Timeline for Ezra-Nehemiah
Ezra-Nehemiah from a Jewish Perspective (Ac)
Glossary (Ad)
The Identification of Ezra’s Book of the Torah (Ae)
Ezra-Nehemiah Chronology (Af)
I. First Return in 538-515 BC – Ezra 1:1 to 6:22 (Ag)
A. Cyrus Decrees: Rebuild the Temple – Ezra 1:1-11 (Ah)
1. The Decree of Cyrus – Ezra 1:1-4 (Ai)
2. The Return to Isra’el Under Sheshbazzar – Ezra 1:5-11 (Aj)
B. Numbering the Exiles Who Returned Under Zerubbabel – Ezra 2:1-70 (Ak)
1. The Clans Who Returned from Captivity in Babylon – Ezra 2:1-19 (Al)
2. The Geographical Place-Names who Returned – Ezra 2:20-35 (Am)
3. Priests, Levites and Temple servants – Ezra 2:36-60 (An)
4. The Generosity of the People of God – Ezra 2:61-70 (Ao)
C. The Revival of Temple Worship – Ezra 3:1-13 (Ap)
1. Rebuilding the Bronze Altar and the Festival of Sukkot – Ezra 3:1-6 (Aq)
2. The Start of Rebuilding the Temple – Ezra 3:7-13 (Ar)
D. Opposition to Rebuilding the Temple – Ezra 4:1-24 (As)
1. Opposition during the Reign of Cyrus – Ezra 4:1-5 (At)
2. Opposition during the Reigns of Ahasuerus and Artakh’shasta – Ezra 4:6-24 (Au)
a. Letters to Ahasuerus and Artakh’shasta – Ezra 4:6-16 (Av)
b. The Resumption of Work Under King Darius – Ezra 4:17-24 (Aw)
3. Preaching that Produces Repentance – Ez 5:1-2; Hag 1:1-2:9; Zech 7:1-8:23 (Ax)
a. Haggai: The Strait Talker – Ezra 5:1-2 and Haggai 1:1 to 2:9 (Ay)
b. Zechariah: the Visionary – Ezra 5:1-2 and Zechariah 7:1 to 8:23 (Az)
E. The Completion of the Temple – Ezra 5:1 to 6:22 (Ba)
1. The Prophets Restart the Building of the Temple – Ezra 5:1-17 (Bb)
2. King Darius Endorses Rebuilding the Temple – Ezra 6:1-12 (Bc)
3. The Completion and Dedication of the Temple – Ezra 6:13-22 (Bd)
57 year gap between Zerubbabel and Ezra
Esther Queen of Persia (Be)
II. The Second Return in 458-457 BC – Ezra 7:1-10:44 and Neh 7:73b-11:36 (Bf)
A. Ezra’s Return to Jerusalem – Ezra 7:1 to 8:36 (Bg)
1. Ezra Returns from Babylon – Ezra 7:1-10 (Bh)
2. King Artakh’shasta’s Letter to Ezra – Ezra 7:11-7:28a (Bi)
3. The List of Exiles who Returned with Ezra – Ezra 7:28b-8:14 (Bj)
4. Ezra’s Arrival in Jerusalem – Ezra 8:15-36 (Bk)
B. Ezra’s Reforms – 9:1 to 10:44; Nehemiah 7:73b-9:37 (Bl)
1. Ezra Reads the Torah Scroll of Moses – Nehemiah 7:73b-8:1-12 (Bm)
2. The Feast of Sukkot Celebrated – Nehemiah 8:13-18 (Bn)
3. Ezra’s Prayer about Intermarriage – Ezra 9:1-15 (Bo)
4. The Israelites Confess Their Sins – Ezra 10:1-6 and Nehemiah 9:1-37 (Bp)
5. A Binding Agreement – Nehemiah 9:38 to 10:39 (Bq)
6. The Calling of a Public Assembly – Ezra 10:7-15 (Br)
7. Those Guilty of Intermarriage – Ezra 10:16-44 (Bs)
12 year gap between Ezra and Nehemiah
III. The Third Return 445-432 BC – Nehemiah 1:1 to 7:73a and 12:1 to 13:31 (Bt)
A. Nehemiah Intercedes for Jerusalem – Nehemiah 1:1-11 (Bu)
B. Favor with King Artakhshasta – Nehemiah 2:1-20 (Bv)
1. The Response of King Artakhshasta – Nehemiah 2:1-10 (Bw)
2. Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem’s Walls – Nehemiah 2:11-20 (Bx)
C. The List of the Builders of the Wall – Nehemiah 3:1-32 (By)
1. Repairing the Northern and Western Walls – Nehemiah 3:1-15 (Bz)
2. The Construction of the Eastern Wall – Nehemiah 3:16-32 (Ca)
D. Renewed Opposition to the Rebuilding of the Walls – Nehemiah 4:1-23 (Cb)
1. Samaritan Opposition to the Building of the Walls – Nehemiah 4:1-15 (Cc)
2. The Rebuilding the Walls of Jerusalem – Nehemiah 4:16-23 (Cd)
E. Nehemiah Helps the Poor Israelites– Nehemiah 5:1-19 (Ce)
1. The Complaints of the Poor Israelites – Nehemiah 5:1-13 (Cf)
2. Nehemiah’s Unselfish Leadership – Nehemiah 5:14-19 (Cg)
F. The Completion of the Walls Despite Opposition – Nehemiah 6:1-19 (Ch)
1. Attempts to Snare Nehemiah – Nehemiah 6:1-9 (Ci)
2. The Hiring of False Prophets – Nehemiah 6:10-14 (Cj)
3. The Completion of the Walls – Nehemiah 6:15-19 (Ck)
G. The Dedication of the Walls of Jerusalem – Nehemiah 12:27-47 (Cl)
H. The Inspired List of Ezra 2 and the Human Register of Nehemiah 7 (Cm)
I. Hanani, Hananiah and the Returning Exiles – Nehemiah 7:1-73a (Cn)
J. The New Residents of Jerusalem – Nehemiah 11:1-36 (Co)
K. Identifying the Priests and Levites – Nehemiah 12:1-26 (Cp)
L. Malachi: The Pollution of the Priesthood – Malachi 1:1 to 2:17 (Cq)
M. Nehemiah’s Final Reforms – 13:1-31 (Cr)
400 Years of Silence (The Intertestamental Period)
End Notes (Cs)
Bibliography (Ct)
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