Who Said It?
“And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this.”
Mordecai
The primary place of exile this year
Babylon
Married to Queen Esther
King Xerxes
They were led by Nehemiah
Third wave of exiles
Prophesied to dry bones
Ezekiel
“Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin (peres)”
Daniel (reading the writing of God's hand on the wall)
The city where the wall was built
Jerusalem
Wrote the original decree allowing the exiles to return to the promised land
King Cyrus
They were the most numerous
First wave of exiles
Thrown into a blazing furnace for refusing to bow down to an idol
Shadrach (Hananiah), Meshach (mishael),
and Abednego (Azariah)
“The god of heaven will give us success. …as for you, you have no share in Jerusalem or any claim or historic right to it.”
Nehemiah
The city where the young women were brought to receive beauty treatments for the king of Persia
The city/citadel of Susa
Allowed Nehemiah to go to Jerusalem
King Artaxerxes
They were led by Ezra
Second wave of exiles
For seven years he ate grass like an ox
King Nebuchadnezzar
"For you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays."
Malachi
People from this city sent men to ask Zechariah if they could stop fasting now that the exile was over
Bethel
Had Daniel thrown into the lion’s den
King Darius
They first restored the altar and sacrificed to God before building the foundation of the second Temple.
First wave of exiles
This queen refused a king’s request
Queen Vashti
“So I shepherded the flock marked for slaughter…and broke my staffs called Favor and Union.”
Zechariah
The name of the river Ezekiel was standing next to when the heavens opened up and God revealed His glory
Kebar River (Ezekiel 1:1)
Last acting king of Babylon
King Belshazzar
Many of them worked while holding a weapon
Third wave of exiles
Governor of Judah described as the Lord's "signet ring"
Zerubbabel