Chapter Seven PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS 1. Why do you suppose Nehemiah appointed his brother to an important government post? 2. Who else besides his brother was appointed? 3. How thickly was Jerusalem populated at this time? 4. Why did Nehemiah stress that God put it into his heart to take a ce... [ Continue Reading ]
TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT G. Nehemiah finds the list of the first exiles to return. 1. Nehemiah makes arrangements for the continued defense and administration of the city. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 7:1-4 1 Now it came about when the wall was rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers an... [ Continue Reading ]
2. Nehemiah retraces the genealogies of first returning exiles. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 7:5-73 5 Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogies. Then I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up first in which I found the foll... [ Continue Reading ]