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Appendix 58
THE HARMONY OF THE EZRA-NEHEMIAH HISTORY
| REFS. | EZRA. | B.C. | NEHEMIAH. | REFS. |
| 455 | Hanani's report in the month of Chislen leads to the "going forth of the commandment to rebuild Jerusalem" (Dan. 9:25) by Artaxerxes (i.e. ASTYAGES) in his twentieth year. | 1:1-2, 8. | ||
| 454 | NEHEMIAH'S JOURNEY. He visits the Governors, and presents Credentials. | 2:9. | ||
| SANBALLAT'S RECEPTION. | 2:10. | |||
| NEHEMIAH'S NIGHT SURVEY OF THE RUINS. | 2:12-15. | |||
| HIS REPORT TO THE JEWS. | 2:16-18. | |||
| OPPOSITION THREATENED (Moab, Ammon, and Ishmael) on charge of rebellion against the Suzerain King (i.e. of Babylon) Nebuchadnezzar. | 2:19. | |||
| NEHEMIAH'S ANSWER. Foundation work of Wall begun. Wall itself finished to half its height. | 2:20-4:6. | |||
| ATTEMPTED OPPOSITION BY FORCE. | 4:7. 8. | |||
| NEHEMIAH'S COURSE. PRAYER AND WATCH. | 4:9. | |||
| COMPLAINT OF JUDAH. Used by Adversaries. | 4:10-14. | |||
| RESULTS. | 4:15. | |||
| WALL COMPLETED (second half) in fifty-two days. | 4:16-6:15. | |||
| EFFECT ON ENEMIES. | 6:16. | |||
| REFERENCE TO HINDRANCE DURING THE BUILDING. | 6:17-19. | |||
| Condition of the City. | ||||
| WALL BUILT. | 7:1. | |||
| HANANI APPOINTED GOVERNOR. | 7:2, 3. | |||
| CITY OPEN. PEOPLE FEW. HOUSES NOT BUILDED. (Cp. Hag. 1:4.) | 7:4. | |||
| (Interval of twenty-eight years.) | ||||
| 1:1-4. | EMANCIPATION ACT OF CYRUS. | 426 | ||
| 1:5-2:2 | RETURN UNDER ZERUBBABEL. [N.B. Cyrus's specification for building the Temple recorded in 6:3-5, falls into its proper place here between 2:1 and 2.] | |||
| 2:1-70. | Genealogies of those who Returned. | Genealogies of those who Returned. | 7:5-73-. | |
| The Seventh Month. | The Seventh Month. | 7:-73. | ||
| 3:1-3. | THE ALTAR OF BURNT OFFERING SET UP. | |||
| THE FIRST DAY. | 8:1-12. | |||
| THE SECOND DAY. Instruction. | 8:13-15. | |||
| 3:4-6-. | Feast of Tabernacles Kept. | 426 | Feast of Tabernacles Kept. | 8:16-18. |
| 3:-6. | "BUT THE FOUNDATION OF TEMPLE NOT YET LAID." | |||
| 3:7. | SIX MONTHS' PREPARATION FOR THE BUILDING. | |||
| 3:8-13. | SECOND YEAR OF RETURN. Second Month. TEMPLE FOUNDATION LAID. | 425 | ||
| FIFTEEN YEARS OF OPPOSITION. From second year of RETURN to second year of DARIUS HYSTASPIS. | 419 | NEHEMIAH GOES BACK for twelve years (cp. 13:6). | (5:14.) | |
| [N.B. Chapters 4:1-6:22 are a retrospective reference to the WALL-building of Neh. 2:20-6:15.] | 410 | |||
| Second Year of DARIUS HYSTASPIS. Sixth month : "This People say, 'The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built.'" Hag. 1:2. | ||||
| COMMAND : "Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and THIS HOUSE LIE WASTE?" Hag. 1:4. "GO UP ... AND BUILD." Hag. 1:8. | ||||
| SIXTH MONTH. Twenty-fourth Day. The WORK BEGUN. Hag. 1:14-15. | ||||
| SEVENTH MONTH (7th day of Feast of Tabernacles). The word to Zerubbabel (Hag. 2:1-9). | ||||
| EIGHTH MONTH. The WORD to ZECHARIAH. Zech. 1:1. | ||||
| NINTH MONTH. Twenty-fourth Day. The WORD to the PRIESTS. Hag. 2:10-19. | ||||
| NINTH MONTH. Twenty-fourth Day. The FINAL WORD to ZERUBBABEL. Hag. 2:20-23. | ||||
| ELEVENTH MONTH. Twenty-fourth Day. The WORD to ZECHARIAH. Zech. 1:7. | ||||
| FOURTH YEAR OF DARIUS HYSTASPIS. Ninth Month. Fourth Day. The WORD to ZECHARIAH. (N.B. His last date.) Zech. 7:1. | ||||
| 6:15. | SIXTH YEAR, Twelfth Month of DARIUS HYSTASPIS. TEMPLE FINISHED. | 407 | NEHEMIAH OBTAINS LEAVE OF ABSENCE, and RETURNS to be present at | (13:6.) |
| 6:16-18. | The Dedication of the Temple. | The Dedication of the Temple. | ||
| Twenty years after laying the Foundation, 3:8-13 (in 425) : and five years and six months from beginning the House itself (Hag. 1:14, 15). Ending the "Seven Sevens" from "the going forth of the commandment" of Dan. 9:25 in 454 B.C. | ||||
| 6:19-22. | THE FIRST PASSOVER. | 404 | ||
| 7:1-8:36. | EZRA "WENT UP FROM BABYLON" as TIRSHATHA. Appointed by the Persian Council of State. Four months' journey, from 1st NISAN, and arrival at Jerusalem 1st of AB. | |||
| 9:1, 2. | Separation of the People. Report of the Princes re the NON-SEPARATION of the Princes, Priests and Levites. | 404 | Separation of the People. | 9:1, 2. |
| 9:3, 4. | THE "ASSEMBLY" of all that were troubled at the words of God of Israel. | THE "ASSEMBLY," and reading of the Law of Jehovah, on the twenty-fourth day of the seventh month. (The second day of the Feast of Tabernacles.) | 9:3. | |
| 9:5-15. | EZRA'S PRAYER. | THE LEVITES' PRAYER. | 9:4-37. | |
| 10:1-17. | "Strange Wives" and the Covenant. | "Strange Wives" and the Covenant. | 9:38-10:39. | |
| 10:18-44. | NAMES OF THE PRIESTS, Levites, and others who had married strange wives. | NAMES OF THOSE WHO "SEALED" THE COVENANT. | 10:1-39. | |
| 10:17 | EZRA'S LATEST DATE : 1st of NISAN, in eighth year of DARIUS HYSTASPIS. | 403 | ||
| RESIDENTS IN JERUSALEM. | 11:1-36. | |||
| LIST OF PRIESTS WHO RETURNED with ZERUBBABEL and EZRA for the Dedication of the WALL. | 12:1-26. | |||
| THE DEDICATION OF THE WALL. | 12:27-47. | |||
| THE REFORMATION OF THE PEOPLE. | 13:1-31. | |||
| The Whole Period covered by EZRA twenty-three years (426-403 B.C.). | The Whole Period covered by NEHEMIAH fifty-two years (455-402 B.C.). |
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