Nehemiah
And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of
Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters,
every day his portion: and they sanctified [holy things] unto
the Levites; and the Levites sanctified [them] unto the
children of Aaron....
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And Nehemiah, which [is] the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest
the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto
all the people, This day [is] holy unto the LORD your God;
mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard
the words of the law....
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These [were] in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son
of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of
Ezra the priest, the scribe....
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Nehemiah or Nechemya (English pronunciation: /ˌniː.əˈmaɪ.ə/;
נְחֶמְיָה, "Comforted of/is the LORD (YHWH)," Standard Hebrew
Nəḥemya, Tiberian Hebrew Nəḥemyāh) is a major figure in the
post-exile history of the Jews as recorded in the Bible, and
is believed to be the primary author of the Book of Nehemiah.
He was the son of Hachaliah, (Neh. 1:1)...
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consolation; repentance of the Lord...
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ne-he-mi'-a, ne-hem-i'-a (nechemyah, "comforted of Yah"):
1. Family
2. Youth
3. King's Cupbearer
4. Governor of Judea
5. Death
LITERATURE
Nehemiah, the son of Hacaliah, is the Jewish patriot whose
life is recorded in the Biblical work named after him. All
that we know about him from contemporary sources is found in
this book; and so the readers...
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-1. Son of Hachaliah
Ne 1:1
The cupbearer of Artaxerxes, a very trusted position
Ne 1:11; 2:1
Is grieved over the desolation of his country
Ne 1
Is sent by the king to rebuild Jerusalem
Ne 2:1-8
Register of the people whom he led from Babylon
Ne 7
Register of the priests and Levites
Ne 12:1-22
Rebuilds Jerusalem
Ne 2; 3; 4; 5; 6
His a...
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(consolation of the Lord).
1. Son of Hachaliah, and apparently of the tribe of
Judah. All that we know certainly concerning him is
contained in the book which bears his name. We first find
him at Shushan, the winter residence of the kings of Persia,
in high office as the cupbearer of King Artaxerxes
Longimanus. In the twentieth year of the ki...
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comforted by Jehovah. (1.) Ezra 2:2; Neh. 7:7. (2.) Neh.
3:16.
(3.) The son of Hachaliah (Neh. 1:1), and probably
of the
tribe of Judah. His family must have belonged to
Jerusalem (Neh.
2:3). He was one of the "Jews of the dispersion,"
and in his
youth was appointed to the important office of royal
cup-bearer
at the palace of Shushan. The...
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The book is not an appendix to Ezra as its distinct title
proves, "the words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah," nor
would the same author give two lists of those returned from
Babylon (Ezra 2; Nehemiah 7), and yet leave seeming
discrepancies in details. In Nehemiah 8; Nehemiah 9; and
Nehemiah 10, the prominence of Ezra is probably the cause wh...
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