Nehemiah

It was the honor of the Jews that they were to be separate from the heathen nations. The Lord’s law concerning this (Deut. 23:3-5) was read on...

The beginning of this chapter details the names of a large number of priests and Levites, who were eminent in their day among the Jews who...

Jerusalem was here called the holy city because the Temple was there, and that was the place where God had chosen to put His name. Upon this...

In Exodus 24, when God’s people of Israel were first brought into covenant with Him, it was done by sacrifice and the sprinkling of blood. But...

Here we have a general account of a public fast which the Jews kept two days after the conclusion of the Feast of Tabernacles, which they...

This chapter gives us an account of a solemn religious assembly, and of the good work that went on in that assembly, to the honor of God and...

The Lord says concerning His Church, in Isaiah 62:6, “I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem!” Here in this chapter, we see that this...

This chapter gives us an account of two plots that were laid against Nehemiah by his enemies, and how they were frustrated by God’s good...

The opening scene of this chapter shows us the tears of the oppressed and poor people among the Jews. Hard times and hard hearts had made these...

This chapter opens by telling us of the spiteful, scornful reflections which Sanballat and Tobiah – enemies of the Jews – cast upon them for...

Talk is cheap. Saying and doing are two very different things. Many people are ready to say, “Let us rise up and build,” and yet they sit still...

When Nehemiah had prayed for the relief of his countrymen – perhaps even using David’s words in Psalm 51: “Build thou the walls of Jerusalem” –...

The Book of Nehemiah begins in the year 454 BC, and it picks up the history of God’s people very soon after the Book of Ezra ends – about 13...