The Histories · Old Testament
Nehemiah
Nehemiah is book 16 of 66 and belongs to the Histories in the Old Testament. It has 13 chapters, each with source-checked General, Historical and Literary context. 456 people are indexed in its passages.
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Chapters
- Nehemiah 1: Nehemiah 1: news from Jerusalem and Nehemiah's prayer in Shushan
The book opens as the words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. In the month Chisleu of the twentieth year, in Shushan the palace, Hanani, one of his… - Nehemiah 2: Nehemiah 2: the king's leave, the night ride, and the call to build
In the month Nisan of the twentieth year of Artaxerxes, Nehemiah serves wine and the king notices a sadness he had never shown before. Afraid… - Nehemiah 3: Nehemiah 3: the builders of the wall, gate by gate
The chapter lists who repaired each stretch of Jerusalem's wall, moving around the circuit from the sheep gate back to the sheep gate. Eliashib the… - Nehemiah 4: Nehemiah 4: mockery, conspiracy, and building with a weapon in hand
When Sanballat hears that the wall is being built, he is angry and mocks the Jews before his brethren and the army of Samaria, asking what these… - Nehemiah 5: Nehemiah 5: the outcry against usury and Nehemiah's conduct as governor
A great cry rises from the people and their wives against their brethren the Jews. Some say their families are many and they need corn to live; some… - Nehemiah 6: Nehemiah 6: plots against Nehemiah and the wall finished in fifty-two days
When the enemies hear that the wall has no breach left, though the doors are not yet hung, Sanballat and Geshem invite Nehemiah to meet in a village… - Nehemiah 7: Nehemiah 7: guarding the gates and the register of the first return
With the wall built, the doors hung, and porters, singers and Levites appointed, Nehemiah gives his brother Hanani and Hananiah, ruler of the palace… - Nehemiah 8: Nehemiah 8: Ezra reads the law at the water gate and the people keep booths
On the first day of the seventh month all the people gather as one man in the street before the water gate and ask Ezra the scribe to bring the book… - Nehemiah 9: Nehemiah 9: a day of fasting and the Levites' long prayer of confession
On the twenty-fourth day of the month the children of Israel assemble with fasting, sackcloth and earth on them. The seed of Israel separate from all… - Nehemiah 10: Nehemiah 10: the sealed covenant and its obligations
The chapter names those who sealed the covenant, beginning with Nehemiah the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, followed by twenty-one… - Nehemiah 11: Nehemiah 11: peopling Jerusalem by lot and the settlements of Judah and Benjamin
The rulers of the people live in Jerusalem, and the rest cast lots so that one in ten will live in Jerusalem the holy city and nine parts in other… - Nehemiah 12: Nehemiah 12: priestly lists, the high-priestly line, and the dedication of the wall
The chapter lists the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua, traces the high-priestly line from Jeshua through Joiakim… - Nehemiah 13: Nehemiah 13: Nehemiah's return and his reforms of temple, sabbath and marriage
When the book of Moses is read, the people find that no Ammonite or Moabite may enter the congregation, and they separate all the mixed multitude…
