Ezra–Nehemiah
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Ezra–Nehemiah is a book in the Hebrew Bible found in the Ketuvim section, originally with the Hebrew title of Ezra, called Esdras B in the Septuagint. The book covers the period from the fall of Babyl
Septuagint version of the end of Ezra and beginning of Nehemiah
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A page from the Leningrad Codex with the text of Ezra 10:24–Nehemiah 1:9a. The break between the books is designated by a single blank line.
Nehemiah
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Nehemiah is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which describes his work in rebuilding Jerusalem during the Second Temple period as the governor of Yehud Medinata, the autonomous province of J
Ezra–Nehemiah
…the fall of Babylon in 539 BCE to the second half of the 5th century BCE, and tells of the successive missions to Jerusalem of Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah, and their efforts to restore the worship of the God of Israel and to create a purified Jewish community. In this vein, Ezra-Nehemiah contains an…
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Nehemiah rebuilding Jerusalem, illustration by Adolf Hult, 1919
Nehemiah as cup-bearer to Artaxerxes I (French bible, c. 1280–1300)
The Rebuilding of Jerusalem