The following is part of a personal project that can help students of the Bible to get a bigger picture of what each book of the Bible contains. I like the passage lookup feature that allows you to see the verse quickly!
Chapter 1
The proclamation of Cyrus for the building of the temple – Ezra 1:1
The people provide for the return – Ezra 1:5
Cyrus restores the vessels of the temple to Sheshbazzar – Ezra 1:7
Chapter 2
The number who return: of the people – Ezra 2:1
of the priests, and of the Levites – Ezra 2:36-37
of the temple servants – Ezra 2:43-44
of Solomon’s servants – Ezra 2:55-56
of the priests who could not show their pedigree – Ezra 2:62
The total number, with their substance – Ezra 2:64-65
Their oblations – Ezra 2:68-69
Chapter 3
The altar is set up – Ezra 3:1
Offerings scheduled regularly – Ezra 3:4
The foundations of the temple are laid, in both joy and mourning – Ezra 3:8
Chapter 4
Their adversaries, not permitted to help the Jews build the temple, try to hinder them – Ezra 4:1
Their letter to Artaxerxes – Ezra 4:7
The decree of Artaxerxes – Ezra 4:17
The building is stopped – Ezra 4:23
Chapter 5
Zerubbabel and Jeshua, spurred on by Haggai and Zechariah, advance the building of the temple – Ezra 5:1
Tatnai and Shethar-boznai are unable to stop the Jews – Ezra 5:3
Their letter to Darius against the Jews – Ezra 5:6
Chapter 6
Darius, finding the decree of Cyrus, makes a new decree for advancing the building – Ezra 6:1
By help from the enemies and the directions of the prophets, the temple is finished – Ezra 6:13
The feast of the dedication is kept – Ezra 6:16
and also the feast of the passover – Ezra 6:19
Chapter 7
Ezra goes up to Jerusalem – Ezra 7:1
The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra – Ezra 7:11
Ezra praises God for His favor – Ezra 7:27
Chapter 8
The companions of Ezra who returned from Babylon – Ezra 8:1-2
He sends to Iddo for ministers for the temple – Ezra 8:15
He commits the treasury to the custody of the priests – Ezra 8:24-25
They leave Ahava and come to Jerusalem – Ezra 8:31
The treasure is weighed in the temple – Ezra 8:33
The commission is delivered – Ezra 8:36
Chapter 9
Ezra mourns because of Israel’s connection with foreigners of various lands – Ezra 9:1
He prays – Ezra 9:5
Chapter 10
Shechaniah encourages Ezra to reform the foreign marriages – Ezra 10:1
Ezra, mourning, assembles the people – Ezra 10:6
The people, at the exhortation of Ezra, repent and promise to put away foreign wives – Ezra 10:9
Their diligence to fulfill this promise – Ezra 10:15
The names of those who had married foreign women – Ezra 10:18
