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