"The book of Nehemiah is the historical continuation of the book of Ezra. It records the restoration not only of Jerusalem under Nehemiah’s leadership, but also the restoration of the people. Nehemiah lived in ancient Persia and held the prestigious and trusted position of cup-bearer to the king. In the twentieth year of Artaxerxes’ reign, this king of Persia
allowed Nehemiah to go to Jerusalem to help rebuild its wall. Throughout this rebuilding, there would be remarkable occurrences. Even though Jerusalem temporarily lay in ruins, God’s purpose to establish His name there remained. If Jerusalem was ever to be an important or respectable city again, it needed to have a wall. A wall represented the ability of a people to protect themselves, and Jerusalem had been completely humbled. Now it was time to rebuild and allow repairs of the city and of the people.
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"After Hezekiah’s reign, Judah experienced a string of evil kings. Hezekiah’s son Manasseh came into power when he was twelve years old. The Bible outlines the evil that King Manasseh did. Eventually, Manasseh was humbled and corrected, but unfortunately the damage of his 55 years in power was do...
"Hezekiah was an amazing king of Judah. The nation of Judah was formed after Israel rebelled against Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, forming two new nations calling themselves Israel and Judah. This split of the nation had happened a few hundred years before Hezekiah’s reign.
Hezekiah was the 15th king ...
"There are twenty-two kings who reigned in Israel and Judah after Israel split. The thirteenth king of Judah was Jotham. He was twenty-five years old when he became king and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. The Bible says that Jotham did right in the eyes of the LORD and that “…he prepared ...