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Bible Commentaries
Scofield's Reference Notes Scofield's Notes
Nehemiah's Prayer After Hearing Jerusalem's Condition.Chapter 2
Nehemiah Granted Permission to Rebuild Jerusalem's Walls.Chapter 3
Rebuilding the Walls; List of Workers and Tasks.Chapter 5
Nehemiah Addresses Social Injustices and Debt.Chapter 6
Plots Against Nehemiah; Wall Completed Despite Threats.Chapter 7
List of Returned Exiles and Leaders.Chapter 8
Ezra Reads the Law; People Respond in Repentance.Chapter 9
Confession of Sins and Recounting God's Faithfulness.Chapter 10
Covenant Renewal and Commitment to Obey God's Law.Chapter 12
Dedication of the Wall and Temple Service Reorganization.Chapter 13
Nehemiah's Final Reforms; Correction of Various Abuses.
- Nehemiah
by C.I. Scofield
Book Introduction - Nehemiah
Nehemiah 1:1
Fourteen years after the return of Ezra to Jerusalem, Nehemiah led up a company (B.C. 444) and restored the walls and the civil authority. Of those events this book is the record. It is in eight divisions: The journey to Jerusalem, Nehemiah 1:1-20 The building of the wall, Nehemiah 3:1-19. The census, Nehemiah 7:1-73. The revival, Nehemiah 8:1-36. The census of the priests and Levites, Nehemiah 12:1-26. Dedication of the wall, Nehemiah 12:27-43. Restoration of the temple worship, Nehemiah 12:44-47. The legal order restored, Nehemiah 13:1-31.
The moral state of the time is disclosed by the prophet Malachi. This book affords many instances of individual faith acting on the written word (e.g. Nehemiah 1:8; Nehemiah 1:9; Nehemiah 13:1). It is the principle of 2 Timothy 2:0.
The events recorded in Nehemiah cover a period of 11 years (Ussher).
