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• NehemiahBible

  Nehemiah is a historical book of the Old Testament. It records how the people of Judah, having returned from the Babylonian exile, rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem and reorganized their community of faith under the leadership of Nehemiah, an official of the Persian court.

• 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 1Bible

  Nehemiah 1 is the chapter in which Nehemiah, serving as the king's cupbearer in Shushan the palace in Persia, hears that the wall of Jerusalem has been broken down. He fasts, confesses the people's sins, and prays for restoration.

• 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 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 12Bible

  Nehemiah 12 lists the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel and gives the genealogy of the high priests. It then records the dedication of the rebuilt wall of Jerusalem and the arrangements for the storehouses that supplied those who served in the temple.

• Nehemiah 9Bible

  Nehemiah 9 records how the Israelites who had returned from exile fasted and confessed their sins. The Levites offer a long prayer recounting Israel's history from creation to the exile, and at the end the people make a covenant and seal it.

• 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.

• 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.

• Nehemiah 7Bible

  Nehemiah 7 describes how, after the wall is completed, Nehemiah arranges for the guarding of Jerusalem and finds the register (genealogical record) of those who first returned from Babylon, which the chapter then reproduces.

• Nehemiah 13Bible

  The final chapter of the Book of Nehemiah, recording the reforms Nehemiah carried out after returning from the royal court: concerning the temple chambers, the portions due to the Levites, trade on the Sabbath, and marriages with foreigners.

• 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.

• Nehemiah 11Bible

  Nehemiah 11 records how, after the walls were rebuilt, one tenth of the people were chosen by lot to resettle the underpopulated city of Jerusalem, and it lists those who lived in Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah and Benjamin.

• Nehemiah 10Bible

  Nehemiah 10 records the leaders who set their seals to the covenant in which the community that had returned from exile pledged to keep the Law, along with the covenant's provisions, including the prohibition of intermarriage, the observance of the Sabbath, and offerings for the upkeep of the temple.

• Nehemiah 8:10Bible Verses

  Nehemiah 8:10 is an exhortation to the people who had returned from exile and were weeping as they heard the Law read. They are told not to grieve on the holy day but to eat together and share with others. The verse is widely quoted for the phrase "the joy of the LORD is your strength."

• Nehemiah 1:4Bible Verses

  A verse recounting how Nehemiah, on hearing that the wall of Jerusalem had been broken down, wept, mourned, fasted, and prayed for many days. It is frequently cited as an example of prayer that takes a community's suffering as one's own, and of the preparation that precedes action.

• Hananiah (Ruler of the Citadel)People

  Hananiah was the ruler of the citadel (fortress) of Jerusalem mentioned in Nehemiah 7:2. After the city wall was rebuilt, Nehemiah placed Jerusalem in his charge together with Nehemiah's brother Hanani. Scripture describes him as a faithful man who feared God above many.

• HachaliahPeople

  Hachaliah is a figure in the Old Testament Book of Nehemiah who is named only as the father of Nehemiah, governor of Judah. Scripture records nothing about his life or deeds.

• Rebuilding of the Walls of JerusalemBible

  The rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem was an event of the Persian period in which Nehemiah led the reconstruction of Jerusalem's walls, which the Babylonians had destroyed, completing the work in fifty-two days. It is recorded in Nehemiah 1–6.