1. THE TEMPLE SOLOMON’S TEMPLE SOLOMON FINISHED THE TEMPLE(959 BC)? TEMPLE REPAIRED BY JOSIAH(640 BC)? DESTROYED BY NEBUCHADNEZZAR(586 BC)? PROPHESIED BY ISAIAH(712 BC)? ZERUBBABEL’S TEMPLE RECONSTRUCTION UNDER CYRUS(536 BC)? BUILDING CEASES UNDER ARTAXERXES(17 YEARS)? BUILDING CONTINUES UNDER DARIUS (519 BC)? TEMPLE COMPLETED UNDER DARIUS(516-458 BC)?

2. PEOPLE TO REMEMBER ZERUBBABEL - SHESHBAZZAR - LEVITE GOVERNOR OF JUDAH - HAGGAI 1:1(536 BC)? KING CYRUS:EZRA 1:1(536 BC)? LEVITES WHO CAME WITH ZERUBBABEL NEHEMIAH - PRIESTEZRA 2:2(536 BC)? JEREMIAH - PRIESTNEHEMIAH 12:1(536 BC)? JESHUA - HIGH PRIESTNEHEMIAH 12:1(536 BC)? EZRA - PRIESTNEHEMIAH 12:1(536 BC)? KING DARIUS:EZRA 1-6(538-516 BC)? ESTHER QUEEN OF PERSIA (478 BC)?(58 YEARS)? ARTAXERXES: EZRA 7-10(458-457 BC)? (ARTAXERXES LONGIMANUS: 465-424 BC?)

3. EZRA CHAPTER TWO ACCOUNT OF ALL WHO RETURNED FROM BABYLONV. 1-35 PRIESTS, LEVITES, SINGERS AND PORTERSV. 36-42 NETHINIM AND SOLOMON'S SERVANTSV. 43-58 OTHERS WHO COULD NOT FIND OUT THEIR REGISTERSV. 59-62 TOTAL NUMBER OF THE CONGREGATIONV. 63-64 THEIR SERVANTS, MAIDS, AND SINGERSV. 65 THEIR HORSES, MULES, CAMELS, AND DONKEYSV. 66-67 THE OFFERINGS OF THE CHIEF MEN V. 68-69 THEY ALL SETTLE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CITIESV. 70 THIS IS ALSO RECORDED:NEHEMIAH 7:7-69

4. READ:EZRA 2:1-2 1These are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his own city. 2Those who came with Zerubbabel were Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

5. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:1-2 1These are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his own city. READ:NEHEMIAH 7:6 6These are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city.(NKJ) WHAT ‘PROVINCE’ WERE THESE PEOPLE FROM?

6. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:1-2 1These are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his own city. ALSO:(NEHEMIAH 7:6) WHO CARRIED THEM AWAY IN CAPTIVITY? WHEN DID THIS OCCUR?(587 BC)? READ:DANIEL 1:1 1In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.(NKJ)

7. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:1-2 1These are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his own city. ALSO:NEHEMIAH 7:6 6These are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city.(NKJ) WHERE DID THEY RETURN TO?WHEN? (536 BC)?

8. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:1-2 2Those who came with Zerubbabel were Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: ALSO:NEHEMIAH 7:7 7Those who came with Zerubbabel were Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:(NKJ) WHO WAS ZERUBBABEL?WHO CAME WITH HIM? WHO ARE THESE MEN? JESHUA? NEHEMIAH? MORDECAI?

9. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:1-2 WHO WAS ZERUBBABEL?(536 BC)? WHO WAS JESHUA?(JOSHUA)? READ:HAGGAI 1:14 14The LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,(NKJ)

10. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:1-2 WHO WAS ZERUBBABEL?(536 BC)? WHO WAS JESHUA? (JOSHUA)?(536 BC)? READ:HAGGAI 2:2-4 2"Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying: 3'Who is left among you who saw this temple in its former glory? How do you see it now? In comparison with it, is this not in your eyes as nothing? 4'Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,' says the LORD; 'and be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land,' says the LORD, 'and work; for I am with you,' says the LORD of hosts.(NKJ)

11. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:1-2 WHO WAS NEHEMIAH?(536 BC)? READ:NEHEMIAH 2:5 5I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' tombs, that I may rebuild it.“(NKJ) WHO WAS MORDECAI?(536 BC)? READ:ESTHER 2:5 5In Shushan the citadel there was a certain Jew whose name was Mordecai the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite.(NKJ)

12. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:1-2 2Those who came with Zerubbabel were Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: ALSO:NEHEMIAH 7:7 7Those who came with Zerubbabel were Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:(NKJ) WHY NUMBER THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL? WERE THEY NUMBERED BEFORE?WHEN?

13. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:1-2 WERE THEY NUMBERED BEFORE?WHEN? FIRST TIME: WHEN THEY CAME OUT OF EGYPT? READ:NUMBERS 1:1-3 1The LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying: 2"Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male individually, 3"From twenty years old and above - all who are able to go to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their armies. (NKJ)

14. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:1-2 WERE THEY NUMBERED BEFORE?WHEN? SECOND TIME WHEN THEY ENTERED CANAAN? READ:NUMBERS 26:2-4 2"Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel from twenty years old and above, by their fathers' houses, all who are able to go to war in Israel." 3So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, saying: 4"Take a census of the people from twenty years old and above, just as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt.“(NKJ)

15. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:1-2 WHY NUMBER THE LEVITES SEPARATELY? READ:NUMBERS 1:47-49 47But the Levites were not numbered among them by their fathers' tribe; 48For the LORD had spoken to Moses, saying: 49"Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor take a census of them among the children of Israel; (NKJ) READ:NUMBERS 3:14-16 14The LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying: 15"Number the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families; you shall number every male from a month old and above." 16So Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.(NKJ)

16. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:1-2 WHY NUMBER THE LEVITES SEPARATELY? READ:NUMBERS 26:57-62 57These are those who were numbered of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites. 62Now those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and above; for they were not numbered among the other children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given to them among the children of Israel. (NKJ) ARE THEY LISTED SEPARATELY IN EZRA & NEHEMIAH? WHY?

17. READ:EZRA 2:3-7 3The people of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two;(2172) 4The people of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy- two;(372) 5The people of Arah, seven hundred and seventy-five; (775) 6The people of Pahath-Moab, of the people of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve; (2812) 7The people of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;(1254)

18. READ:EZRA 2:8-13 8The people of Zattu, nine hundred and forty-five; (945) 9The people of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty; (760) 10The people of Bani, six hundred and forty-two; (642) 11The people of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-three; (623) 12The people of Azgad, one thousand two hundred and twenty-two;(1222) 13The people of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-six; (666)

19. READ:EZRA 2:14-21 14The people of Bigvai, two thousand and fifty-six; (2056) 15The people of Adin, four hundred and fifty-four; (454) 16The people of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety-eight;(98) 17The people of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-three; (323) 18The people of Jorah, one hundred and twelve;(112) 19The people of Hashum, two hundred and twenty-three; (223) 20The people of Gibbar, ninety-five;(95) 21The people of Bethlehem, one hundred and twenty- three;(123)

20. READ:EZRA 2:22-28 22The men of Netophah, fifty-six;(56) 23The men of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight; (128) 24The people of Azmaveth, forty-two;(42) 25The people of Kirjath Arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three;(743) 26The people of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one;(621) 27The men of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two; (122) 28The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred and twenty- three;(223)

21. READ:EZRA 2:29-35 29The people of Nebo, fifty-two;(52) 30The people of Magbish, one hundred and fifty-six; (156) 31The people of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four;(1254) 32The people of Harim, three hundred and twenty; (320) 33The people of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five;(725) 34The people of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five; (345) 35The people of Senaah, three thousand six hundred and thirty.(3630)

22. READ:EZRA 2:36-41 36The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three;(973) 37The sons of Immer, one thousand and fifty-two; (1052) 38The sons of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven;(1247) 39The sons of Harim, one thousand and seventeen. (1017) 40The Levites: the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodaviah, seventy-four.(74) 41The singers: the sons of Asaph, one hundred and twenty-eight.(128)

23. READ:EZRA 2:42-46 42The sons of the gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, and the sons of Shobai, one hundred and thirty-nine in all.(139) 43The Nethinim: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth, 44The sons of Keros, the sons of Siaha, the sons of Padon, 45The sons of Lebanah, the sons of Hagabah, the sons of Akkub, 46The sons of Hagab, the sons of Shalmai, the sons of Hanan,

24. READ:EZRA 2:47-52 47The sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, the sons of Reaiah, 48The sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, the sons of Gazzam, 49The sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, the sons of Besai, 50The sons of Asnah, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephusim, 51The sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur, 52The sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha,

25. READ:EZRA 2:53-58 53The sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Tamah, 54The sons of Neziah, and the sons of Hatipha. 55The sons of Solomon's servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Peruda, 56The sons of Jaala, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel, 57The sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth of Zebaim, and the sons of Ami. 58All the Nethinim and the children of Solomon's servants were three hundred and ninety-two.(392)

26. READ:EZRA 2:59-61 59And these were the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not identify their father's house or their genealogy, whether they were of Israel: 60The sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, and the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two; 61And of the sons of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Koz, and the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name.

27. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:59-61 59And these were the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; BUT they could not identify their father's house OR their genealogy, whether they were of Israel: WHO WERE THESE PEOPLE? WHY WERE THEY NUMBERED SEPARATELY?

28. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:59-61 60The sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, and the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two;(652) 61And of the sons of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Koz, and the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name. WHY WERE THESE PREISTS NUMBERED SEPARATELY?

29. READ:EZRA 2:62-64 62These sought their listing among those who were registered by genealogy, but they were not found; therefore they were excluded from the priesthood as defiled. 63The governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things till a priest could consult with the Urim and Thummim. 64The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,

30. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:62-64 62These sought their listing among those who were registered by genealogy, BUT they were not found; therefore they were excluded from the priesthood as defiled. ALSO:NEHEMIAH 7:5 5My God put it into my heart to gather the nobles, the rulers, and the people, that they might be registered by genealogy. I found a register of the genealogy of those who had come up in the first return, and found written in it:(NKJ) WHERE DID THEY SEEK THEIR GENEALOGY? WHY WERE THEY EXCLUDED FROM THE PRIESTHOOD?

31. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:62-64 63The governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things till a priest could consult with the Urim and Thummim.ALSO: (NEHEMIAH 7:65) ALSO:NEHEMIAH 8:9 9Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, "This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn nor weep." For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the Law. (NKJ) WHO IS THE GOVERNOR?

32. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:62-64 63The governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things TILL a priest could consult with the Urim and Thummim.ALSO: (NEHEMIAH 7:65) WHAT DID THE GOVERNOR TELL THEM? WHAT ARE ‘THE MOST HOLY THINGS’? READ:NUMBERS 18:9 9"This shall be yours of the most holy things reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, every grain offering and every sin offering and every trespass offering which they render to Me, shall be most holy for you and your sons.(NKJ)

33. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:62-64 63The governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things TILL a priest could consult with the Urim and Thummim. ALSO:NEHEMIAH 7:65 65The governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things TILL a priest could consult with the Urim and Thummim. (NKJ) WHAT WOULD THE PRIEST DO? WHAT IS URIM AND THUMMIN?

34. WHAT IS URIM AND THUMMIM? READ:EXODUS 28:30 30“You shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron's heart when he goes in before the LORD. So Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel over his heart before the LORD continually.(NKJ) READ:LEVITICUS 8:8 8Then Moses put the breastplate on Aaron, and he put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastplate.(NKJ) READ:DEUTERONOMY 33:8 8And of Levi he said: "Let Your Thummim and Your Urim be with Your holy one, whom You tested at Massah, and with whom You contended at the waters of Meribah,

35. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:62-64 64The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,(42360) ALSO:NEHEMIAH 7:66 66Altogether the whole assembly was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,(42360) WHAT WAS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY?

36. READ:EZRA 2:65-67 65Besides their male and female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty- seven; and they had two hundred men and women singers. 66Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules two hundred and forty-five, 67Their camels four hundred and thirty-five, and their donkeys six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

37. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:65-67 65BESIDES their male and female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty- seven. And they had two hundred men and women singers.(7337 SERVANTS200 SINGERS?) ALSO:NEHEMIAH 7:67 67BESIDES their male and female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven. And they had two hundred and forty-five men and women singers. (7337 SERVANTS 245 SINGERS ?) WHY NUMBER SERVANTS AND SINGERS SEPARATELY?

38. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:65-67 66Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules two hundred and forty-five, (736 HORSES245 MULES) 67Their camels four hundred and thirty-five, and their donkeys six thousand seven hundred and twenty. (435 CAMELS6720 DONKEYS) ALSO:NEHEMIAH 7:68-69 68Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules two hundred and forty-five, 69Their camels four hundred and thirty-five, and donkeys six thousand seven hundred and twenty. WHY NUMBER THEIR LIVE STOCK?

39. READ:EZRA 2:68-70 68Some of the heads of the fathers' houses, when they came to the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God, to erect it in its place: 69According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for the work sixty-one thousand gold drachmas, five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priestly garments. 70So the priests and the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.(NKJ)

40. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:68-70 68Some of the heads of the fathers' houses, when they came to the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God, to erect it in its place: ALSO:NEHEMIAH 7:70 70Some of the heads of the fathers' houses gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand gold drachmas, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priestly garments. WHAT DID SOME OF THE FATHERS DO? WHAT DID THE GOVERNOR GIVE?

41. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:68-70 69According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for the work sixty-one thousand gold drachmas, five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priestly garments. ALSO:NEHEMIAH 7:72 72And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand gold drachmas, two thousand silver minas, and sixty-seven priestly garments. WHAT DID THE REST OF THE PEOPLE GIVE? HOW DID THEY GIVE?

42. QUESTIONS:EZRA 2:68-70 70So the priests and the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.(NKJ) ALSO:NEHEMIAH 7:73 73So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the Nethinim, and all Israel dwelt in their cities. When the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities. (NKJ) WHERE DID EACH OF THE FAMILIES DWELL? DOES ‘ALL ISRAEL’ MEAN ALL 12 TRIBES? WHEN DID THE COME TO PASS?