Ezra
- Book Name
- Ezra means "Help, Strong Vision"
- Main Topic(s)
- Temple Rebuilt, Reminder to Follow God's Laws
- Description
- After 70 years of captivity in Babylon, the Jews started to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple. Zerubbabel leads the people back to rebuild the temple, and Ezra has to remind them to follow God's Laws.
- Written
- 520 BC
- Bible Division
- History
- Timeline
4004 BC2024 AD
536 BC — 456 BC
In This Book
Chapter Outline
1. Cyrus Returns the Exiles Restores the Vessels of the Temple2. Listing of the Exiles Who Returned3. Altar and Sacrifices Restored; Temple Work Begun4. Adversaries Hinder Work; Artaxerxes Orders Work Stopped5. Tattenai's Letter to Darius6. Decree of Darius; Temple Work Resumed; Dedication of the Temple; Passover Observed7. Ezra Journeys to Jerusalem Commissed by Artaxerxes8. The Companions of Ezra; Treasure Delivered to the Temple9. Ezra's Prayer About Intermarriage10. The People Confess; Listing of Those Guilty of Intermarriage
