A Summary of the Book of Nehemiah

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By H. A. (Buster) Dobbs
I.        Introduction
A.        A personal account written and compiled by Nehemiah
1.        It a continuation of the book of Ezra
2.        It describes the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem
B.        A simple account of a brief period of Jewish history
1.        Nehemiah came to Jerusalem in the thirteenth year of Ezra
2.        Artaxerxes Longimanus was ruler of the Persian empire
3.        The Jews were in a depressed condition
4.        Nehemiah was of the tribe of Judah
5.        He was the royal cup-bearer in the Persian court
6.        He served as governor of Jerusalem for about fourteen years
II.        Restoration of the wall (1:1 to 12:47)
A.        Nehemiah learned of the misery of Jerusalem (1:1-11)
1.        Sad plight of Jerusalem described by Hanani (1:1-4)
2.        Tears of Nehemiah (1:5)
3.        Fasting and prayer of confession (1:6-11)
4.        Ask for favor with Artaxerxes, for Nehemiah was his cupbearer (1:11)
B.        Nehemiah allowed to go to Jerusalem (2:1-20)
1.        Artaxerexes inquires the reason for Nehemiahs sorrow (2:1-2)
2.        Nehemiah explains conditions in Jerusalem (2:3)
3.        Artaxerexes permits Nehemiah to go to Jerusalem (2:4-6)
4.        Artaxerexes supplies letters of authority to Nehemiah (2:7-8)
5.        Governor of Samaria unhappy with Nehemiahs arrival (2:9-10)
6.        Nehemiah arrived at Jerusalem and was there three days (2:11)
7.        Arose in the night and secretly surveyed the wall of Jerusalem (2:12-16)
8.        Exhorted the Jews to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem (2:17-20)
a.        Samaritans laughed them to scorn (2:19)
b.        With a dependence on God, Nehemiah perseveres (2:20)
C.        The rebuilding of the wall (3:1-32)
1.        Each man built over against his own house
2.        The great families participated in the work
3.        Each family had a portion of the wall assigned to it and they built without regard to the work of the other families
D.        Opposition to the work and defense of the Jews (4:1-23)
1.        Sanballat mocked the Jews but they were undeterred and had a mind to work (4:1-6)
2.        Sanballat declared war on the Jews to stop the building (4:7-12)
3.        The Jews arm themselves and continue the work (4:13-18)
4.        The Jews rallied to each others support and defense (4:19-23)
E.        The people grow weary and complain (5:1-19)
1.        They had mortgaged their homes and sold their children into slavery to pay tribute to the Persian king (5:1-5)
2.        Nehemiah rebuked the elders for exacting usury and demanded a kinder and gentler treatment of their fellow Jews (5:6-13)
3.        Nehemiahs gracious government (5:14-19)
F.        Sanballats last desperate attempt to stop the work (6:1
1.        Craft and rumor (6:1)
2.        Attempt at compromise (6:2-4
3.        Attempt to terrify Nehemiah and the Jews (6:5-9)
4.        Collusion with the enemy (5:10-14)
5.        The wall was finished in 52 days (6:15-16)
6.        Enemies without and false friends within (6:17-19)
7.        Rulers appointed and conditions given (7:1-4)
G.        List of those who returned (7:5-73)
III.        Restoration of the people (8:1 to 13:31)
A.        Renewal of the covenant (8:1 to 10:39)
1.        Reading, hearing, and understanding the law (8:1-8)
a.        Read from morning to midday (v. 8:3)
b.        The people were attentive (v. 8:3)
c.        The people stood when the book was opened (v.8:5)
d.        Read distinctly and gave the sense (v. 8)
2.        Reaction of the people to hearing the law (vv. 8:9-12)
3.        The feast of tabernacles observed with joy (8:13-17)
4.        The book of the law continuously read (8:18)
B.        Affirming the covenant (9:1 to 10:39)
1.        Fasting, confessing, repenting, and worshipping (9:1-3)
2.        History recounted (9:4-37)
3.        Written agreement to keep the law of God (9:38)
C.        Obedience to the covenant (11:1 to 13:31)
1.        Signers of the written covenant (10:1-27)
2.        A solemn pledge of allegiance to the law (10:28-39)
a.        Would not intermarry with heathen (10:30)
b.        Would keep the sabbath and all holy days (10:31)
c.        Would pay temple tax (10:32-33)
d.        Would supply the temple with its needs (10:34-35)
e.        Would bring first-fruits to Jehovah (10:36-39)
3.        Resettlement of the people (11:1-36)
a.        Dwellers at Jerusalem (11:1-29)
b.        Dwellers in other locations (11:30-36)
4.        List of priests and Levites (12:1-26)
D.        Dedication of the wall (12:27-47)
1.        Two great companies ascend the walls (12:27-42)
2.        Offered sacrifices and rejoiced (12:43)
3.        Keepers of the treasury and singers appointed (12:44-47)
E.        Restoration of the people (13:1-31)
1.        Nehemiah went to Persian court and returned to Jerusalem (13:1-6)
a.        Law of read again to the people (13:1-3)
b.        Eliashib made concession to Tobiah (13:4-5)
2.        Nehemiah expels Tobiah from the temple (13:6-9)
3.        Priests and Levites restored to Jerusalem and the temple (13:10-14)
4.        Weekly sabbath reestablished (13:15-22)
5.        Marriage violations corrected (13:23-31)
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