Scofield Reference Bible Notes
of 1917
By C. I. Scofield
Nehemiah
Fourteen years after the return of
Ezra to Jerusalem, Nehemiah led up a company (B.C. 444) and restored the walls
and the civil authority. Of those events this book is the record.
It is in eight divisions:
1. The journey to Jerusalem, 1:1-2:20
2. The building of the wall, 3:1-6:19.
3. The census, 7:1-73.
4. The revival, 8:1-11:36.
5. The census of the priests and Levites, 12:1-26.
6. Dedication of the wall, 12:27-43.
7. Restoration of the temple worship, 12:44-47.
8. The legal order restored, 13:1-31.
The moral state of the time is disclosed
by the prophet Malachi. This book affords many instances of individual faith
acting on the written word (e.g. Nehemiah 1:8,9; 13:1). It is the principle
of 2 Timothy 2.
The events recorded in Nehemiah cover
a period of 11 years (Ussher).
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