The Strand Study Bible

NEHEMIAH CHAPTER OUTLINE FOR NEHEMIAH

Nehemiah 1 Nehemiah 2 Nehemiah 3 Nehemiah 4 Nehemiah 5 Nehemiah 6 Nehemiah 7 Nehemiah 8 Nehemiah 9 Nehemiah 10 Nehemiah 11 Nehemiah 12 Nehemiah 13

Nehemiah’s burden for Jerusalem

Nehemiah’s request to return to Jerusalem is granted; Medo-Persia allows the third group of Jews to return from captivity

The names of the builders of the wall

Sanballat and Tobiah oppose the rebuilding of the wall

Nehemiah rebukes Israel’s greedy elders

Sanballat and Tobiah attempt to trick Nehemiah; The wall is finished

Nehemiah places Hanani and Hananiah in charge of Jerusalem

Ezra preaches to the people

Ezra’s second revival

Those who signed the covenant Those who dwelt in Jerusalem

Review of the priests and Levites who came to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel

The book of Moses is read; Separation from the heathen is stressed

SIMPLE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF NEHEMIAH

TEXT

SUBJECT HEAD

DATE

Medo-Persia allows the third group of Jews to return from captivity - The wall is finished

Nehemiah 1-6

445-444 BC

Nehemiah 12:27 - 13:5 The dedication of the wall

444 BC 444 BC

Nehemiah 7:1 - 12:26 Nehemiah 13:6-31

Ezra’s second revival

Nehemiah leaves Jerusalem and returns to Babylon after twelve years

433-432 BC

Malachi 1-4

The LORD rebukes Israel for their insincere devotion

c. 432 BC c. 400 BC

The philosophy of Humanism begins

*Religious Note -

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