Esther 04–06

Mordecai Asks Esther to Entreat the King; Esther Invites the King and Haman to Dinner; Haman Prepares to Kill Mordecai; the King Honors Mordecai

Esther A–03

Mordecai Has a Dream; Mordecai Uncovers a Plot against the King; Queen Astin Dishonors the King; a New Queen Is Sought; the King Selects Esther; Haman Convinces the King to Destroy All the Judaeans

Nehemiah 09–13

The People Confess Their Sins and Take an Oath; the People Repopulate Jerusalem

Nehemiah 04–08

The Enemies Plot to Attack Jerusalem; the Wealthy Return Ancestral Lands to the People; the Work on the Wall Is Completed; the Feast of Tents Is Observed

Nehemiah 01–03

Nehemiah Asks the King to Let Him Rebuild Jerusalem; Nehemiah Sets about Rebuilding Jerusalem

Ezra 09–10

Ezra Laments Israel’s Sinful Miscegenation; Listing of Men with Foreign Wives

Ezra 06–08

Darius Orders the Temple Built; Ezra Goes to Jerusalem

Ezra 01–05

Cyrus Commands the Restoration of the Temple; Some of the Exiles Return to the Land; Work on the Temple Begins; the People of the Land Oppose the Restoration of Jerusalem

2 Chronicles 34–36

Josias Purges Idolatry from Judah and Israel; the Book of the Law Is Found in the Temple Ruins; Josias Holds the Passover; Judah Falls to Idolatry Again; Babylon Destroys Jerusalem and the Temple

2 Chronicles 32–33

Sennacherim Comes against Judah and God Destroys Him; Manasseh Returns Judah to Idolatry; Assyria Takes Manasseh Captive and He Repents