July 23 - Ezra & Nehemiah

Bible in a Year with Pastor Chris Dodge · Jul 23, 2026 · 55m

In the Hebrew Bible Ezra and Nehemiah were originally 1 book. They are books that are often ignored but that have so much to tell us.

Author or editor is Ezra

Contents - close affinity with 1 & 2 Chronicles, memoirs of Ezra and Nehemiah, firsthand writings.

Ezra and Nehemiah cover a period of about 100 years.

Simplified Chronology of Ezra/Nehemiah

Ezra 1-6 —- 537-515 BC

Ezra 7-10 & Nehemiah 1-13 —- 458-433 BC

In these two book we will see that God is in control!

Chronology of Ezra/Nehemiah

• 538 BC Cyrus decrees that the Jewish people can return to their homeland

• 537 BC (Sept/Oct) They…