How to understand Nehemiah Chapter 6: Threats and Intimidation and Acts 3:19

When Israel’s enemies—Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem again—hear that the wall’s been completed, they ask to meet with Nehemiah. Nehemiah sees that they plan to do…

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Praying for Damar Hamlin-Nehemiah Chapter 1: Quest of the Cupbearer and Jeremiah 29:11

This book begins by stating that it’s the first person account of Nehemiah. He says that he was living in the Persian capital, Susa. His…

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How to understand Ezra Chapter 8: List-O-Mania Part II: The Reckoning and 2 Corinthians 5:17

Still speaking in the first person, Ezra begins this chapter with another long list recording the names of the different heads of families who went…

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