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Sprinting Through the Old Testament, Part 11

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  • Exile, Return and Rebuilding (Daniel, Ezra, Esther, Nehemiah)
    • Lamentations 1:1-3
    • The remnant returns:

      • 1st return

      Ezra 2:1-67

      538 -535 BC

      Large group led by Sheshbazzar/Zerubbabel and others

      2nd return

      Ezra 7:28-8:20

      458 BC

      Large group led by Ezra

      3rd return

      Nehemiah 2:5-11

      445 BC

      Nehemiah (group unknown)

      • When things aren’t right
        • Daniel 1:8
        • God is faithful
          • Deportations:

            • 1st

            Jeremiah 25:11-12

            605 BC

            2nd

            Jeremiah 29:10

            597 BC

            3rd

            II Chronicles 36:21

            586 BC

            • Cyrus Cylinder

            • Getting motivated to work

              • Rebuilding the temple (Ezra 4-6)
                • 536 BC – Work starts; adversaries discourage
                • 520 BC – Haggai and Zechariah encourage; work resumes
                • 516 BC – Finished
                • Ezra 3:10
                • Nehemiah 4:1-6 – Nehemiah pushes ahead with the work despite adversaries
                • Nehemiah 6:14-16
                • Rebuilding the wall around Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3-6)
                  • 445 BC – 1st month (Nisan) – Nehemiah asks permission to go to Jerusalem
                  • 445 BC – (month unknown) – Wall to half its height
                  • 445 BC – 6th month (Elul) – finished in 52 days
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