Category Archives: Nehemiah

Nehemiah’s Grief for the Exiles 1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. # Now it happened in the month Chislev,inthe twentieth year, while I was in Susa thecapitol, 2 that Hanani, one of my brothers, and some men from Judah came; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escapedandhad survived the […]

Nehemiah’s Prayer Answered 1 And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, that winewasbefore him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence. 2 So the king said to me, “Why is your face sad […]

Builders of the Walls 1 Then Eliashib the high priest arose with his brothers the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They consecrated the wall to the Tower of the Hundredandthe Tower of Hananel. 2 Next to him the men of Jericho built, and next to them Zaccur […]

Work Is Ridiculed 1 Now it came about that when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furious and very angry and mocked the Jews. 2 He spoke in the presence of his brothers and the wealthymenof Samaria and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Are they going to restoreitfor themselves? […]

Usury Abolished 1 Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers. 2 For there were those who said, “We, our sons and our daughters are many; therefore let us get grain that we may eat and live.” 3 There were others who said, “We are mortgaging […]

The Enemy’s Plot 1 Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, to Geshem the Arab and to the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall, andthatno breach remained in it, although at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates, 2 then Sanballat and Geshem senta messageto […]

Census of First Returned Exiles 1 Now when the wall was rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed, 2 then I put Hanani my brother, and Hananiah the commander of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem, for he was a faithful man and […]

Ezra Reads the Law 1 And all the people gathered as one man at the square which was in front of the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the Lordhad given to Israel. 2 Then Ezra the priest brought the law before the […]

The People Confess Their Sin 1 Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the sons of Israel assembled with fasting, in sackcloth and with dirt upon them. 2 The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. 3 While they stood in […]

Signers of the Document 1 Now on the sealed documentwere the names of:Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah, 2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, 6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah. Thesewerethe priests. 9 And the Levites: […]