Israel commits to follow God’s Law.

Israelites remember God’s faithfulness.

Ezra reads God's law to Israel. Israelites follow God’s law, making temporary shelters.

Nehemiah appoints leaders and checks genealogies.

Sanballat tries to scare Nehemiah. Wall is completed.

Famine forces many Israelites into slavery. Nehemiah orders rulers to stop charing interest.

Neighbors plan ambush on construction site. Israelites continue working with weapons in hand.

Israelite groups who built the wall.

Artaxerxes sends Nehemiah to Judah. Nehemiah secretly inspects Jerusalem's walls.

Nehemiah hears about Israel’s shame, mourns, and prays.

Israelites divorce their pagan wives

Israelites intermarry with pagans. Ezra prays.

Ezra’s journey from Babylon to Ahava to Jerusalem.

Priest Ezra travels from Babylon to Jerusalem.

Darius supports Cyrus’s decree. Construction of second temple is completed.

Governor questions Israel’s construction permit.

Artaxerxes halts temple’s reconstruction.

Israel sacrifices to God. Foundation is laid for second temple.

Israelites return to Judah from captivity.

Cyrus the Great allows Israelites to return to Jerusalem to build God’s temple.