Day 275 of Let's Read the Bible - 2 Samuel 8, Ezra 4, Ezekiel 31

Today we read about David defeating the Edomites, Moabites, Ammonites, and Philistines. Enemies of Judah and Benjamin sabotage the rebuilding of the House of the Lord by writing to Artaxerxes. Ezekiel prophesies about Pharaoh being a fallen cedar in Lebanon and the Lord declaring that a tree will never rise so high again.