From the Book - [First edition].
Cyrus releases the Jews (i 1-11)
The return to Jerusalem (ii 1-70)
Renewal of religious institutions (iii 1-13)
Work on the temple suspended because of Samaritan opposition (iv 1-24)
Persian officials investigate the rebuilding of the temple (v 1-17)
Darius I permits the completion of the temple (vi 1-22)
Ezra and his mission (vii 1-28)
Ezra's departure from Babylon. His enlistment and selection of personnel (viii 1-36)
Ezra reprimands the Jerusalem Jews for their sins (ix 1-15)
Repentance of the Jews (x 1-44)
Nehemiah distressed by news of the conditions in Jerusalem (i 1-11)
Nehemiah goes to Jerusalem by permission of Artaxerxes (ii 1-10)
Nehemiah's secret inspection of Jerusalem angers the officials (ii 11-20)
Reconstruction of the city walls (iii 1-32)
Samaritan opposition and harassment necessitate protective measures (iii 33-38, iv 1-17)
Economic problems. Nehemiah's solution (v 1-13)
Nehemiah's administration (v 14-19)
Plots against Nehemiah (vi 1-14, 17-19)
Completion of the wall (vi 15
Population records (vii 4-72a)
The reading of the law (vii 72b, viii 1-12)
Celebration of the feast of booths (viii 13-18)
The written pledge of reform: signers and provisions (x 1-40)
Distribution of the Jews in and outside Jerusalem (xi 1-36)
Postexilic clerical genealogies (xii 1-26)
Dedication of the wall (xii 27-43)
Temple provisions, expulsion of foreigners (xii 44-47, xiii 1-3)
Nehemiah's reforms (xiii 4-31).
