Old Testament Survey
PERIOD TWELVE - RESTORATION OF ISRAEL
516 - 400 B. C.
I. OUTLINE.
A. THE RETURN UNDER ZERUBBABEL.
1. Daniel's prayer.
2. The decree of Cyrus.
3. Zerubbabel and the 50,000.
4. Inference from the Samaritans.
5. Artaxerxes decree to stop.
6. Darius' permission to resume rebuilding the temple.
7. The prophesying of Haggai and Zechariah.
B. ESTHER.
1. Ahasuerus marries Esther.
2. Because of Mordecai, Haman plans to exterminate the Jews.
3. Haman is executed.
C. RETURN AND REFORMS UNDER EZRA( 450 B. C. ).
D. THE RETURN OF NEHEMIAH( 445 B.C. ).
1. Nehemiah rebuilds the walls of Jerusalem.
2. Nehemiah as governor.
3. The reading of the law at the first Watergate.
E. MALACHI, ...THEN SILENCE.
F. SEE EZRA, NEHEMIAH, ESTHER.
II. ADDITIONAL NOTES: