St Andrew’s - Your Church

Nehemiah

This term we are studing Vision Building and Nehemiah - download the study pack

Also of help are these weekly study guides to the various parts of Nehemiah:

Overview - Ezra-Nehemiah

Study 1 - Depending on God: First Things First

Study 2 - Inspecting the walls and assigning the work

Study 3 - The work attacked by mockery, conspiracy, extortion, compromise and treachery

Study 4 - The work accomplished, the people registered

Study 5 - Ezra reads the Law (What’s fun about that?!)

Study 6 - The repentance of the people, ratifying the covenant and its responsibilities

Study 7 - Re-populating the cities; the priests and the Levites; rededicating the wall; Revival and Reforms

Contents

Chapter 1. Nehemiah hears bad news from Jerusalem. Nehemiah’s prayer

Chapter 2. The King allows Nehemiah to return to oversee the building of the walls.

Nehemiah inspects the walls.

Chapters 3-6 The walls are rebuilt

Chapter 3 – the people work together

Chapter 4 – Opposition from the enemies (Tobiah, Sanballat)

Chapter 5 – Internal opposition

Chapter 6 – More opposition and testing for Nehemiah. The walls are finished in less than two months

Chapter 7 A list of those who returned

Chapter 8 Ezra reads the law to the people. They celebrate the feast of tabernacles.

Chapter 9 The people confess their sin. Ezra retells Israel’s history and God’s faithfulness. (those who do not remember the past are forced to relive it!)

Chapter 10 The people renew the covenant and promise to follow the law.

Chapter 11-12 Those who returned – repopulating Jerusalem. The walls are re-dedicated

Chapter 13 In 433 Nehemiah returned to Babylon. On his return he finds that several things have gone wrong in his absence.

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