---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bible Outline by Chapters---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------445 BC -- Nehemiah 1 -- Nehemiah's Prayer for the Exiles444 BC -- Nehemiah 2 -- Artaxerxes Sends Nehemiah to Inspect Jerusalem's Walls444 BC -- Nehemiah 3 -- Builders of the Walls Named444 BC -- Nehemiah 4 -- Work on Walls Is Ridiculed -- Opposition Overcome444 BC -- Nehemiah 5 -- Nehemiah Abolishes Debt, Mortgage, and Bondage444 BC -- Nehemiah 6 -- Sanballat's Plot -- Completion of the Wall444 BC -- Nehemiah 7 -- Census of Returned Exiles444 BC -- Nehemiah 8 -- Ezra Reads the Law -- Restores the Feast of Tabernacles444 BC -- Nehemiah 9 -- The Israelites Confess Their Sin -- Covenant Results444 BC -- Nehemiah 10 -- Signers and Obligations of the Covenant444 BC -- Nehemiah 11 -- New Residents of Jerusalem and Judah444 BC -- Nehemiah 12 -- Priests and Levites Who Returned -- Dedication of the Wall432 BC -- Nehemiah 13 -- Foreigners Excluded -- Tobiah Expelled -- Tithes and Sabbath Restored---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bible Timeline: All Dates are Approximate---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------539 BC -- Daniel Comforted by the Angel539 BC -- Daniel Prophesies Overthrow of Persia539 BC -- Daniel Prophesies Deliverance for Israel537 BC -- The Proclamation of Cyrus537 BC -- The Exiles Return535 BC -- Temple Work Begins534 BC -- Adversaries Hinder Temple Work520 BC -- Tattenai's Letter to Darius520 BC -- The Word of the LORD by Haggai520 BC -- The Word of the LORD to Zechariah520 BC -- Temple Work Resumed by Darius' Decree483 BC -- Queen Vashti Deposed478 BC -- Esther Becomes Queen474 BC -- Haman Seeks Revenge on the Jews473 BC -- Mordecai Informs Esther of Haman's Plot473 BC -- Esther Prepares a Banquet473 BC -- The King Honors Mordecai473 BC -- Haman Is Hanged473 BC -- Xerxes' Edict on Behalf of Esther and Jews472 BC -- Purim Instituted472 BC -- Xerxes' Tribute to Mordecai458 BC -- Ezra Journeys to Jerusalem457 BC -- Families Return to Jerusalem with Ezra457 BC -- Ezra's reforms456 BC -- Ezra's Prayer About Intermarriage445 BC -- Nehemiah's Prayer for the Exiles444 BC -- Artaxerxes Sends Nehemiah to Jerusalem444 BC -- Builders of the Walls Named444 BC -- Builders Overcome Ridicule444 BC -- Nehemiah Abolishes Debt and Bondage444 BC -- Sanballat's Plot444 BC -- Census of Returned Exiles444 BC -- Ezra Reads the Law444 BC -- Israelites Fast and Repent444 BC -- Israelites Seal the Covenant444 BC -- People Settle in Jerusalem432 BC -- Nehemiah Restores Laws430 BC -- The Word of the LORD by Malachi