I. Nehemiah’s First Governorship (1:1-12:47) A. Nehemiah’s Concern for Jerusalem (1:1-11) 1. The news (1:1-4) 2. His prayer (1:5-11) B. Nehemiah’s Journey to Judea (2:1-20) C. The Wall Builders Identified (3:1-32) D. Opposition Intensifies (4:1-23) 1. Ridicule (4:1-5) 2. Threats (4:6-15) 3. The Jewish defense (4:16-23) E. Internal Corruption (5:1-19) 1. Mistreatment of the poor (5:1-5) 2. Debts are canceled (5:6-13) 3. Nehemiah’s example (5:14-19) F. The Walls are Completed (6:1-19) 1. Personal attacks on Nehemiah (6:1-9) 2. Warnings of false prophets (6:10-14) 3. The walls are completed (6:15-19) G. The Exiles Listed (7:1-73) 1. Provisions for Jerusalem (7:1-3) 2. Nehemiah’s location of the list (7:4-5) 3. The list reproduced (7:6-73) a. Families (7:6-25) b. Villagers (7:26-38) c. Priests (7:39-42) d. Levites (7:43) e. Servants (7:44-60) f. Others (7:61-65) g. Settling down (7:66-73) H. Ezra’s Preaching Stimulates a Revival (7:73-10:39) 1. Public teaching of the O.T. (7:73-8:12) 2. The Feast of Tabernacles (8:13-18) 3. Fasting, confession, and prayer (9:1-5) 4. Review of God’s faithfulness to His people (9:5-31) 5. Confession of sins (9:32-37) 6. Binding promises made (9:38-10:39) a. The agreement (9:38) b. A list of signatures (10:1-29) c. The agreement itself (10:30-39) (1) No mixed marriages (10:30) (2) No business on Sabbath (10:31) (3) Keep the sabbatical year (10:31) (4) Give offerings to support the temple (10:32-39) I. New Residents for Jerusalem (11:1-36) 1. Their selection (11:1-2) 2. More details (11:3-36) J. Dedication of the Walls (12:1-47) II. Nehemiah’s Second Governorship (13:1-31) A. Abuses When Nehemiah Was Gone (13:1-5) B. Nehemiah’s Return (13:6-7) C. Nehemiah Expels Tobiah (13:8-9) D. Nehemiah’s Further Reforms (13:10-31) 1. Offerings for the temple staff (13:10-14) 2. Abuse of the Sabbath (13:15-22) 3. Mixed marriages (13:23-29) 4. Provisions for worship (13:30-31)