Daily Readings in the Bible Ezra 1-3

After seventy years of captivity in Babylon, a remnant of Jews were allowed to return to Jerusalem. Covering one hunderd years of history, the book is divided into two parts. The first part of the book chronicles twenty years of a remnant of Jews returning to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple under the leadership of Zerubbabel (Ezra 1-6). After a gap of sixty years, the second part of the book records an additional remnant of Jews returning, and the proceeding reformation under the leadership of E...