Nehemiah 1

Nehemiah 1 – New International Version (NIV) Nehemiah’s Prayer The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah: In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa, Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I...

Nehemiah 2

Nehemiah 2 – New International Version (NIV) Artaxerxes Sends Nehemiah to Jerusalem In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his presence before,...

Nehemiah 4

Nehemiah 4 – New International Version (NIV) Opposition to the Rebuilding [a]When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews, and in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria, he...

Nehemiah 5

Nehemiah 5 – New International Version (NIV) Nehemiah Helps the Poor Now the men and their wives raised a great outcry against their fellow Jews. Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous; in order for us to eat and stay alive, we must get...

Nehemiah 6

Nehemiah 6 – New International Version (NIV) Further Opposition to the Rebuilding When word came to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left in it—though up to that time I had not set the...