BIBLICAL STUDIES102 HW 3 FORUM
EZRA
IN EZRA CHAPTER 3 IT TELLS US THAT JOSHUA BEGAN TO BUILD THE ALTAR OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL FOR BURNT OFFERINGS DESPITE OF THE FEAR OFTHE PEOPLE AROUND HIM. ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE SEVENTH MONT THEY BEGAN TO OFFER BURNT OFFERINGS TO THE LORD. AND SO WHEN XERXES BEGAN HIS REIGN THEY LODGED AN ACCUSATION AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH AND JERUSALEM.
NEHEMIAH
IN THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH THE WALL OF JERUSALEM HAD BEEN BROKEN DOWN AND ITS GATES HAD BEEN BURNT WITH FIRE. SO THE FISH GATE HAD BEEN REBUILT BY HASSENAAH, THEY REINFORCED IT WITH DOORS AND BOLTS AND BARS. SANBALLAT HEARD THAT THEY WERE REBUILDING THE WALL HE BECAME ANGRY AND RIDICULED THE JEWS.
