Ezra.6.22

Ezra 6:22

KJV

And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

The Returned Exiles Keep the Passover

Cross References

Exodus 12:15

KJV GOD

Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

The Feast of Unleavened Bread

Feast of Unleavened Bread

Ezra 1:1

KJV

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

The Proclamation of Cyrus

Cyrus’s Proclamation

Ezra 6:1

KJV

Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

The Decree of Darius

Ezra 7:27

KJV

¶ Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem:

Ezra Blesses God

Nehemiah 13:6

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But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:

The Temple Cleansed

Proverbs 21:1

KJV

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

The King’s Heart

Ezekiel 23:23