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• ArtaxerxesPeople

  Artaxerxes was a king of Persia who sent Ezra and Nehemiah to Jerusalem, authorizing the restoration of the Law and the rebuilding of the city walls. He appears in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah.

• Nehemiah 4Bible

  Nehemiah 4 recounts how the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls met with ridicule from Sanballat and Tobiah and with a plot to attack the city, and how Nehemiah prayed, armed the people, and kept the work going as the builders labored with one hand and held a weapon with the other.

• Nehemiah 5Bible

  Nehemiah 5 recounts how, during the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem, it came to light that poor people were selling their children into servitude because of debts and taxes. Nehemiah then compelled the nobles and officials to stop charging interest and to return the property they held in pledge. The chapter closes with Nehemiah recalling his own conduct as governor, when he declined the governor's allowance.

• Nehemiah 3Bible

  Nehemiah 3 is a list recording who was responsible for each gate and section of the wall during the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls. It begins at the Sheep Gate, proceeds around the city, and returns to the Sheep Gate.

• MalchijahPeople

  Malchijah is a Hebrew name borne by several different people in the Old Testament books of 1 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Jeremiah. Nehemiah 3 names three men called Malchijah who took part in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem.

• Nehemiah 6Bible

  Nehemiah 6 recounts how Nehemiah's enemies try to intimidate him with proposals for a meeting, a slanderous letter, and false prophecy, yet the wall of Jerusalem is completed in fifty-two days.

• Gap TheoryDoctrine & Theology

  The gap theory is an interpretation of Genesis that holds that a long interval of time elapsed between the original creation in Genesis 1:1 and the condition described in Genesis 1:2. It is also called the "ruin-reconstruction theory."

• ArabiaBible

  Arabia is a biblical place name for the desert regions east and south of Israel and for the peoples who lived there. In the New Testament it is known as the place where Paul went after his conversion (Galatians 1:17).

• Nehemiah 8Bible

  Nehemiah 8 records how, on the first day of the seventh month, Ezra read the book of the law in the square before the Water Gate in Jerusalem while the Levites explained its meaning, and how the people then kept the Feast of Tabernacles.

• Nehemiah 2Bible

  In this chapter Nehemiah receives permission and letters from the Persian king Artaxerxes, travels to Jerusalem, inspects the ruined walls by night, proposes to the people of Judah that the wall be rebuilt, and answers the mockery of his opponents.

• MeshullamPeople

  Meshullam is a man in Nehemiah 3 of the Old Testament who took part in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. Several other people with the same name appear in 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah.

• GeshemPeople

  Geshem was an Arabian who, together with Sanballat and Tobiah, mocked and obstructed Nehemiah's work of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. He appears in Nehemiah 2 and 6.

• Rehum and ShimshaiPeople

  Rehum and Shimshai were officials who served in the region of Samaria during the Persian period. According to Ezra 4, they sent a letter to King Artaxerxes accusing the Jews of rebuilding Jerusalem and thereby brought the work to a halt.

• Justinian IPeople

  Justinian I (c. 482–565) was emperor of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire from 527 to 565. He is known for codifying Roman law and for rebuilding the Hagia Sophia, and the Orthodox Church venerates him as a saint.

• OsnapparPeople

  Osnappar is a figure mentioned only once, in Ezra 4:10, where he is described as the "great and noble" one who resettled various peoples in Samaria and in the land west of the Euphrates River. He is commonly identified with the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal.

• RehumPeople

  Rehum was a Persian provincial official mentioned in Ezra 4. With Shimshai the scribe, he sent a letter to King Artaxerxes that brought the rebuilding work in Jerusalem to a halt.