Nehemiah Chapter 12: A List to End All Lists and Psalms 143:8
This chapter begins with another huge list: priests and Levites. It also lists a few gatekeepers at the end for…
Jesus Christ is King
This chapter begins with another huge list: priests and Levites. It also lists a few gatekeepers at the end for…
The leaders of the people all live in Jerusalem, and the people themselves cast lots so that a tenth of…
This chapter begins with another list: the names of the officials, priests, and their associates who signed the covenant. In…
On the twenty-fourth day of the month, the people are fasting, wearing sackcloth, and putting dirt on their heads—the whole…
At the beginning of the seventh month, everyone gathers at the Water Gate in Jerusalem. Ezra brings the Law of…
After finishing the wall and appointing people to positions at the temple, Nehemiah puts his brother Hanani and another guy,…
When Israel’s enemies—Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem again—hear that the wall’s been completed, they ask to meet with Nehemiah. Nehemiah sees…
People are coming to Nehemiah with various complaints. They’re having trouble getting grain during a famine and are being forced…
Now back to the action. Sanballat ridicules the Jews, and asks his associate and the army of Samaria what these…
This is another long list and record-keeping chapter. Nehemiah explains exactly who repaired and rebuilt every part of the walls…