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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 • ...

NEHEMIAH 2:1–9 NEHEMIAH’S EARNEST PRAYER to God about the bad conditions of the Jews and of Jerusalem and his desire to remedy these conditions did not fall on deaf ears, for in due time God answered Nehemiah’s prayer. In this chapter we will witness the first stages of the answer of Nehemiah’s prayer. This involved the granting by King Artaxerxes of a commission for Nehemiah to go to Jerusalem to build its walls. This commission was the first thing Nehemiah needed in
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