Nehemiah
Chapter 1
1: The 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,
2: That 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.
3: And they said unto me, The r ......More in This Nehemiah Book
Nehemiah
Chapter 2
1: And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king,that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king.Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
2: Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow ofheart. Then I was very sore afraid,
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Nehemiah
Chapter 3
1: Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and theybuilded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; evenunto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
2: And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri.
3: But the fish gate did the sons of ......More in This Nehemiah Book
Nehemiah
Chapter 4
1: But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
2: And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
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Nehemiah
Chapter 5
1: And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethrenthe Jews.
2: For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
3: Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of thedearth. ......More in This Nehemiah Book
Nehemiah
Chapter 6
1: Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon thegates;)
2: That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of thevillages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mis ......More in This Nehemiah Book
Nehemiah
Chapter 7
1: Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and theporters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
2: That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
3: And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until ......More in This Nehemiah Book
Nehemiah
Chapter 8
1: And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.
2: And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
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Nehemiah
Chapter 9
1: Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
2: And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and theiniquities of their fathers.
3: And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the L ......More in This Nehemiah Book
Nehemiah
Chapter 10
1: Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, andZidkijah,
2: Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
3: Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,
4: Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
5: Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
6: Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, ......More in This Nehemiah Book
