Governor, rebuilder of Jerusalem's wall · Persian period, c. 445 BC

Nehemiah in the Bible

Cupbearer to Artaxerxes, Nehemiah returns to a city with broken walls and rebuilds them in fifty-two days against constant obstruction. He then tackles debt-slavery, sabbath trading and mixed loyalties among the returned community.

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Verses mentioning Nehemiah

8 occurrences across 8 verses in the King James Version.

  1. Ezra 2:2

    Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: Seraiah: also called, Azariah, nehe.7.7.

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  2. Nehemiah 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,

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  3. Nehemiah 3:16

    After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.

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  4. Nehemiah 7:7

    Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this; Azariah: or, Seraiah

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  5. Nehemiah 8:9

    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. the Tirshatha: or, the governor

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  6. Nehemiah 10:1

    Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, those: Heb. at the sealings the Tirshatha: or, the governor

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  7. Nehemiah 12:26

    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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  8. Nehemiah 12:47

    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. sanctified: that is, set apart

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