Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther (Biblia.com)

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Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther are the historical books from Israel’s postexilic period. While lacking miraculous intervention found in previous historical books, God is nevertheless active behind the scenes, working through human agency and sovereignly orchestrated “coincidences” to achieve his purposes: the restoration and protection of his people, despite opposition and outright threat.

It is equally or even more important to understand the spiritual context of which the author assumes readers are aware. The status of the Jewish community in Babylon at the beginning of Ezra-Nehemiah can be understood from 2 Chronicles 36:15–21. Their ancestors had disobeyed God and refused to listen to the prophets God sent to warn them of impending judgment. Eventually God brought the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar to attack and destroy the Jerusalem temple, the city wall, and much else in the

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