Nehemiah
Old Testament · History · 13 chapters
Nehemiah, a cupbearer to the Persian king, leads the rebuilding of Jerusalem’s walls and the renewal of the covenant.
Exile & ReturnFaithPrayer
Context
- Genre
- Memoir and history
- Authorship
- Traditionally attributed to Nehemiah and EzraIts composition is debated.
- Setting
- Persia and Jerusalem
- Original language
- Hebrew
- In the original
- חוֹמָהhomah — wall
- Related texts
- Ezra 7–10 · Ezra’s missionMalachi 1–4 · postexilic Judah