Category Archives: NEHEMIAH

Nehemiah’s Grief for the Exiles 1 The words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in thetwentieth year [of thePersian king], as I was in thecapitol of Susa, 2 Hanani, one of my brothers, and some men from Judah came; and I asked them about the surviving Jews who […]

Nehemiah’s Prayer Answered 1 In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine wasplacedbefore him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not [previously] been sad in his presence. 2 So the king said to me, “Why do you look sad when you are […]

Builders of the Walls 1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests and builtthe Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set up its doors; and they consecrated the wall [westward] to the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel. 2 Next to Eliashib the men of […]

Work Is Ridiculed 1 But when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furious, completely enraged, and he ridiculed the Jews. 2 He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore it for themselves? Can they offer sacrifices? Can they finish in […]

Usury Abolished 1 Now there was a great outcry of the [poorer] people and their wives against their Jewish brothers [to whom they were deeply in debt]. 2 For there were some who were saying, “We,along withour sons and our daughters, are many; therefore allow us to get grain, so that we may eat and […]

The Enemy’s Plot 1 Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall, and that there was no breach left in it, although at that time I had not set up doors in the gates, 2 Sanballat and Geshem sentwordto me, saying, “Come, let […]

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

Ezra Reads the Law 1 Then all the people gathered together as one man at the open square 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 So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the […]

The People Confess Their Sin 1 Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites assembled with fasting and in sackcloth and with dirton their heads. 2 Thedescendants of Israel (Jacob) separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the wrongdoings of their fathers. 3 While they stood in their […]

Signers of the Document 1 Nowthese were the nameson the sealed document: 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–these were the priests. 9 And the […]