So I have recenlty begun reading Nehemiah with a buddy of mine. Its a really interesting book. Its a book of the bible that I have never read before. I had heard some things about it, and have heard some sermons preached from it, but have never actually read it.Here is a little bit of Nehemiah's back story and history:
(From the NIV Key Word Study Bible)
The books of Ezra and Nehemiah were combined into one volume in early Hebrew manuscripts. Around the start of the fourth century A.D. Jerome seperated them into 1 and 2 Ezra in Vulgate, a Latin translation of the Bible. Not long afterward, the second book was named Nehemiah after its principal character. The name Nehemiah means "the Lord comforts" Nehemiah was concerned that the Lord's name was not being esteemed as it should have been because His city Jerusalem, was in ruins. The people who had returned from captivity in babylon had no way to defend themselves (Ne 1:3). As a result, Nehemiah desired to take on the formidable task of reestablishing civil authority in Jerusalem. he let nothing distract him from his goal of making Jerusalem a strategic center of refuge for the remnant of the Isrealites who lived in the region (Ne 6:3)
Nehemiah was appointed Govenor of Judea by the Persian emperor Artaxerxes and soon afterward came to Jerusalem (around 445 B.C.). he was given a military escort and government funding from Artaxerxes to aid him in repairing the city. With God's help, Nehemiah planned and supervised the rebuilding of the wall around Jerusalem. Letters written on papyri (ancient paper) have been discovered in Egypts (on the island of Elephantini in the NIle River) which confirm that Sanballet, the man stated as leading the opposition against Nehemiah, lived during Nehemiah's time. These papyri also describe an overall political situation which conincides with the account given in Nehemiah.
So there you have it......the introduction!
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That was cool - GREAT JOB!!!
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