Nehemiah chapter 1 |
Ne 1:1-4. |
Nehemiah, understanding by Hanani the misery of Jerusalem, mourns, fasts, and prays. |
Ne 1:5-11. |
His prayer. |
Nehemiah chapter 2 |
Ne 2:1-8. |
Artaxerxes, understanding the cause of Nehemiah's sadness, sends him with letters and commission to Jerusalem. |
Ne 2:9-11. |
Nehemiah, to the grief of the enemies, comes to Jerusalem. |
Ne 2:12-16. |
He views secretly the ruins of the walls. |
Ne 2:17-20. |
He incites the Jews to build. |
Nehemiah chapter 3 |
Ne 3:1-32. |
The names and order of them that built the wall. |
Nehemiah chapter 4 |
Ne 4:1-6. |
While the enemies scoff, Nehemiah prays and continues the work. |
Ne 4:7-12. |
Understanding the wrath and secrets of the enemy, he sets a watch. |
Ne 4:13-18. |
He arms the labourers; |
Ne 4:19-23. |
and gives military precepts. |
Nehemiah chapter 5 |
Ne 5:1-5. |
The Jews complain of their debt, mortgage, and bondage. |
Ne 5:6-13. |
Nehemiah rebukes the usurers, and causes them to make a covenant of restitution. |
Ne 5:14-19. |
He forbears his own allowance, and keeps hospitality. |
Nehemiah chapter 6 |
Ne 6:1-14. |
Sanballat practises by craft, by rumours, and by hired prophecies, to terrify Nehemiah. |
Ne 6:15-16. |
The work is finished, to the terror of the enemies. |
Ne 6:17-19. |
Secret intelligence passes between the enemies and the nobles of Judah. |
Nehemiah chapter 7 |
Ne 7:1-4. |
Nehemiah commits the charge of Jerusalem to Hanani and Hananiah. |
Ne 7:5-8. |
A register of the genealogy of them which came at the first out of Babylon; |
Ne 7:9-38. |
of the people; |
Ne 7:39-42. |
of the priests; |
Ne 7:43-45. |
of the Levites; |
Ne 7:46-56. |
of the Nethinims; |
Ne 7:57-62. |
of Solomon's servants; |
Ne 7:63-65. |
and of the priests which could not find their pedigree; |
Ne 7:66-69. |
The whole number of them, with their substance. |
Ne 7:70-73. |
Their oblations. |
Nehemiah chapter 8 |
Ne 8:1-8. |
The religious manner of reading and hearing the law. |
Ne 8:9-12. |
They comfort the people. |
Ne 8:13-15. |
The forwardness of them to hear and be instructed. |
Ne 8:16-18. |
They keep the feast of tabernacles. |
Nehemiah chapter 9 |
Ne 9:1-3. |
A solemn fast, and repentance of the people. |
Ne 9:4-38. |
The Levites make a religious confession of God's goodness, and their wickedness. |
Nehemiah chapter 10 |
Ne 10:1-28. |
The names of them that sealed the covenant. |
Ne 10:29-39. |
The points of the covenant. |
Nehemiah chapter 11 |
Ne 11:1-2. |
The rulers, voluntary men, and the tenth man chosen by lot, dwell at Jerusalem. |
Ne 11:3-19. |
A catalogue of their names. |
Ne 11:20-36. |
The residue dwell in other cities. |
Nehemiah chapter 12 |
Ne 12:1-9. |
The priests and the Levites which came up with Zerubbabel. |
Ne 12:10-21. |
The succession of high priests. |
Ne 12:22-26. |
Certain chief Levites. |
Ne 12:27-43. |
The solemnity of the dedication of the walls. |
Ne 12:44-47. |
The offices of priests and Levites appointed in the temple. |
Nehemiah chapter 13 |
Ne 13:1-3. |
Upon the reading of the law, separation is made from the mixed multitude. |
Ne 13:4-9. |
Nehemiah, at his return, causes the chambers to be cleansed. |
Ne 13:10-14. |
He reforms the offices in the house of God; |
Ne 13:15-22. |
the violation of the sabbath; |
Ne 13:23-31. |
and the marriages with the strange wives. |