Various people helped in repairing the wall of Jerusalem. Some may have been familiar with construction work but others such as the goldsmith, the perfumer and the high priest were not. Some repaired the areas near their homes, others who were not living within the...
“And they said, let us rise up and build.” Eight to nine decades before Nehemiah’s visit, two different groups of exiled Jews returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the city —yet, the wall of Jerusalem remained in ruins and its gates burnt. But now, after listening to...
“How are the Jews who survived the exile and how is the city of Jerusalem?” Why did such a simple and basic, even common, question bring about so many changes to the life of Nehemiah? Working in the King’s court meant Nehemiah was in a comfortable position. He...
