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"Nehemiah will always be associated with the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem," writes Butler in the Preface of his biography on Nehemiah. Butler also examines Nehemiah's piousness, his battle against sin within Judah, his great leadership skills, and more in the following chapters: • Conditions in Israel • Communing with God • Commission for Nehemiah • Commencing the Venture • ...

. Another aspect of the bad condition of the Jews in Nehemiah’s day was their status in the world as a nation. In our text they are called a “province.” No longer are they a great independent nation, but now they are simply another of the many provinces of Persia (Ezra 5:8). What a great and humiliating reproach that is for Israel. It is a great reproach to any nation to become so reduced in status that it is only a small part of another nation. During the time of the book of Esther (which
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