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Nehemiah

The Book of Nehemiah

Nehemiah in the King James Version has 13 chapters and 406 verses. It opens: The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, (Nehemiah 1:1)

Chapters at a glance

  1. Chapter 1The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year…
  2. Chapter 2And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before…
  3. Chapter 3Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they…
  4. Chapter 4But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great…
  5. Chapter 5And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
  6. Chapter 6Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard…
  7. Chapter 7Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers…
  8. Chapter 8And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate…
  9. Chapter 9Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with…
  10. Chapter 10Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
  11. Chapter 11And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten…
  12. Chapter 12Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua…
  13. Chapter 13On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written…