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Event
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Date
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Text
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Kings
of Persia
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1.
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Cyrus'
decree to rebuild temple
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September, 537 BC
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Ez
1:1-11 (all)
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Cyrus 539-530
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2.
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Zerubbabel
& Jeshua lead 42,360 back
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c.
536
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Ez
2:1-2, 3-61, 62-70
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" "
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3.
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7th
month assembly, altar begun
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Sept/Oct
536 BC
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Ez
3:1-7
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" "
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4.
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Work
on Temple begins in 2nd mo. 2nd yr.
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Ap/May 535 BC
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Ez
3:8-13
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" "
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5.
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Offers
of help, but then opposition
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536-520 BC
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Ez 4:1-5
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Cambyses 530-522
Smerdis 522
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6.
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Work stopped until 2nd yr. Darius I
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-->520 BC
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Ez
4:24
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Darius
I 522-486
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7.
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" "
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8.
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Haggai & Zechariah get work started again with Zerubbabel & Jeshua
leading out.
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520
BC
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Ez
5:1-2
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" "
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9.
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Tattenai & Shethar-Bozenai question activity & write to Darius
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520
BC
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Ez
5:3-17
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" "
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10.
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Darius finds Cyrus' decree & issues his own
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c.
519?
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Ez
6:1-12
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" "
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11.
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Building
continues & prospers
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520-515
BC
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Ez
6:13-14
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" "
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12.
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Temple
completed
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c. March 12, 515
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Ez
6:15
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" "
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13.
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Temple
dedicated & priests installed
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515
BC
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Ez
6:16-18
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" "
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14.
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Passover
celebrated
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c. April 21, 515
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Ez
6:19-22
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" "
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15.
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At beginning of Xerxes’ reign, the people of the land brought a Charge against
the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem
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c. 486
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Ez 4:6
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Xerxes
486-465
(Ahasuerus)
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16.
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Artaxerxes'
decree about Jerus. & temple
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Early
457 BC
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Ez
7:11-27
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Artaxerxes465-423
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17.
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Ezra
assembles people for journey
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Early
457 BC
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Ez
8:1-30
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" "
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18.
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Ezra
begins journey to Jerusalem
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March
457 BC*
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Ez
7:9; 8:31
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" "
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19.
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Ezra
arrives in Jerusalem with others
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July
457 BC*
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Ez
7:1-10;8:32
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" "
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20.
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Ezra
rests 3 days
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July
457 BC
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Ez
8:32
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" "
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21.
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Ezra
begins work: offerings & sacrifices
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July
457 BC
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Ez
8:33-36
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" "
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22.
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Ezra hears of people's unfaithfulness
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Sum/Fall 457
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Ez
9:1-2
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" "
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23.
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Ezra prays, confesses peoples' sins
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Sum/Fall 457
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Ez
9:3-15
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" "
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24.
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Shecaniah
suggests sending wives away
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Dec.
457 BC
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Ez
10:1-4
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" "
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25.
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Oath
& proclamation
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Dec.
457 BC
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Ez
10:5-8
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" "
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26.
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People
assemble in Jerusalem
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Dec.
7, 457
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Ez
10:9-15
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" "
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27.
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Officials
deal w/ intermarriage problem
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Dec. 18, 457 to
April
15, 456
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Ez
10:16-44
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" "
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28.
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Mithredath, Tabeel and colleagues, with Rehum and Shimshai, wrote to Artaxerxes
about the long history of rebellion at Jerusalem, and A. ordered
the work stopped.
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Probably around 449 during
revolt
of Megabyzos, governor
of
province "Beyond
the River"
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Ez 4:7-23
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" "
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29.
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30.
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(Break
in narration. Time leap to Nehemiah's day)
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31.
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Hanani
arrives in Susa, reports to Neh.
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Dec.,
445 BC
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Nh
1:1-3
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" "
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32.
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Nehemiah
fasts, weeps, prays
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Through
Mar. 444
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Nh
1:4-11
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" "
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33.
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Nehemiah
asks king to send him to Jerus.
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April,
444 BC
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Nh
2:1-8
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" "
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34.
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Nehemiah
travels to Jerusalem
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Summer,
444**
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Nh
2:9
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" "
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35.
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Sanballat,
Tobiah are disturbed
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Summer,
444
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Nh
2:10
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" "
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36.
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Nehemiah
inspects wall
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Summer,
444
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Nh
2:11-16
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" "
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37.
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Rebuilding
begun
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Summer,
444
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Nh
2:17-18
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" "
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38.
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Sanballat,
Tobiah, Geshem ridicule
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Summer,
444
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Nh
2:19-20
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" "
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1.
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Account
of rebuilding
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Summer,
444
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Nh
3:1-32
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" "
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2.
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Sanballat
& Tobiah's ridicule
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Summer,
444
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Nh
4:1-3
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" "
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3.
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Nehemiah's
prayer
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Summer,
444
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Nh
4:4-5
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" "
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4.
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Wall
reaches half height
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Summer,
444
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Nh
4:6
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" "
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5.
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Sanballat, Tobiah, Arabs, Ammonites, Ashdodites plot to destroy wall.
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Summer,
444
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Nh
4:7-9
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" "
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6.
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Workers
discouraged by threats
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Summer,
444
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Nh
4:10-12
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" "
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7.
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Rebuilding
continues under heavy guard
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Summer,
444
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Nh
4:13-23
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" "
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8.
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The
usury controversy
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Summer,
444
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Nh
5:1-13
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" "
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9.
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Nehemiah's
faithfulness, beneficence
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444-432
BC
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Nh
5:14-19
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" "
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10.
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Plots
against Nehemiah: Sanballat, Tobi, Geshem, Mehetabelah,
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Summer,
444
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Nh
6:1-14
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" "
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11.
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The
wall completed
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Sept.
21, 444
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Nh
6:15-16
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" "
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12.
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Nobles'
correspondence w/ Tobiah
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Summer,
444
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Nh
6:17-19
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" "
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13.
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Gatekeepers,
singers, Levites appointed
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Fall,
444
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Nh
7:1
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" "
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14.
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Hanani
& Hananiah placed in charge Jerus.
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Fall,
444
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Nh
7:2-3
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" "
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15.
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Jerus.
sparsely populated, people registered
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Fall,
444
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Nh
4:4-5
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" "
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16.
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(List of first settlers)
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Nh
4:6-73
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" "
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17.
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People
assemble at Jerusalem, Ezra reads law, people weep then rejoice
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Sept.
26,444***
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Nh
8:1-12
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" "
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18.
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Celebration
of Feast of Booths
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Sept.
27-Oct. 4, 444
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Nh
8:13-18
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" "
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19.
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Assembly
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Oct.
5, 444
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Nh
8:18
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" "
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20.
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Fasting, sackcloth, confession, making & sealing agreement w/ God
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Oct.
19, 444
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Nh
9:1-10:39
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" "
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21.
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One
in ten settled in Jerusalem
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Between 444 and 432
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Nh
11:1-19
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" "
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22.
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Rest
of people in ancestral towns
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Between 444 and 432
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Nh
11:20-36
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" "
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23.
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List
of priests & Levites in Nehemiah's time
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Nh
12:1-26
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" "
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24.
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Dedication
of the wall: choirs heard far away
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Between 444 and 432
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Nh
12:27-43
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" "
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25.
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Establishment of priestly, Levitical orders and provision for their support
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Between 444 and 432
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Nh
12:44-47
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" "
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26.
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Nehemiah
returns to Artaxerxes
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432
BC
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Nh
13:6
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" "
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27.
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Eliashib
gives Tobiah room in temple
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Nh
13:4
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" "
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28.
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Priests
& Levites not properly provided for
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Nh
13:10
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" "
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29.
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Book of Moses read: Ammonites, Moabites excluded from assembly of God
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Nh
13:1-3
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" "
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30.
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Tobiah
thrown out, temple rooms purified
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Nh
13:7-9
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" "
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31.
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Nehemiah
rebukes officials: no tithes brought
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Nh
13:10-11
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" "
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32.
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Tithes
restored
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Nh
13:12-13
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" "
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33.
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Nehemiah
asks God to remember him
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Nh
13:14
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" "
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34.
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Sabbath-keeping
reform
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Nh
13:15-22
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" "
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35.
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Punishments
for intermarrying
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Nh
13:23-28
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" "
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36.
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Nehemiah purifies priests, assigns duties, makes provisions for contributions
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Nh
13:30-31
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" "
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