1 This is the account of what Nehemiah son of Hacaliah accomplished. Nehemiah’s Concern for Jerusalem In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year that Artaxerxes was emperor of…

Nehemiah Goes to Jerusalem 1 One day four months later, when Emperor Artaxerxes was dining, I took the wine to him. He had never seen me look sad before, 2…

Rebuilding the Wall of Jerusalem 1 This is how the city wall was rebuilt.The High Priest Eliashib and his fellow priests rebuilt the Sheep Gate, dedicated it, and put the…

Nehemiah Overcomes Opposition to His Work 1 When Sanballat heard that we Jews had begun rebuilding the wall, he became furious and began to ridicule us. 2 In front of…

Oppression of the Poor 1 Some time later many of the people, both men and women, began to complain against the other Jews. 2 Some said, “We have large families,…

Plots against Nehemiah 1 Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem, and the rest of our enemies heard that we had finished building the wall and that there were no gaps left in it,…

1 And now the wall had been rebuilt, the gates had all been put in place, and the Temple guards, the members of the sacred choir, and the other Levites…

Ezra Reads the Law to the People 1 By the seventh month the people of Israel were all settled in their towns. On the first day of that month they…

The People Confess Their Sins 1-2 On the twenty-fourth day of the same month the people of Israel gathered to fast in order to show sorrow for their sins. They…

1 The first to sign was the governor, Nehemiah son of Hacaliah, and then Zedekiah signed. The following also signed: Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, Harim,…