EZRA





Chapter 1


	The proclamation of Cyrus for the building of the temple (1:1-4)
	The Israel provides for the return (1:5-6)
	Cyrus restores the vessels of the temple to Sheshbazzar (1:7-11)




Chapter 2


	The leaders (2:1-2)
	The number of the people who return (2:3-35)
	Of the priests, and of the Levites (2:36-42)
	Of the temple servants (2:43-54)
	Of Solomon's servants (2:55-61)
	Of the priests who could not show their pedigree (2:62-63)
	The total number, with their substance (2:64-67)
	The gifts the people gave (2:68-70)




Chapter 3


	The altar is set up (3:1-3)
	Offerings scheduled regularly (3:4-7)
	The foundations of the temple are laid, in both joy and weeping 
		(3:8-13)




Chapter 4


	Their adversaries, not permitted to help the Jews build the 
		temple, opposition under Darius (4:1-8)
	Their letter to Artaxerxes (4:7-16)
	The decree of Artaxerxes (4:17-22)
	The building is stopped (4:23-24)




Chapter 5


	Zerubbabel and Jeshua, urged on by Haggai and Zechariah, 
		resume the building of the temple (5:1-2)
	Tatnai and Shethar-boznai are unable to stop the Jews (5:3-5)
	Their letter to Darius against the Jews (5:6-17)




Chapter 6


	Darius, finding the decree of Cyrus, makes a new decree 
		for advancing the building (6:1-12)
	The temple is finished (6:13-15)
	The feast of the dedication is kept (6:16-18)
	And also the feast of the passover (6:19-22)




Chapter 7


	Ezra goes up to Jerusalem (7:1-10)
	The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra (7:11-26)
	Ezra praises God for His favor (7:27-28)




Chapter 8


	The companions of Ezra who returned from Babylon (8:1-14)
	He sends to Iddo for ministers for the temple (8:15-20)
	Ezra proclaims a fast (8:21-23)
	He commits the treasury to the custody of the priests (8:24-30)
	They leave Ahava and come to Jerusalem (8:31-32)
	The treasure is weighed in the temple (8:33-35)
	The commission is delivered (8:36)




Chapter 9


	Ezra mourns because Israel intermarries with foreigners of 
		various lands (9:1-4)
	God's faithfulness (9:5-9)
	Israel's unfaithfulness (9:10-15)




Chapter 10


	Shechaniah encourages Ezra to reform the foreign marriages 
		(10:1-5)
	Ezra, mourning, assembles the people (10:6-8)
	The people, at the exhortation of Ezra, repent and promise to 
		put away foreign wives (10:9-14)
	Their diligence to fulfill this promise (10:15-17)
	The separation of the priests (10:18-22)
	The separation of the levites (10:23-24)
	The separation of the people (10:25-44)


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NEHEMIAH





Chapter 1


	Nehemiah learns of the misery of Jerusalem (1:1-3)
	He mourns, fasts, and prays (1:4)
	His prayer (1:5-11)




Chapter 2


	Artaxerxes understands the cause of Nehemiah's sadness and 
		sends him to Jerusalem (2:1-8)
	Nehemiah, to the grief of the enemies, arrives in Jerusalem 
		(2:9-11)
	He views the ruins of the walls (2:12-16)
	He encourages the Jews to build, despite the enemies (2:17-18)
	Nehemiah answers the enemies (2:19-20)




Chapter 3


	The names and order of those who built the wall (3:1-32)




Chapter 4


	While the enemies ridicule, Nehemiah prays and continues 
		the work (4:1-6)
	Opposition through threat of attack (4:7-9)
	Opposition through discouragement (4:10-18)
	He gives military precepts (4:19-23)




Chapter 5


	The Jews complain of their debts and bondage (5:1-5)
	Nehemiah rebukes the usurers, and exacts a promise of 
		restitution (5:6-13)
	Nehemiah's unselfish example (5:14-19)




Chapter 6


	Opposition through compromise (6:1-4)
	Opposition through slander (6:5-9)
	Opposition through treachery (6:10-14)
	The work is finished, to the terror of the enemies (6:15-16)
	Secret intelligence passes between the enemies and the nobles 
		of Judah (6:17-19)




Chapter 7


	Nehemiah places Jerusalem in the care of Hanani and Hananiah 
		(7:1-4)
	A register of the genealogy of those who first came out of Babylon 
		(7:5-7)
	Of the people (7:8-38)
	Of the priests (7:39-42)
	Of the Levites (7:43-45)
	Of the temple servants (7:46-56)
	Of Solomon's servants (7:57-62)
	And of the priests who could not trace their pedigree (7:63-65)
	The total number, with their substance and their gifts (7:66-73)




Chapter 8


	The worshipful manner of reading and hearing the law (8:1-8)
	Nehemiah, Ezra, and the Levites comfort the people (8:9-12)
	Their eagerness to hear and be instructed (8:13-15)
	They keep the feast of tabernacles (8:16-18)




Chapter 9


	The people keep a solemn fast and repent (9:1-3)
	The great deliverances of God (9:4-15)
	The great sins of Israel (9:16-31)
	Renewal of the covenant (9:32-38)




Chapter 10


	The names of those who sealed the covenant (10:1-28)
	The points of the covenant (10:29-39)




Chapter 11


	The rulers, volunteers, and every tenth man chosen by lot, 
		dwell at Jerusalem (11:1-2)
	A catalogue of their names (11:3-19)
	The remainder dwell in other cities (11:20-36)




Chapter 12


	The priests (12:1-7)
	And the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel (12:8-9)
	The succession of high priests (12:10-21)
	Certain chief Levites (12:22-26)
	The solemn but joyful dedication of the walls (12:27-43)
	The duties of the priests and Levites appointed to temple service 
		(12:44-47)




Chapter 13


	At the reading of the law, the Israelites are separated from 
		the mixed multitude (13:1-3)
	Nehemiah, at his return, causes the chambers to be cleansed 
		(13:4-9)
	He reassigns duties in the house of God (13:10-13)
	And prays for remembrance (13:14)
	The restoration of the sabbath (13:15-22)
	And the marriages with foreign wives corrected (13:23-31)


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ESTHER





Chapter 1


	Ahasuerus makes a royal feast (1:1-9)
	Queen Vashti refuses the king's command to appear before 
		him (1:10-12)
	Ahasuerus, seeks the counsel of Memucan (1:13-18)
	Ahasuerus makes a decree about Vashti punishment, and 
		of men's sovereignty (1:19-22)




Chapter 2


	From the choice virgins, a queen is to be chosen (2:1-4)
	Mordecai, the foster father of Esther, prepares her (2:5-7)
	Esther is preferred by Hegai over the rest (2:8-10)
	Mordecai's concern about Esther (2:11)
	The manner of purification and going in to the king (2:12-14)
	Esther, best pleasing the king, is made queen (2:15-20)
	Mordecai's loyalty in discovering a treason is recorded in the 
		chronicles (2:21-23)




Chapter 3


	Haman, promoted by the king (3:1)
	The reason for Haman's plot (3:2-6)
	Presentation of the plot (3:7-9)
	He obtains a decree to put the Jews to death (3:10-15)




Chapter 4


	The great mourning of Mordecai and the Jews (4:1-3)
	Esther learning of it, sends to Mordecai, who advises her to 
		undertake a plea to the king (4:4-9)
	Offering reasons against it, she is threatened by Mordecai 
		(4:10-14)
	The promise of Queen Esther (4:15-17)




Chapter 5


	Esther risks the king's disfavor, but obtains grace and invites 
		the king and Haman to a banquet (5:1-5)
	Being encouraged by the king in her plea, she invites them to 
		another banquet (5:6-8)
	Haman boast of his advancement in the kingdom (5:9-13)
	He builds a gallows for Mordecai (5:14)




Chapter 6


	Ahasuerus reads in the chronicles of the good service done by 
		Mordecai and plans his reward (6:1-3)
	Haman, coming to ask that Mordecai might be hanged, unwittingly 
		gives counsel on how to honor him (6:4-11)
	As he complains of his misfortune, Haman's friends tell him of 
		his final destiny (6:12-14)




Chapter 7


	Esther, entertaining the king and Haman, makes a plea for her 
		own life and her people's (7:1-4)
	Esther accuses Haman (7:5-6)
	The king learns of the gallows built for Mordecai by Haman, 
		and causes him to be hanged instead (7:7-10)




Chapter 8


	Mordecai is given Haman's house (8:1-2)
	Esther makes a plea to reverse Haman's letters (8:3-6)
	Ahasuerus grants the Jews the right to defend themselves 
		(8:7-14)
	Mordecai's honor and the joy of the Jews (8:15-17)




Chapter 9


	The Jews slay their enemies, (9:1-11)
	Ahasuerus, at the request of Esther, grants the hanging of 
		Haman's sons (9:12-19)
	The two days of Purim are made a festival (9:20-32)




Chapter 10


	Ahasuerus' greatness (10:1-2)
	Mordecai's advancement (10:3)


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JOB





Chapter 1


	The holiness, riches, and religious care of Job for his children 
		(1:1-5)
	Satan, appearing before God obtains permission to test Job 
		(1:6-12)
	Learning of the loss of his property and children, in his mourning 
		Job blesses God (1:13-22)




Chapter 2


	Satan, appearing again before God, obtains further permission 
		to test Job (2:1-6)
	He smites Job with boils (2:7-8)
	Job reproves his wife, who suggested that he curse God and 
		die (2:9-10)
	His three friends mourn with him in silence (2:11-13)




Chapter 3


	Job curses the day of his birth (3:1-12)
	The ease of death (3:13-19)
	He complains of life, because of his anguish (3:20-26)




Chapter 4


	Eliphaz believes that only the wicked suffer (4:1-6)
	He teaches God's judgments to be not upon the righteous, 
		but upon the wicked (4:7-11)
	His fearful vision, designed to humble the pride of creatures before 
		God (4:12-21)




Chapter 5


	Eliphaz calls Job foolish (5:1-7)
	God is to be appealed to in affliction (5:7-16)
	The happy result of God's correction (5:17-27)




Chapter 6


	Job justifies his complaints (6:1-7)
	He wishes for death, wherein he is assured of comfort (6:8-13)
	He reproves his friends for unkindness (6:14-30)




Chapter 7


	Job excuses his desire for death (7:1-11)
	He complains of his own restlessness (7:12-16)
	And God's watchfulness (7:17-21)




Chapter 8


	Bildad shows God's justice in dealing with men according to 
		their works (8:1-7)
	He alludes to antiquity for proof of the certain destruction of the 
		hypocrite (8:8-19)
	He applies God's just dealing to Job (8:20-22)




Chapter 9


	Job, acknowledging God's justice (9:1-35)




Chapter 10


	Job questions his oppression (10:1-17)
	He craves a little ease before death (10:18-22)




Chapter 11


	Zophar reproves Job for seeking to justify himself (11:1-4)
	God's wisdom is unsearchable (11:5-12)
	The assured blessing of repentance (11:13-20)




Chapter 12


	Job tells his friends only God knows(12:1-25)




Chapter 13


	Job reproves his friends for partiality (13:1-13)
	He professes his confidence in God (13:14-19)
	And pleads for a revealing of his own sins, and God's purpose 
		in afflicting him (13:20-28)




Chapter 14


	Job beseeches God for favor (14:1-6)
	Is it not possible for man to live after death? (14:7-15)
	By sin the creature is subject to corruption (14:16-22)




Chapter 15


	Eliphaz reproves Job of impiety in answering boldly for himself 
		(15:1-16)
	He proves by tradition the disturbed mind and body of wicked 
		men (15:17-35)




Chapter 16


	Job calls his friends miserable comforters (16:1-5)
	Job laments his situation (16:6-14)
	He maintains his innocence (16:15-22)




Chapter 17


	Job appeals to God (17:1-16)




Chapter 18


	Bildad reproves Job for presumption and impatience (18:1-4)
	The calamities of the wicked (18:5-21)




Chapter 19


	Job, speaks of his friends' cruelty (19:1-20)
	He craves pity (19:21-24)
	Job states his faith in the resurrection (19:25-29)




Chapter 20


	Zophar shows the state and lot of the wicked (20:1-29)




Chapter 21


	Job shows that, even in the judgment of man, he has reason to 
		be grieved (21:1-6)
	Sometimes the wicked do prosper, though they despise 
		God (21:7-15)
	Sometimes their destruction is manifest (21:16-21)
	The happy and unhappy are alike in death (21:22-26)
	The judgment of the wicked is in another world (21:27-34)




Chapter 22


	Eliphaz shows that man's goodness does not profit God (22:1-4)
	He accuses Job of various sins (22:5-20)
	He exhorts him to repentance, with promises of mercy (22:21-30)




Chapter 23


	Job desires to appear before God (23:1-5)
	In confidence of His mercy (23:6-7)
	God, who is invisible, observes our ways (23:8-10)
	Job's innocence (23:11-12)
	God's decree is changeless (23:13-17)




Chapter 24


	God seems indifferent to the wicked (24:1-16)
	There is a secret judgment for the wicked (24:17-25)




Chapter 25


	Bildad shows that man cannot be justified before God (25:1-6)




Chapter 26


	Job, reproving the uncharitable spirit of Bildad (26:1-4)
	Acknowledges the power of God to be infinite and unsearchable 
		(26:5-14)




Chapter 27


	Job protests his sincerity (27:1-7)
	The godless is without hope (27:8-10)
	The blessings of the wicked are turned into curses (27:11-23)




Chapter 28


	There is knowledge of natural things (28:1-11)
	But wisdom is an excellent gift of God (28:12-28)




Chapter 29


	Job grieves for his former prosperity and honor (29:1-25)




Chapter 30


	Job's describes his present humiliation (30:1-14)
	His prosperity is turned into calamity (30:15-31)




Chapter 31


	Innocent of sensual sins (31:1-12)
	Innocent of abusing his power (31:13-23)
	Innocent of trusting in his wealth (31:24-28)
	Innocent of not caring for his enemies (31:29-34)
	Job pleads to meet God and defend himself (31:35-40)




Chapter 32


	Elihu is angry with Job and his three friends (32:1-5)
	Because wisdom comes not from age, he excuses the boldness 
		of his youth (32:6-10)
	He reproves them for not satisfying Job (32:11-22)




Chapter 33


	Elihu offers himself, instead of God, with sincerity and meekness 
		to reason with Job (33:1-7)
	He excuses God from giving man an account of His ways, because 
		of His greatness (33:8-13)
	God calls man to repentance by visions (33:14-18)
	By afflictions (33:19-22)
	And by His ministry (33:23-30)
	He calls Job to attention (33:31-33)




Chapter 34


	Elihu accuses Job for charging God with injustice (34:1-9)
	God, the omnipotent, cannot be unjust (34:10-30)
	Man must humble himself unto God (34:31-33)
	Elihu reproves Job (34:34-37)




Chapter 35


	Comparison is not to be made with God, for our good or evil cannot 
		extend to Him (35:1-8)
	Many cry in their afflictions, but are not heard for lack of faith 
		(35:9-16)




Chapter 36


	Elihu shows how God is just in His ways (36:1-15)
	Elihu believes that God is disciplining Job (36:16-23)
	God's works are to be magnified (36:24-33)




Chapter 37


	God is to be feared because of His great works (37:1-14)
	His wisdom is unsearchable in them (37:15-24)




Chapter 38


	God challenges Job to answer (38:1-3)
	God, by His mighty works, convicts Job of ignorance (38:4-30)
	And of foolishness (38:31-41)




Chapter 39


	Of the wild goats and hinds (39:1-4)
	Of the wild ass and the wild ox (39:5-12)
	The ostrich (39:13-18)
	The horse (39:19-25)
	The hawk and the eagle (39:26-30)




Chapter 40


	Job humbles himself to God (40:1-5)
	God challenges Job to demonstrate his righteousness, power, 
		and wisdom (40:6-14)
	God compares the power of Job with that of the behemoth 
		(40:15-24)




Chapter 41


	God compares the power of Job with that of the leviathan 
		(41:1-34)




Chapter 42


	Job submits himself unto God, and confesses lack of understanding 
		(42:1-6)
	God, preferring Job, makes his friends submit themselves and 
		accepts him (42:7-9)
	He magnifies and blesses Job (42:10-15)
	Job's age and death (42:16-17)

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