Nehemiah 4 – Enemies Try to Stop the Work Video for Nehemiah 4: Nehemiah 4 – When Enemies Try to Stop the Work A. Sanballat and Tobiah ridicule the work of God. 1. (1-3) The attempt to discourage the workers. But it so happened, when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, that he…
Nehemiah 3 – The Building of the Walls A. The record of the builders. 1. (1-2) Builders near the Sheep Gate. Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They built as far as the Tower of the Hundred,…
Nehemiah 2 – Nehemiah’s Commission A. Nehemiah the cupbearer. 1. (1-2) Nehemiah stands before the king. And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, that I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never been sad…
Nehemiah 1 – Nehemiah’s Prayer A. Nehemiah hears of Jerusalem’s crisis condition. 1. Some 1,000 years after the time of Moses and some 400 years before the birth of Jesus, the nation of Israel and the Jewish people were in a desperate state. a. Their nations were destroyed, first the northern Jewish kingdom of Israel…
2 Samuel 2 – David and the War with Ishbosheth Audio for 2 Samuel 2: 2 Samuel 2 – More Anointing, More War A. Two kings over the people of God. 1. (1-4a) David, king of Judah. It happened after this that David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go up to any of…
1 Samuel 8 – Israel Demands a King Video for 1 Samuel 8: 1 Samuel 8 – The King Thing Audio for 1 Samuel 8: 1 Samuel 8 – When We Know Better Than God A. The people of Israel request a king. 1. (1-3) Samuel appoints his sons as judges. Now it came to…
Esther 10 – Mordecai’s Promotion A. Epilogue. 1. (1-2) The glory of the reign of King Ahasuerus. And King Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea. Now all the acts of his power and his might, and the account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced…
Esther 9 – Victory for the Jews A. They defeat their enemies. 1. (1-5) Victory, with the help of the king. Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day, the time came for the king’s command and his decree to be executed. On the day that the enemies…
Esther 8 – A Proclamation to Help the Jews A. The appeal to the king. 1. (1-2) Haman’s home is given to Esther; his position is given to Mordecai. On that day King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had…
Esther 7 – Haman’s End A. The second banquet. 1. (1-4) Esther finally makes her request: please spare my life! So the king and Haman went to dine with Queen Esther. And on the second day, at the banquet of wine, the king again said to Esther, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall…
Esther 6 – Honor for Mordecai A. The king’s question. 1. (1-3) A sleepless night. That night the king could not sleep. So one was commanded to bring the book of the records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. And it was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and…
Esther 5 – Esther’s Bold Request A. The first banquet. 1. (1-5) Esther invites both King Ahasuerus and Haman to a banquet. Now it happened on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, across from the king’s house, while the king sat…