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Nehemiah Overview

Nehemiah Overview. Keil wrote: "The contents of the book itself do not furnish the slightest opposition to the view that the whole composition was the work of Nehemiah." (C. F. Keil, Keil and Delitzsch's Old Testament Commentaries, Vol. 3c, p. 150.) Whitcomb pointed out:

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Nehemiah Overview

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  1. Nehemiah Overview

  2. Keil wrote: "The contents of the book itself do not furnish the slightest opposition to the view that the whole composition was the work of Nehemiah." (C. F. Keil, Keil and Delitzsch's Old Testament Commentaries, Vol. 3c, p. 150.) Whitcomb pointed out: "The fact that Nehemiah is written in the first person is evidence that Nehemiah is the author, and the places where he is mentioned in the third person can be explained in harmony with his authorship." (Wycliffe Old Testament Commentary, p. 435)

  3. Date written - around 430 B.C. • Nehemiah came to Jerusalem in 444 B.C. • Nehemiah covers the events between 444 B.C. and 432 B.C.

  4. Key words: Rebuilding, prayer and work

  5. Nehemiah 4:6 So we built the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work. Key phrase: “The people had a mind to work.”

  6. Nehemiah 4:9 Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and because of them we set a watch against them day and night. Nehemiah 4:17 Those who built on the wall, and those who carried burdens, loaded themselves so that with one hand they worked at construction, and with the other held a weapon. Nehemiah 4:20 "Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us."

  7. Nehemiah 6:15 So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days. 16 And it happened, when all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations around us saw these things, that they were very disheartened in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was done by our God.

  8. Basic outline of Nehemiah: 1-2 Covers Nehemiah’s return Jerusalem 3 The gates are rebuilt and a general list of the workers of the wall and gates are given 4-6 Deals with the events that happened during the rebuilding and completion of the wall 7 Lists those that returned back with Zerubbabel. 8 Ezra reads the Law for 7 days 9-12 The children of Israel enter into covenant with God to keep His Law and the completed wall is dedicated. 13 The Jews had become lax with their tithes, the Sabbath and mixed marriages and Nehemiah deals with these problems.

  9. Nehemiah 4:3 "Whatever they build, if even a fox goes up on it, he will break down their stone wall."

  10. Nehemiah 13:8 And it grieved me bitterly; therefore I threw all the household goods of Tobiah out of the room. 9 Then I commanded them to cleanse the rooms; and I brought back into them the articles of the house of God, with the grain offering and the frankincense.

  11. 1. They overcame the scorn and ridicule of their enemies by having confidence in God Neh. 2:20 2. They overcame their enemies’ wrath and disrespect for them through prayer and hard work Neh. 4:4-6 3. They overcame conspiracy and conflict with prayer and watchfulness Neh. 4:9 4. They overcame the negative and defeated attitudes of their friends through their faith and steadfast courage Neh. 4:13-14 5. They overcame selfish greed by the rebuking of Nehemiah and by the self-sacrificing example he gave Neh. 5:6-17 6. They overcame the false accusations that were made as a distraction by standing firm and saying no this is not true Neh. 6:1-14

  12. Nehemiah 1:6 "please let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You now, day and night, for the children of Israel Your servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against You. Both my father's house and I have sinned. 7 "We have acted very corruptly against You, and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses.

  13. Nehemiah 2:20 The God of heaven Himself will prosper us; therefore we His servants will arise and build, but you have no heritage or right or memorial in Jerusalem."

  14. Nehemiah 4:7 Now it happened, when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being restored and the gaps were beginning to be closed, that they became very angry, 8 and all of them conspired together to come and attack Jerusalem and create confusion.

  15. Nehemiah 4:17 Those who built on the wall, and those who carried burdens, loaded themselves so that with one hand they worked at construction, and with the other held a weapon.

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