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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Book of Nehemiah |
 | | To this son-in-law of Sanaballat is generally attributed the inauguration of the worship in the temple of Garizim. | | | In chapter xii, 27-43, we have the account of the solemn dedication of the walls of Jerusalem; Esdras the scribe is mentioned as being at the head of a group of singers (verse 35). | | | Nehemiah 12:23, Hebrew text), and the unlawfulness of mixed marriages recognized by every one (ix, 1 ff.). |
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| | Book of Nehemiah - definition of Book of Nehemiah in Encyclopedia |
| | The Book of Nehemiah is a book of the Hebrew Bible, known to Jews as the Tanakh and to Christians as the Old Testament. | | | It is historically regarded as a continuation of the Book of Ezra. | | | These portions had their place assigned them in the book probably by Nehemiah. |
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| | Nehemiah (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net |
| | Malachi now appeared among the people with words of stern reproof and solemn warning; and Nehemiah again returned from Persia (after an absence of some two years), and was grieved to see the widespread moral degeneracy that had taken place during his absence. | | | He went up in the spring of B.C. 446 (eleven years after Ezra), with a strong escort supplied by the king, and with letters to all the pashas of the provinces through which he had to pass, as also to Asaph, keeper of the royal forests, directing him to assist Nehemiah. | | | At length the king observed his sadness of countenance and asked the reason of it. |
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| | JewishEncyclopedia.com - NEHEMIAH: |
| | The account of the inaugural ceremony after completion comes rather late in the book, and was probably written some years after the event. | | | The Rabbis think that these two faults were the reason that this book is not mentioned under its own name, but forms part of the Book of Ezra (Sanh. | | | According to B. 15a Nehemiah completed the Book of Chronicles, which was written by Ezra. |
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| | Nehemiah on Encyclopedia.com |
| | The book narrates the return to Jerusalem of Nehemiah, the cup-bearer of Persian King Artaxerxes I, as governor of the city-state. | | | NEHEMIAH [Nehemiah] originally combined with Ezra to form a single book in the Hebrew canon. | | | In the first period of Nehemiah's governorship (445-433 BC) as related in the book, Jerusalem's walls were rebuilt. |
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| | Grew, Nehemiah - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Grew, Nehemiah |
| | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | English botanist and physician who made some of the early microscopical observations of plants. |
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