 4. Nebuchadnezzar would then have written this account around 575 BC, describing events beginning around 583 BC Daniel 4:1-18 - around 575 BC - Nebuchadnezzar's Dream about a Tree Daniel 4:19-27 -...

I Chronicles 5:18-26 - The Tribes East of the Jordan I Chronicles 6:3b - Aaron's Descendants I Chronicles 6:49 I Chronicles 6:4-15 I Chronicles 7:1-5 - Descendants of Issachar I Chronicles 7:6-12 - Descendants of benjamin I Chronicles 7:13 - Descendants of naphtali I Chronicles 7:14-19 - Descendants of Manasseh I Chronicles 7:20-29 - Descendants of Ephraim I Chronicles 7:30-40 - Descendants of...

Ezekiel 32:17-32 - 585 BC - Egypt Falls into the Pit Ezekiel 33:1-9 - Ezekiel as israel's Watchman Ezekiel 33:10-20 - The Watchman's Message Jeremiah 52:28-30 - 597-581 BC - Captives from Jerusalem Here is a summary of the captives taken from Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 597, 586 and 581 BC Psalm 137 The following genealogies reach from the time of Jacob's sons down to the Exile I C...

Ezekiel 37:1-14 - A Valley of Dry Bones Ezekiel 37:15-28 - Reunion of Israel and Judah Ezekiel 38:1-23 - A Message for Gog Ezekiel 39:1-24 - The Slaughter of Gog's Armies Ezekiel 39:25-29 - Restoration for God's People Ezekiel 32:1-16 - 585 BC - A Warning for Pharoah

Ezekiel 34:1-10 - The Shepherds of Israel Ezekiel 34:11-24 - The Good Shepherd Ezekiel 34:25-31 - The LORD'S Covenant of peace Ezekiel 35:1-15 - A Message for Edom Ezekiel 36:1-38 - Restoration for israel

Bible reading for today

Lamentations 5:1-22 - Prayer for Restoration Obadiah's prophecy against Edom may have been provoked by Edom's role in the sack of Jerusalem in 586 BC. Obadiah 1:1a - The Prophecy of Obadiah Obadiah 1:1b-9 - Edom's Judgment Announced Obadiah 1:10-14 - Reasons for Edom's Punishment Obadiah 1:15-21 - Edom Destroyed, Israel Restored II Kings 25:22-26 - 586 BC - Gedaliah Governs in Juda...

Jeremiah 42:1-22 - Warning to Stay in Judah Jeremiah 43:1-13 - Jeremiah Taken to Egypt Jeremiah 44:1-30 - Judgment for idolatry The news of Jerusalem's fall came to the prophet Ezekiel approximately six months after the fact. Ezekiel 33:21-33 - 585 BC - Ezekiel's Record of Jerusalem's Fall