1. Return from Babylon Under Zerubbabel  ( 1:1⁠–⁠6:22 )

a. Return from Babylon  ( 1:1⁠–⁠2:70 )

i.   The Proclamation of Cyrus  ( 1:1⁠–⁠6 )

ii.  Cyrus Restores the Holy Vessels  ( 1:7⁠–⁠11 )

iii. List of Returning Exiles  ( 2:1⁠–⁠70 )

b. Construction of the Second Temple  ( 3:1⁠–⁠6:22 )

i.   Sacrifices Restored  ( 3:1⁠–⁠7 )

1. Building an Altar  ( 3:1⁠–⁠3 )

2. The Feast of Tabernacles Observed  ( 3:4⁠–⁠7 )

ii.  Temple Rebuilding Begins  ( 3:8⁠–⁠13 )

iii. Adversaries Hinder the Work  ( 4:1⁠–⁠24 )

1. Opposition under Cyrus  ( 4:1⁠–⁠5 )

2. Opposition under Xerxes  ( 4:6 )

3. Opposition under Artaxerxes  ( 4:7⁠–⁠24 )

iv. Completion of the Temple  ( 5:1⁠–⁠6:22 )

1. Temple Rebuilding Resumes  ( 5:1⁠–⁠5 )

2. Tettenai’s Letter to Darius  ( 5:6⁠–⁠17 )

3. The Decree of Darius  ( 6:1⁠–⁠12 )

4. The Temple Completed  ( 6:13⁠–⁠15 )

5. Dedication of the Temple  ( 6:16⁠–⁠18 )

6. The Returned Exiles Keep the Passover  ( 6:19⁠–⁠22 )

2. Ezra's Return from Babylon  ( 7:1⁠–⁠10:44 )

a. Ezra's Return  ( 7:1⁠–⁠8:36 )

i.   Ezra Arrives at Jerusalem  ( 7:1⁠–⁠10 )

ii.  Atraxerxes’ Letter for Ezra  ( 7:11⁠–⁠26 )

iii. Ezra Blesses God  ( 7:27⁠–⁠28 )

iv. The Exiles Who Returned with Ezra  ( 8:1⁠–⁠14 )

v.  Ezra Sends for the Levites  ( 8:15⁠–⁠20 )

vi. Fasting for Protection  ( 8:21⁠–⁠23 )

vii. Priests to Guard the Offerings  ( 8:24⁠–⁠30 )

viii. Arrival in Jerusalem  ( 8:31⁠–⁠36 )

b. Ezra's Revival  ( 9:1⁠–⁠10:44 )

i.   Intermarriage with Neighboring Peoples  ( 9:1⁠–⁠4 )

ii.  Ezra's Prayer of Confession  ( 9:5⁠–⁠15 )

iii. Shecaniah Encourages Ezra  ( 10:1⁠–⁠5 )

iv. The People’s Confession of Sin  ( 10:6⁠–⁠17 )

v.  Those Guilty of Intermarriage  ( 10:18⁠–⁠44 )

1. The Restoration of the City  ( 1:1⁠–⁠7:73 )

a. Preparation to Restore Jerusalem  ( 1:1⁠–⁠2:20 )

i.   News of Jerusalem’s Wall  ( 1:1⁠–⁠4 )

ii.  Nehemiah Intercedes  ( 1:5⁠–⁠2:10 )

1. Nehemiah's Prayer  ( 1:5⁠–⁠11 )

2. Nehemiah Sent to Jerusalem  ( 2:1⁠–⁠10 )

iii. Nehemiah Inspects the Walls  ( 2:11⁠–⁠20 )

b. Restoration of Jerusalem  ( 3:1⁠–⁠7:73 )

i.   The Builders of the Walls  ( 3:1⁠–⁠32 )

ii.  Opposition to Rebuilding the Wall  ( 4:1⁠–⁠6:14 )

1. The Work Ridiculed  ( 4:1⁠–⁠23 )

a. Sanballat and Tobiah Mock the Rebuilding  ( 4:1⁠–⁠8 )

b. Discouragement Overcome  ( 4:9⁠–⁠15 )

c. The Work Continues  ( 4:16⁠–⁠23 )

2. Economic Problems  ( 5:1⁠–⁠19 )

a. The Poor are Oppressed  ( 5:1⁠–⁠5 )

b. The End of Usury  ( 5:6⁠–⁠13 )

c. Nehemiah's Generosity  ( 5:14⁠–⁠19 )

3. The Hiring of False Prophets  ( 6:1⁠–⁠14 )

iii. Completion of the Wall  ( 6:15⁠–⁠19 )

iv. The List of Returning Exiles  ( 7:1⁠–⁠73 )

2. The Restoration of the People  ( 8:1⁠–⁠13:31 )

a. Ezra's Revival  ( 8:1⁠–⁠10:39 )

i.   Ezra Reads the Law  ( 8:1⁠–⁠12 )

ii.  The Feast of Tabernacles  ( 8:13⁠–⁠18 )

iii. The People Confess Their Sins  ( 9:1⁠–⁠37 )

iv. The People Make a Covenant  ( 9:38⁠–⁠10:29 )

v.  The Vows of the Covenant  ( 10:30⁠–⁠39 )

b. The Land Resettled  ( 11:1⁠–⁠36 )

i.   Jerusalem’s New Settlers  ( 11:1⁠–⁠19 )

ii.  Residents Outside Jerusalem  ( 11:20⁠–⁠36 )

c. The Priests and Levites Who Returned  ( 12:1⁠–⁠26 )

d. The Dedication of the Wall  ( 12:27⁠–⁠43 )

e. Provisions for Temple Worship  ( 12:44⁠–⁠47 )

f. The People’s Failure and Nehemiah’s Correction  ( 13:1⁠–⁠31 )

i.   The Temple Cleansed  ( 13:1⁠–⁠9 )

ii.  Tithes Restored  ( 13:10⁠–⁠14 )

iii. The Sabbath Restored  ( 13:15⁠–⁠22 )

iv. Intermarriage Forbidden  ( 13:23⁠–⁠31 )