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• Acts 3:17

  [Bible Verses]

  Acts 3:17 is a verse from Peter's sermon in Solomon's Porch. In it, Peter says that the people of Jerusalem and their rulers, who delivered Jesus to death, did so "through ignorance." The verse is often cited in discussions of the relationship between ignorance and guilt, its connection to the call to repentance, and the question of Jewish collective responsibility.

• 2 Samuel 7

  [Bible]

  2 Samuel 7 is the chapter in which David seeks to build a temple, and God, speaking through the prophet Nathan, instead promises to establish David's house, kingdom, and throne forever. David responds with a prayer of thanksgiving.

• 2 Chronicles 30

  [Bible]

  2 Chronicles 30 records how Hezekiah, king of Judah, summoned all Israel, both north and south, to Jerusalem to keep the Passover in the second month, followed by a great festival lasting two weeks.

• 2 Chronicles 32

  [Bible]

  2 Chronicles 32 records the Assyrian king Sennacherib's invasion of Judah and the deliverance of Jerusalem; Hezekiah's illness, pride, and repentance; and his achievements and death.

• Matthew 23

  [Bible]

  Matthew 23 is the chapter in which Jesus rebukes the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees with seven pronouncements of "Woe unto you" and laments over Jerusalem. It contains 39 verses.

• Ezra (Scribe)

  [People]

  Ezra was a priest and scribe of Judah in the Persian period who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem and taught the law of Moses. He appears in Ezra 7–10, Nehemiah 8, and elsewhere.

• Uzziah

  [People]

  Uzziah was an eighth-century BC king of the southern kingdom of Judah who is called Azariah in 2 Kings. He had a long reign and strengthened the nation, but when he attempted to burn incense in the temple he was struck with leprosy and lived apart until his death.

• Persia

  [Bible]

  Persia is the Old Testament name for the Persian Empire. Having overthrown Babylon, it permitted the Judean exiles to return home and rebuild the temple, and it forms the backdrop for Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, and Daniel.

• Heman

  [People]

  Heman is an Old Testament figure who appears in 1 and 2 Chronicles as a Levite worship leader in charge of temple music in the time of David. The same name also appears in the title of Psalm 88 and in 1 Kings 4.

• Asaph

  [People]

  Asaph was a Levite musician in the time of David and a leader of the singers who led praise in the temple. Psalm 50 and Psalms 73–83 have come down as "Psalms of Asaph," and his descendants continued the ministry of praise after the return from exile.

• Jeduthun

  [People]

  Jeduthun was a Levite musician in the time of David who was responsible for praise in temple worship. With Asaph and Heman, he was one of three leaders who directed the singing and instrumental music.

• 2 Kings 19

  [Bible]

  In this chapter, Hezekiah, facing the threats of Sennacherib king of Assyria, sends messengers to Isaiah and prays in the temple. God answers: the angel of the LORD strikes down 185,000 Assyrian soldiers, and Sennacherib is later killed in his own land.

• Acts 4

  [Bible]

  Acts 4 describes Peter and John bearing witness to the name of Jesus before the council and being released, after which the Jerusalem church prays together and shares its possessions.

• Noadiah

  [People]

  Noadiah was a prophetess who tried to intimidate Nehemiah while he was rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. She is named only once in Scripture, in Nehemiah 6:14.

• Hosah

  [People]

  Hosah was a Levite of the Merarite clan in the time of David. According to 1 Chronicles, he was appointed a gatekeeper before the Ark of the Covenant and was assigned by lot to the west gate of the temple.

• Hezekiah

  [People]

  Hezekiah was a king of the southern kingdom of Judah who reigned from the late eighth to the early seventh century BC. Scripture presents him as a king who removed idols and restored temple worship. He is widely known for the accounts of the Assyrian invasion and of his prayer during his illness.

• Hosanna

  [Bible]

  "Hosanna" is a transliteration of a Hebrew expression meaning "save now." It derives from Psalm 118, and the Gospels record it as the acclamation the crowds shouted when Jesus entered Jerusalem.

• Sharezer

  [People]

  Sharezer is a son of the Assyrian king Sennacherib mentioned in the Old Testament. With his brother Adrammelech, he killed his father with the sword in a temple and then fled to the land of Ararat.

• 2 Kings 12

  [Bible]

  Second Kings 12 recounts the forty-year reign of Joash, king of Judah. It records his repair of the temple with silver gathered in a collection chest, his sending of sacred treasures to Hazael king of Aram to induce him to withdraw, and his death in a conspiracy by his servants.

• 2 Kings 22

  [Bible]

  2 Kings 22 recounts the accession of Josiah, king of Judah, and his repair of the temple. When the book of the law is found in the temple, the king repents, and the prophetess Huldah announces both the judgment coming upon Judah and the mercy Josiah will receive.