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EZRA. |
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NEHEMIAH. |
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Hanani's report in the month of Chislen leads to the "going forth of
the commandment to rebuild Jerusalem" (Dan. 9:25) by Artaxerxes (i.e. ASTYAGES)
in his twentieth year. |
1:1-2, 8. |
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NEHEMIAH'S JOURNEY. He visits the Governors, and presents Credentials. |
2:9. |
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SANBALLAT'S RECEPTION. |
2:10. |
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NEHEMIAH'S NIGHT SURVEY OF THE RUINS. |
2:12-15. |
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HIS REPORT TO THE JEWS. |
2:16-18. |
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OPPOSITION THREATENED (Moab, Ammon, and Ishmael) on charge of rebellion
against the Suzerain King (i.e. of Babylon) Nebuchadnezzar. |
2:19. |
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NEHEMIAH'S ANSWER. Foundation work of Wall begun. Wall
itself finished to half its height. |
2:20-4:6. |
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ATTEMPTED OPPOSITION BY FORCE. |
4:7. 8. |
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NEHEMIAH'S COURSE. PRAYER AND WATCH. |
4:9. |
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COMPLAINT OF JUDAH. Used by Adversaries. |
4:10-14. |
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RESULTS. |
4:15. |
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WALL COMPLETED (second half) in fifty-two days. |
4:16-6:15. |
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EFFECT ON ENEMIES. |
6:16. |
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REFERENCE TO HINDRANCE DURING THE BUILDING. |
6:17-19. |
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Condition of the City. |
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WALL BUILT. |
7:1. |
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HANANI APPOINTED GOVERNOR. |
7:2, 3. |
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CITY OPEN. PEOPLE FEW. HOUSES NOT BUILDED. (Cp. Hag.
1:4.) |
7:4. |
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(Interval of twenty-eight years.) |
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1:1-4. |
EMANCIPATION ACT OF CYRUS. |
426 |
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1:5-2:2 |
RETURN UNDER ZERUBBABEL. [N.B. Cyrus's specification for building
the Temple recorded in 6:3-5, falls into its proper place here between
2:1 and 2.] |
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2:1-70. |
Genealogies of those who Returned. |
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Genealogies of those who Returned. |
7:5-73-. |
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The Seventh Month. |
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The Seventh Month. |
7:-73. |
3:1-3. |
THE ALTAR OF BURNT OFFERING SET UP. |
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THE FIRST DAY. |
8:1-12. |
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THE SECOND DAY. Instruction. |
8:13-15. |
3:4-6-. |
Feast of Tabernacles Kept. |
426 |
Feast of Tabernacles Kept. |
8:16-18. |
3:-6. |
"BUT THE FOUNDATION OF TEMPLE NOT YET LAID." |
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3:7. |
SIX MONTHS' PREPARATION FOR THE BUILDING. |
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3:8-13. |
SECOND YEAR OF RETURN. Second Month. TEMPLE FOUNDATION
LAID. |
425 |
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FIFTEEN YEARS OF OPPOSITION. From second year of RETURN to second
year of DARIUS HYSTASPIS. |
419 |
NEHEMIAH GOES BACK for twelve years (cp. 13:6). |
(5:14.) |
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[N.B. Chapters 4:1-6:22 are a retrospective reference to the WALL-building
of Neh. 2:20-6:15.] |
410 |
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Second Year of DARIUS HYSTASPIS. Sixth month : "This People
say, 'The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house should
be built.'" Hag. 1:2. |
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COMMAND : "Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled
houses, and THIS HOUSE LIE WASTE?" Hag. 1:4. "GO UP ... AND
BUILD." Hag. 1:8. |
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SIXTH MONTH. Twenty-fourth Day. The WORK BEGUN. Hag.
1:14-15. |
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SEVENTH MONTH (7th day of Feast of Tabernacles). The word to
Zerubbabel (Hag. 2:1-9). |
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EIGHTH MONTH. The WORD to ZECHARIAH. Zech. 1:1. |
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NINTH MONTH. Twenty-fourth Day. The WORD to the PRIESTS. Hag. 2:10-19. |
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NINTH MONTH. Twenty-fourth Day. The FINAL WORD to ZERUBBABEL. Hag. 2:20-23. |
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ELEVENTH MONTH. Twenty-fourth Day. The WORD to ZECHARIAH. Zech. 1:7. |
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FOURTH YEAR OF DARIUS HYSTASPIS. Ninth Month. Fourth Day.
The WORD to ZECHARIAH. (N.B. His last date.) Zech. 7:1. |
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6:15. |
SIXTH YEAR, Twelfth Month of DARIUS HYSTASPIS. TEMPLE FINISHED. |
407 |
NEHEMIAH OBTAINS LEAVE OF ABSENCE, and RETURNS to be present at |
(13:6.) |
6:16-18. |
The Dedication of the Temple. |
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The Dedication of the Temple. |
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Twenty years after laying the Foundation, 3:8-13 (in 425) : and
five years and six months from beginning the House itself (Hag. 1:14, 15).
Ending the "Seven Sevens" from "the going forth of the commandment" of
Dan. 9:25 in 454 B.C. |
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6:19-22. |
THE FIRST PASSOVER. |
404 |
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7:1-8:36. |
EZRA "WENT UP FROM BABYLON" as TIRSHATHA. App
973
ointed by the Persian
Council of State. Four months' journey, from 1st NISAN, and arrival
at Jerusalem 1st of AB. |
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9:1, 2. |
Separation of the People. Report of the Princes re the
NON-SEPARATION of the Princes, Priests and Levites. |
404 |
Separation of the People. |
9:1, 2. |
9:3, 4. |
THE "ASSEMBLY" of all that were troubled at the words of God of Israel. |
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THE "ASSEMBLY," and reading of the Law of Jehovah, on the twenty-fourth
day of the seventh month. (The second day of the Feast of Tabernacles.) |
9:3. |
9:5-15. |
EZRA'S PRAYER. |
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THE LEVITES' PRAYER. |
9:4-37. |
10:1-17. |
"Strange Wives" and the Covenant. |
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"Strange Wives" and the Covenant. |
9:38-10:39. |
10:18-44. |
NAMES OF THE PRIESTS, Levites, and others who had married strange wives. |
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NAMES OF THOSE WHO "SEALED" THE COVENANT. |
10:1-39. |
10:17 |
EZRA'S LATEST DATE : 1st of NISAN, in eighth year of DARIUS HYSTASPIS. |
403 |
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RESIDENTS IN JERUSALEM. |
11:1-36. |
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LIST OF PRIESTS WHO RETURNED with ZERUBBABEL and EZRA for the Dedication
of the WALL. |
12:1-26. |
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THE DEDICATION OF THE WALL. |
12:27-47. |
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THE REFORMATION OF THE PEOPLE. |
13:1-31. |
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The Whole Period covered by EZRA twenty-three years (426-403 B.C.). |
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The Whole Period covered by NEHEMIAH fifty-two years (455-402 B.C.). |
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