Nehemiah
13 chapters, 406 verses. The 16th of 66 books, in History.
How it begins
1The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
2That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
3And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
Chapters
- 1Nehemiah's burden for Jerusalem
- 2Nehemiah gains the king's approval
- 3The wall is rebuilt
- 4Opposition to the wall
- 5Economic injustice addressed
- 6Wall completed despite opposition
- 7Census of returnees
- 8Ezra reads the law
- 9The people confess their sins
- 10The covenant is sealed
- 11Jerusalem is populated
- 12Priests and the wall dedication
- 13Nehemiah's final reforms
King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.