Nehemiah

Cupbearer, governor, prayerful organizer, and reformer in postexilic Jerusalem

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INTERPRETIVE PORTRAIT · NO RECOVERED LIKENESS

THEIR WORK WITHIN THE STORY

Organizing workers rebuilding Jerusalem's wall

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FIRST APPEARANCE

Nehemiah 1:1

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PRIMARY PASSAGES

Nehemiah

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PLACES

Susa Jerusalem City wall

RELATIONSHIPS

Hanani Artaxerxes Ezra Sanballat Tobiah

WORK WORLD · INTERPRETIVE ILLUSTRATION

BUILD THE WORLD AROUND THE NAME

Stone, timber, tools, planning, and communal labor

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