Nehemiah #catechesis/bible/nehemiah
Old Testament · Old Testament History · part of Old Testament → Bible
Chapters
- Nehemiah 1 — Nehemiah hearing the miserable state of his countrymen in Judea, laments, fasts, and prays to God for their relief.
- Nehemiah 2 — Nehemiah with commission from King Artaxerxes comes to Jerusalem: and exhorts the Jews to rebuild the walls.
- Nehemiah 3 — They begin to build the walls: the names and order of the builders.
- Nehemiah 4 — The building is carried on notwithstanding the opposition of their enemies.
- Nehemiah 5 — Nehemiah blames the rich, for their oppressing the poor. His exhortation, and bounty to his countrymen.
- Nehemiah 6 — The enemies seek to terrify Nehemiah. He proceeds and finishes the wall.
- Nehemiah 7 — Nehemiah appoints watchmen in Jerusalem. The list of those who came first from Babylon.
- Nehemiah 8 — Esdras reads the law before the people. Nehemiah comforts them. They celebrate the feast of tabernacles.
- Nehemiah 9 — The people repent with fasting and sackcloth. The Levites confess God’s benefits, and the people’s ingratitude: they pray for them, and make a covenant with God.
- Nehemiah 10 — The names of the subscribers to the covenant, and the contents of it.
- Nehemiah 11 — Who were the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the other cities.
- Nehemiah 12 — The priests, and Levites that came up with Zorobabel. The succession of high priests: the solemnity of the dedication of the wall.
- Nehemiah 13 — Divers abuses are reformed.
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New Advent na2 — Septuagint/Greek · Douay-Rheims · Clementine Vulgate.
