Book Overview - Nehemiah
by C.I. Scofield
Book Introduction - Nehemiah
Fourteen years after the return of Ezra to Jerusalem, Nehemiah led up a company (B.C. 444) and restored the walls and the civil authority. Of those events this book is the record. It is in eight divisions:
1. The journey to Jerusalem, Nehemiah 1:1 to Nehemiah 2:20
2. The building of the wall, Nehemiah 3:1 to Nehemiah 6:19.
3. The census, Nehemiah 7:1-73.
4. The revival, Nehemiah 8:1 to Nehemiah 11:36.
5. The census of the priests and Levites, Nehemiah 12:1-26.
6. Dedication of the wall, Nehemiah 12:27-43.
7. Restoration of the temple worship, Nehemiah 12:44-47.
8. The legal order restored, Nehemiah 13:1-31.
The moral state of the time is disclosed by the prophet Malachi. This book affords many instances of individual faith acting on the written word (e.g. Nehemiah 1:8; Nehemiah 1:9; Nehemiah 13:1). It is the principle of 2 Timothy 2.
The events recorded in Nehemiah cover a period of 11 years (Ussher).
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