| Chapter | Verse/s | Verse Summary |
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| 1. | (1-4) | Decree of Cyrus to rebuild the Temple |
| (5-6) | All who were stirred up to build house of the Lord rose up | |
| (7-11) | Vessels taken from Temple numbered and brought up |
| 2. | (1-54) | Number and houses of children of Israel to return |
| (55-58) | Children of Solomon's servants who rose up to return | |
| (59-60) | Those who could not show their heredity | |
| (61-62) | Children of the priests whose genealogy was not found | |
| (63) | Children of priests to wait for priest with Urim and Thummim | |
| (64-67) | Count of whole congregation and their animals | |
| (68-69) | Offerings for house of the Lord | |
| (70) | Priests, Levites, people dwell in their cities |
| 3. | (1-3) | Jeshua, Zerubbabel, priests set up altar of burnt offerings |
| (4-5) | Feast of tabernacles, continual burnt offering kept | |
| (6-7) | Foundation of Temple not done, money given to workers | |
| (8-9) | Second year, second month, appointed Levites | |
| (10-11) | Foundation of Temple laid, Priests and Levites praise God | |
| (12-13) | Ancient men weep, joy and weeping mixed |
| 4. | (1-3) | Adversaries of Judah and Benjamin request to work with people |
| (4-7) | People of land trouble the building, letter to Artaxerxes | |
| (8-11) | Rehum, Shimshai and others who prepared the letter | |
| (12-16) | Judah accused of being rebellious | |
| (17-22) | Artaxerxes order work to cease | |
| (23-24) | Rehum and Shimshai force work in Jerusalem to stop |
| 5. | (1) | Haggai and Zechariah prophesy |
| (2) | Zerubbabel and Jeshua with Jozadak build house of God | |
| (3-6) | Tatnai the governor questions work and writes to Darius | |
| (7-17) | Letter to Darius relates history, request search for Cyrus decree |
| 6. | (1-2) | Darius orders search for decree of Cyrus |
| (3-5) | Cyrus decree for the house of God to be built | |
| (6-12) | Darius orders Tatnai to provide for the work, animals for sacrifice | |
| (13) | Tatnai and Shethar-boznai do as Darius instructed | |
| (14) | Building continued, Haggai and Zechariah prophesy | |
| (15-18) | House finished, dedicated, sin offering made | |
| (19-22) | Passover kept fourteenth day of first month |
| 7. | (1-5) | Lineage of Ezra |
| (6) | Ezra identified as a scribe, leaves Babylon | |
| (7-10) | People who came up with Ezra | |
| (11) | Letter from Artaxerxes to Ezra | |
| (12-23) | Artaxerxes decree to support the work of Ezra | |
| (24) | Levites, priests, Nethinims not to pay tribute | |
| (25-26) | Ezra to appoint judges and magistrates, unlawful to be punished | |
| (27-28) | Ezra's blessing of God for his provisions |
| 8. | (1-14) | Genealogy of those who returned |
| (15-20) | Levites had to be found to accompany people | |
| (21-23) | Ezra proclaims a fast, intreats God for help | |
| (24-30) | twelve men to care for silver, gold, vessels, copper | |
| (31-32) | Ezra and company depart, God protects, Jerusalem reached | |
| (33-34) | Silver, gold and vessels weighed | |
| (35) | Burnt offerings made to the Lord | |
| (36) | King's commission delivered |
| 9. | (1-3) | Israel, priests, Levites married to foreign wives |
| (4-5) | Ezra assembled with those who trembled at God's word | |
| (6-15) | Prayer for those who have violated the Law |
| 10. | (1-4) | Those who have trespassed promise to put wives away |
| (5) | Ezra makes chief priests, Levites, people swear to keep word | |
| (6) | Ezra in mourning for transgression | |
| (7-8) | All people to gather at Jerusalem in three days | |
| (9-17) | Ezra addresses people, completed by first day of first month | |
| (18-44) | List of those who had taken foreign wives |