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Overview
Nehemiah
A. Nehemiah's Mission (Ne 1:1-7:73a)
(1.) Distressing News
(Ne 1:1-3)
I.) The journey to Jerusalem (Ne 1:1)
A.) Nehemiah Learns Of The Distress Of The Remnant Of Jerusalem [OR] Nehemiah Prays For His People [OR] Nehemiah's Prayer [OR] Nehemiah's Grief For The Exiles [OR] Nehemiah Learns Of The Misery Of Jerusalem (Ne 1:1)
1. Nehemiah's Prayer (Ne 1:4-11)
1.) He Mourns, Fasts, And Prays (Ne 1:4)
A.) Nehemiah's Prayer [OR] His Prayer (Ne 1:5)
2. The King Shows Compassion to Nehemiah (Ne 2:1-8)
A.) Artaxerxes Sends Nehemiah To Jerusalem [OR] Nehemiah Sent To Judah [OR] Nehemiah's Prayer Answered [OR] Artaxerxes Understands The Cause Of Nehemiah's Sadness And Sends Him To Jerusalem (Ne 2:1)
3. Nehemiah Goes to Jerusalem (Ne 2:9-10)
1.) Nehemiah, To The Grief Of The Enemies, Comes To Jerusalem (Ne 2:9)
4. Nehemiah Surveys the Damage to Jerusalem's Walls (Ne 2:11-20)
A.) Nehemiah Views The Ruined Walls [OR] Nehemiah Views The Wall Of Jerusalem [OR] Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem's Walls [OR] Nehemiah's Inspection Of The Walls (Ne 2:11)
1.) He Views Secretly The Ruins Of The Walls (Ne 2:12)
B.) Nehemiah Encourages The People To Build The Walls [OR] Decision To Restore The Walls [OR] He Encourages The Jews To Build, Despite The Enemies (Ne 2:17)
5. A List of the People Rebuilding Jerusalem's Walls (Ne 3:1-32)
I.) The building of the wall (Ne 3:1)
A.) The Builders Of The Wall [OR] Rebuilding The Wall [OR] Builders Of The Wall [OR] Builders Of The Walls [OR] Organization Of The Work [OR] The Names And Order Of Those Who Built The Wall [OR] The Wall Defended Against Enemies [OR] Opposition To The Rebuilding [OR] Work Is Ridiculed [OR] Hostile Plots Thwarted [OR] While The Enemies Scoff, Nehemiah Prays And Continues The Work (Ne 3:1)
6. Sanballat Ridicules the Jews (Ne 4:1-3)
A.) Opposition By Ridicule (Ne 4:1)
7. Nehemiah Overcomes Opposition From Sanballat (Ne 4:4-23)
A.) Nehemiah Answers By Prayer (Ne 4:4)
B.) Opposition By Anger: The Resource Of Prayer [OR] Understanding The Wrath And Secrets Of The Enemy, He Sets A Watch (Ne 4:7)
1.) Discouragement Overcome (Ne 4:9)
C.) Opposition By Discouraged Brethren: The Resource Of Faith (Ne 4:10)
1.) He Gives Military Precepts (Ne 4:19)
8. The Poor Complain About Their Rich Relatives (Ne 5:1-5)
A.) Opposition By Greed And Heartlessness: The Resource Of Restitution [OR] Nehemiah Deals With Oppression [OR] Nehemiah Helps The Poor [OR] Usury Abolished [OR] The Jews Complain Of Their Debts And Bondage (Ne 5:1)
9. Nehemiah Stops the Rich From Taking Advantage of the Poor (Ne 5:6-13)
1.) Nehemiah Rebukes The Usurers, And Exacts A Promise Of Restitution (Ne 5:6)
10. Nehemiah Never Takes What Is Rightfully His as Governor (Ne 5:14-18)
A.) Nehemiah's Example Of Unselfishness [OR] The Generosity Of Nehemiah [OR] Nehemiah's Example [OR] He Forgoes His Own Allowance, Yet Entertains Generously (Ne 5:14)
11. Nehemiah's Prayer (Ne 5:19-)
12. Sanballat Tries to Harm Nehemiah (Ne 6:1-14)
A.) Opposition By Craft: The Resource Of Manly Firmness [OR] Conspiracy Against Nehemiah [OR] Further Opposition To The Rebuilding [OR] The Enemy's Plot [OR] Intrigues Of Enemies Foiled [OR] Sanballat Tries By Craft, By Rumors, And By Hired Prophecies, To Terrify Nehemiah (Ne 6:1)
13. The Wall Rebuilt in Spite of Opposition (Ne 6:15-16)
A.) The Wall Is Finished [OR] The Wall Completed [OR] The Completion Of The Wall [OR] The Work Is Finished, To The Terror Of The Enemies (Ne 6:15)
14. Traitors on the Inside (Ne 6:17-19)
1.) Secret Intelligence Passes Between The Enemies And The Nobles Of Judah (Ne 6:17)
15. Nehemiah Places Hanani and Hananiah in Charge of Guarding the City Gates (Ne 7:1-4)
I.) The census (Ne 7:1)
A.) Jerusalem Given In Charge To Hanani And Hananiah [OR] Census Of First Returned Exiles [OR] Nehemiah Places Jerusalem In The Care Of Hanani And Hananiah (Ne 7:1)
1.) The Captives Who Returned To Jerusalem [OR] The List Of The Exiles Who Returned (Ne 7:4)
16. The First Jewish Exiles Who Returned to Jerusalem [7:5-7a] (Ne 7:5-7)
A.) Register Of The Genealogy Of The First Remnant (Ne 7:5)
1.) The People [OR] Lists Of The Returned Exiles [OR] A Register Of The Genealogy Of Those Who First Came Out Of Babylon (Ne 7:5)
17. Families Listed by Ancestor [7:7b-25] (Ne 7:8-25)
(I.) Of The People (Ne 7:8)
18. Families Listed by Towns (Ne 7:26-38)
19. Priests (Ne 7:39-42)
1.) The Priests [OR] Of The Priests (Ne 7:39)
20. Levites (Ne 7:43-45)
1.) The Levites [OR] Of The Levites (Ne 7:43)
21. Temple Servants (Ne 7:46-56)
1.) The Nethinims [OR] Of The Temple Servants (Ne 7:46)
22. Descendants of Solomon's Servants (Ne 7:57-60)
1.) The Children Of Solomon's Servants [OR] Of Solomon's Servants (Ne 7:57)
23. Those of Unknown Origin (Ne 7:61-65)
1.) The Priests Without Pedigree [OR] And Of The Priests Who Could Not Trace Their Pedigree (Ne 7:63)
24. The Total of the People and Animals Returning From Exile (Ne 7:66-69)
1.) Total Number Of The Remnant [OR] Total Of People And Gifts [OR] The Total Number, With Their Substance And Their Gifts (Ne 7:66)
2.) Their Substance And Gifts (Ne 7:68)
25. Gifts Given for the Temple (Ne 7:70-73)
B. Ezra Reads the Law (Ne 7:73b-8:18)
(I.) Ezra Reads The Law [OR] Ezra Summons The People To Obey The Law [OR] Ezra Reads The Law [OR] The Worshipful Manner Of Reading And Hearing The Law (Ne 7:73)
1. The Public Reading of Moses' Teachings (Ne 8:1-12)
I.) The revival (Ne 8:1)
A.) The Law Read And Explained (Ne 8:1)
1.) This Day Is Holy [OR] Nehemiah, Ezra, And The Levites Comfort The People (Ne 8:9)
2. The Festival of Booths Is Observed (Ne 8:13-18)
1.) The Feast Of Tabernacles [OR] Feast Of Booths Restored [OR] The Festival Of Booths Celebrated [OR] Their Eagerness To Hear And Be Instructed (Ne 8:13)
A.) Feast Of Tabernacles Restored (Ne 8:14)
1.) They Keep The Feast Of Tabernacles (Ne 8:16)
C. Nehemiah's Reformation
(Ne 9:1-13:31)
1.
A Day of Fasting and Confession (Ne 9:1-3)
A.) The People Fast And Repent [OR] The People Confess Their Sins [OR] The Israelites Confess Their Sins [OR] The People Confess Their Sin [OR] National Confession [OR] The People Keep A Solemn Fast And Repent (Ne 9:1)
2. A Day of Prayer [9:4-5a] (Ne 9:4-5)
A.) Confession Of The Priests And Levites [OR] The Levites Make A Solemn Confession Of God's Goodness And Their Wickedness (Ne 9:4)
3. Creation [9:5b-6] (Ne 9:6-)
4. Abraham (Ne 9:7-8)
5. The Exodus (Ne 9:9-11)
6. Wandering in the Wilderness (Ne 9:12-21)
7. Conquest of Canaan (Ne 9:22-25)
8. Israel's Rebellion (Ne 9:26-31)
9. The Present (Ne 9:32-37)
10. An Agreement in Writing (Ne 9:38-10:39)
1.) The Agreement Of The People [OR] A Covenant Results [OR] Those Who Signed The Covenant (Ne 9:38)
A.) The Covenant Signers: The Covenant [OR] The People Who Sealed The Covenant [OR] Signers Of The Document [OR] The Names Of Those Who Sealed The Covenant (Ne 10:1)
1.) The Covenant That Was Sealed [OR] Obligations Of The Document [OR] Summary Of The Covenant (Ne 10:28)
2.) The Points Of The Covenant (Ne 10:29)
11. New Residents for Jerusalem (Ne 11:1-36)
A.) The Dwellers At Jerusalem [OR] The People Dwelling In Jerusalem [OR] The New Residents Of Jerusalem [OR] Time Passes, Heads Of Provinces [OR] Population Of The City Increased [OR] The Rulers, Volunteers, And Every Tenth Man Chosen By Lot, Dwell At Jerusalem (Ne 11:1)
1.) A Catalogue Of Their Names (Ne 11:3)
B.) The Dwellers In The Other Cities [OR] Outside Jerusalem [OR] The Remainder Dwell In Other Cities (Ne 11:20)
1.) The People Dwelling Outside Jerusalem [OR] Villages Outside Jerusalem (Ne 11:25)
12. The Priest and Levites Who Returned to Jerusalem With Zerubbabel (Ne 12:1-26)
I.) The census of the priests and Levites (Ne 12:1)
A.) The Priests And Levites Who Went Up With Zerubbabel [OR] The Priests And Levites [OR] Priests And Levites [OR] Priests And Levites Who Returned To Jerusalem With Zerubbabel [OR] A List Of Priests And Levites [OR] The Priests (Ne 12:1)
1.) And The Levites Who Came Up With Zerubbabel (Ne 12:8)
B.) Descent Of The Priests [OR] The Succession Of High Priests (Ne 12:10)
C.) The Chief Levites [OR] Certain Chief Levites (Ne 12:22)
13. Jerusalem's Wall Is Dedicated to God (Ne 12:27-13:5)
I.) Dedication of the wall [OR] Nehemiah Dedicates the Wall [OR] Dedication of the Wall of Jerusalem [OR] Dedication of the Wall [OR] Dedication of the City Wall [OR] The solemn but joyful dedication of the walls (Ne 12:27)
A.) Procedures For The Temple [OR] Temple Responsibilities [OR] The Duties Of The Priests And Levites Appointed To Temple Service (Ne 12:31)
II.) Restoration of the temple worship (Ne 12:44)
III.) The legal order restored (Ne 13:1)
A.) The Law, And Separation [OR] Principles Of Separation [OR] Nehemiah's Final Reforms [OR] Foreigners Excluded [OR] Foreigners Separated From Israel [OR] At The Reading Of The Law, The Israelites Are Separated From The Mixed Multitude (Ne 13:1)
B.) Cleansing Of The Temple [OR] The Reforms Of Nehemiah [OR] Tobiah Expelled And The Temple Cleansed [OR] Nehemiah, At His Return, Causes The Chambers To Be Cleansed (Ne 13:4)
14. Nehemiah Evicts Tobiah From the Temple (Ne 13:6-9)
A.) Nehemiah's Second Visit To Jerusalem (Ne 13:7)
15. Nehemiah Ensures That the Levites Receive Their Portion of the Offerings (Ne 13:10-14)
A.) The Order Of God's House [OR] Tithes Restored [OR] He Reassigns Duties In The House Of God (Ne 13:10)
1.) And Prays For Remembrance (Ne 13:14)
16. Nehemiah Ensures That No Work Is Done on the Day of Worship (Ne 13:15-22)
A.) Violation Of The Sabbath Rest [OR] Sabbath Restored [OR] Sabbath Reforms Begun [OR] The Violation Of The Sabbath (Ne 13:15)
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17. Nehemiah Dissolves Marriages to Foreigners (Ne 13:23-31)
A.) Intermarriage With Other Races Rebuked [OR] Mixed Marriages Forbidden [OR] Mixed Marriages Condemned [OR] And The Marriages With Foreign Wives Corrected (Ne 13:23)
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