| Chapter | Verse/s | Verse Summary |
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| 1. | (1-3) | Nehemiah hears the people are afflicted, walls broken down |
| (4-11) | Nehemiah prays to God |
| 2. | (1-2) | Artaxerxes asks Nehemiah why he is sad |
| (3-6) | Nehemiah requests to go to Jerusalem, time set | |
| (7-8) | Nehemiah asks for letters for passage, materials | |
| (9-16) | Nehemiah arrives in Jerusalem and surveys the wall | |
| (17-18) | Let us build up the wall of Jerusalem | |
| (19-20) | Sanballat and Tobiah laugh and accuse workers of rebellion |
| 3. | (1-2) | The sheep gate built and sanctified |
| (3-5) | The fishg gate built | |
| (6-12) | The old gate repaired and workers listed | |
| (13) | The valley gate and one thousand cubits of wall repaired | |
| (14) | Dung gate repaired | |
| (15) | Gate of the fountain repaired | |
| (16-18) | Place from sepulchres of David to house of mighty repaired | |
| (19-25) | Repair of wall and other structures, workers listed | |
| (26) | Dwelling of the Nethinims | |
| (27) | Part of the wall repaired by Tekoites | |
| (28-32) | Sections fo wall repaired, workers listed |
| 4. | (1-3) | Sanballat and Tobiah mock the Jews |
| (4-5) | Nehemiah prays to God for help | |
| (6) | Wall repaired, people had a mind to work | |
| (7-8) | Sanballat, Tobiah, Arabians conspired against Jews | |
| (9) | Prayers to God, watch set | |
| (10-15) | Plot known, defenses set, told to remember the Lord | |
| (16-18) | People work with weapons in their hands | |
| (19-21) | If alarm sounded, workers to come to aid in area attacked | |
| (22) | People to stay inside Jerusalem, work in the day | |
| (23) | Didn't even change clothes except to wash them |
| 5. | (1-5) | Great cry, people have mortgages to buy food and pay tribute |
| (6-13) | Nobles and rulers rebuked, promise to restore and repay money | |
| (14) | Nehemiah governor twelve years, had not eaten the king's bread | |
| (15) | Former rulers and servants had taken bread, wine, money | |
| (16) | Work on wall continued | |
| (17-18) | Those who sat at Nehemiah's table, daily provisions | |
| (19) | Nehemiah prays that God will remember his work |
| 6. | (1-4) | Sanballat and enemies ask to meet |
| (5-7) | Letter to kin accusing Jews of rebellion | |
| (8-9) | Nehemiah's response to Sanballat, prays for strength | |
| (10-13) | Shemaiah asks Nehemiah to come to temple, conspiracy known | |
| (14) | Nehemiah asks God to reward Sanballat and others for their deeds | |
| (15) | Wall finished in fifty-two days | |
| (16) | Their enemies see the work is done and was of God | |
| (17-19) | Nobles of Judah correspond with Tobiah to make Nehemiah afraid |
| 7. | (1-4) | Porters, singers, Levites appointed, watch set over gates |
| (5) | Genealogy of the people to be accounted for | |
| (6-60) | Account of those who came up out of Babylon | |
| (61-65) | Those who genealogy could not be confirmed | |
| (66-69) | Number of the congregation, servants and animals | |
| (70-72) | Contributions for the work that were given | |
| (73) | Priests, Levites singers, all Israel dwelt in booths seventh month |
| 8. | (1-8) | Ezra stands on pulpit of wood, reads the Law to all the people |
| (9-12) | Nehemiah declares the day as holy, people not to be grieved | |
| (13-17) | Feast of booths observed according to the Law, instruction given | |
| (18) | Ezra reads the Law, solemn assembly on the eighth day |
| 9. | (1-3) | People separate from strangers, confess their sins, worship God |
| (4-38) | Prayer of thanks for God's mercy, sure covenant made to keep Law |
| 10. | (1-27) | Those who sealed the covenant to obey the Law |
| (28-33) | All the people hold to do the law and keep it | |
| (34-37) | Those appointed to bring wood and offerings to the house of God | |
| (38-39) | Priest, Levites to receive offerings, pledge to not forsake |
| 11. | (1-2) | One in ten to dwell in Jerusalem, some willingly stayed there |
| (3-9) | List of those who dwelt at Jerusalem | |
| (10-13) | Priests and families who stayed in Jerusalem | |
| (14-18) | Levites who remained and worked in the house of God | |
| (19) | Porters and those who kept the gates | |
| (20-21) | Residue of Israel, priests, Levites, Nethinims in their cities | |
| (22-23) | Oversight of Levites, provision for singers | |
| (24) | Pethahiah at the kings hand in all matters concerning the people | |
| (25-35) | Those living in villages outside Jerusalem | |
| (36) | Divisions in Judah and Benjamin for the Levites |
| 12. | (1-9) | Priests and Levites that came up with Jeshua and Zerubbabel |
| (10-11) | Lineage of Jeshua | |
| (12-21) | Priests during the days of Joiada son of Jeshua | |
| (22-26) | Record of Levites in the days of Nehemiah and Ezra | |
| (27-43) | Dedication of the wall | |
| (44) | Some appointed over chambers, offerings | |
| (45-47) | Singers and porters keep commandments, provided for |
| 13. | (1-3) | Reading of the Law concerning Ammonites and Moabites |
| (4-9) | Eliahshib has chamber for Tobiah in the house of God | |
| (10-11) | Portions of Levites, singers not given, rulers confronted | |
| (12-14) | tithes brought in, Treasurers appointed, Nehemiah's prayer | |
| (15-19) | Sabbath violated, Nehemiah closes gates on the Sabbath | |
| (20-21) | Merchants camping outside the wall of Jerusalem, warning | |
| (22) | Levites to cleanse themselves, sanctify the Sabbath | |
| (23-24) | Jews who had married foreigners, their children | |
| (25-27) | Nehemiah confronts people, reminds them of Solomon's wives | |
| (28) | son of Joiada Sanballat's son-in-law chased away | |
| (29) | Nehemiah prays that God will remember they defiled priesthood | |
| (30-31) | People cleansed from strangers, offerings remembered |