1 Nehemiah, informed by Hanani concerning the afflicted state of Jerusalem, mourneth, fasteth, and prayeth. 5 His prayer.
1 Artaxerxes, understanding the cause of Nehemiah's sadness sendeth him with letters and a commission to build the wall of Jerusalem. 9 Nehemiah delivereth the letters, and to the grief of the enemies of the Jews cometh to Jerusalem. 12 He vieweth the state of the walls secretly by night. 17 He encourageth the Jews to build in spite of the scorn of their enemies.
The names and order of them that builded the wall.
1 While the enemies are angry, and scoff, Nehemiah prayeth to God, and buildeth the wall. 7 Understanding their secret plottings, he setteth a watch. 13 He armeth the labourers, and giveth instructions how to proceed in case of an alarm.
1 The people complain of their debts, which had compelled them to mortgage their lands, and sell their children into bondage. 6 Nehemiah rebuketh the usurers, and causeth them to swear to make a full and free restitution. 14 He refuseth the governor's usual allowance, and keepeth up hospitality at his own expense.
1 Sanballat practiseth against Nehemiah by insidious attempts, 5 false rumours, 10 and hired prophecies. 15 The wall is finished to the great dismay of the enemy. 17 The nobles of Judah hold traitorous intelligence with Tobiah.
1 Nehemiah committeth the charge of the city to Hanani and Hananiah. 5 A register found of the genealogy of them which came first from Babylon, of the people, 39 of the priests, 43 of the Levites, 46 of the Nethinims, 57 of the children of Solomon's servants, 63 of the priests which could not shew their pedigree. 66 The whole number with their substance. 70 Their oblations.
1 The religious manner in which the law was read by Ezra and expounded to the people. 9 Nehemiah, Ezra and the Levites, comfort them. 13 They are instructed out of the law concerning the feast of tabernacles, 16 which is kept in a solemn manner.
1 A solemn general fast and humiliation. 4 The Levites make a religious confession of God's manifold goodness, and of the national sins, which had occasioned the people's miseries.
1 The names of those that sealed the covenant, 28 which the rest of the people bound themselves to observe according to the several particulars enumerated.
1 The rulers, together with every tenth man taken by lot, and those that offered voluntarily, dwell at Jerusalem. 3 A catalogue of their names. 20 The residue of the people dwell in other cities.
1 The priests, and the Levites, which came up with Zerubbabel. 10 The succession of high priests. 22 Certain chief Levites in the days of Nehemiah and Ezra. 27 The solemnity of the dedication of the wall. 44 The offices of the priests and Levites appointed in the temple.
1 Upon reading the law Israel is separated from the mixed multitude. 4 Eliashib having in Nehemiah's absence prepared a chamber in the temple for Tobiah, Nehemiah on his return is offended, and causeth the chambers to be cleansed. 10 He reformeth certain abuses concerning tithes, 15 the violation of the sabbath, 23 and the marriages with foreign wives.