Nehemiah
13 chapters, 406 verses. The 16th of 66 books, in History.
How it begins
1The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the palace,
2Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
3They said to me, “The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates 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
World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.