Nehemiah’s Prayer Answered 1 And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, that winewasbefore him, and I took up the wine and gave…

Builders of the Walls 1 Then Eliashib the high priest arose with his brothers the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They consecrated…

Work Is Ridiculed 1 Now it came about that when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furious and very angry and mocked the Jews. 2 He…

Usury Abolished 1 Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers. 2 For there were those who said, “We, our sons…

The Enemy’s Plot 1 Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, to Geshem the Arab and to the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall, andthatno…

Census of First Returned Exiles 1 Now when the wall was rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,…

Ezra Reads the Law 1 And all the people gathered as one man at the square which was in front of the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe…

The People Confess Their Sin 1 Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the sons of Israel assembled with fasting, in sackcloth and with dirt upon them. 2 The…

Signers of the Document 1 Now on the sealed documentwere the names of:Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah, 2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, 4…

Time Passes; Heads of Provinces 1 Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to…