page_title: Nehemiah
hierarchical_section_title: Nehemiah
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: bibleprimeroldte00hult (find matches) Title: Bible primer, Old Testament, for use in the primary department of Sunday schools Year: 1919 (1910s) Authors: Hult, Adolf, 1869-1943 Augustana synod. (from old catalog) Subjects: Publisher: Rock Island, Ill., Augustana book concern Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: kof it! One night the king could not sleep. He read in the booksthat told of happenings in his kingdom. Then he read of theman that had saved his life. Oh, thought the king, and Igave him no reward! He asked Haman, What shall be done to a man whom theking wants to honor? Haman thought he meant him. Sohe told the king to give him costly clothing and a crown andthe kings horse to ride upon. Then the king said to Haman,Do all these things to Mordecai. This made Haman afraid. One day there was a feast at the queens palace. Just asthey were eating, the king said, Ask anything of me thatyou wish for, Queen Esther. He loved the queen. Shebegged the king to spare her peoples lives and her own.There is one here who would kill us, she said. Who ishe? asked the king. Then Esther pointed to Haman. Atonce the king told the servants to hang Haman. But toMordecai he gave fine robes, and a ring for his finger, andhe made him one of his great men. Esther had saved the lives of her people. Esther 6, 7. Text Appearing After Image: BIBLE PRIMER 109 52. NEHEMIAH REPAIRS THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM. To Jerusalem! Home again, after seventy years in Babylon! I can hear them sing home-coming songs, can you? Home to the land of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob! God ledIsrael home. But nothing was left of Jerusalem, except ruins, as afteran awful fire. Weeds grew in its streets, and screech-owlsflew about the ruined houses. What shall the people do now? Ezra, the good priest, teaches them the Law and the Wordof God. He helps them build up the temple again. It wasonly a small temple they built this time. The old folks thathad seen the old temple wept when they saw this little one.But the great God lived there just as He lived in theTabernacle of Moses and in the Temple of Solomon. God iswherever His Word is. Nehemiah next becomes governor of Jerusalem. He leadsthe people in building up strong walls with towers, allaround the city. Every one works willingly. All give theirmoney gladly. It is dear old Jerusalem they are building upag Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: Nehemiah is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which describes his work in rebuilding Jerusalem during the Second Temple period. He was governor of Persian Judea under Artaxerxes I of Persia. The name is pronounced or in English. It is in Hebrew נְחֶמְיָה‎, Nəḥemyāh, "Yah comforts".
  Most scholars believe Nehemiah was a real historical figure and that the Nehemiah Memoir, a name given by scholars to certain portions of the book written in the first person, is historically reliable.
context_section_description: Nehemiah  is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which describes his work in rebuilding Jerusalem during the Second Temple period. He was governor of Persian Judea under Artaxerxes I of Persia (465-424 BC).  The name is pronounced /ˌniːəˈmaɪə/ or /ˌniːhəˈmaɪə/ in English. It is in Hebrew נְחֶמְיָה‎, Nəḥemyāh, "Yah comforts".
  Most scholars believe Nehemiah was a real historical figure and that the Nehemiah Memoir, a name given by scholars to certain portions of the book written in the first person, is historically reliable.
caption: Nehemiah rebuilding Jerusalem, illustration by Adolf Hult, 1919
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