Nehemiah
Chapters
- Nehemiah’s Prayer After Hearing Jerusalem’s Condition.
- Nehemiah Granted Permission to Rebuild Jerusalem’s Walls.
- Rebuilding the Walls; List of Workers and Tasks.
- Opposition to Rebuilding; Workers Remain Vigilant.
- Nehemiah Addresses Social Injustices and Debt.
- Plots Against Nehemiah; Wall Completed Despite Threats.
- List of Returned Exiles and Leaders.
- Ezra Reads the Law; People Respond in Repentance.
- Confession of Sins and Recounting God’s Faithfulness.
- Covenant Renewal and Commitment to Obey God’s Law.
- List of Residents in Jerusalem and Surrounding Towns.
- Dedication of the Wall and Temple Service Reorganization.
- Nehemiah’s Final Reforms; Correction of Various Abuses.
The Book of Nehemiah
THIS book seems not to have been written by Ezra, because it is written in a quite differing and more plain and easy style, and without that mixture of Chaldee or Syriac words which is in the book of Ezra; but by Nehemiah, Nehemiah 1.1 who wrote an account of his own transactions, as Ezra did of his. But whether this be the same Nehemiah who came up with Zerubbabel, Ezra 2.2; Nehemiah 7.7, may be questioned, the same name being oft given to divers persons. And for the name of Tirshatha, which is used both Ezra 2.63; Nehemiah 7.65,70, that seems to be the title of his office, and so belongs to any governor, whether it was Zerubbabel, or Nehemiah, or any other.