Devotions

Esther Saves the Jews On that day King Ahasuerus gave to Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came before...

Rebuilding the Wall of Jerusalem Then Eliashib the high priest and the other priests started to rebuild at the Sheep Gate. They dedicated...

So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther. And on the second day, as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king again...

Builders of the Wall Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests went to work and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set its...

Read Nehemiah 3. When Nehemiah faced the huge task of rebuilding the wall, he found an easier way to accomplish it. What was his strategy?...

The King Honors Mordecai On that night the king could not sleep. And he gave orders to bring the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles,...

Esther Prepares a Banquet On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, in front...

Esther Agrees to Help the Jews When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and...

Nehemiah Goes to Jerusalem Early the following spring, in the month of Nisan, during the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes’ reign, I was...