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    2 others in the registry answer to the name Nehemiah. Every Nehemiah in the Bible

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    Nehemiah

    נְחֶמְיָה

    Nehemiah was among the leaders who returned with Zerubbabel from Babylonian exile to Jerusalem.

    verses
    2
    first named
    Ezra 2:2
    last named
    Nehemiah 7:7
    period
    Exile and Return
    role
    Man

    Description

    Who was Nehemiah?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Nehemiah is mentioned in Ezr.2.2 and Neh.7.7 as one of the leaders who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian captivity along with Zerubbabel. This event took place around 538 BC, when the Persian king Cyrus issued a decree allowing the Jews to return to their homeland and rebuild the temple in Jerusalem (Ezr.1.1-4).

    The list of returnees in both Ezra and Nehemiah highlights the importance of these leaders in the resettlement of Jerusalem and the restoration of Jewish religious and social life. As a prominent figure among the returnees, Nehemiah would have played a significant role in the challenges and efforts of reestablishing the Jewish community in their ancestral land.

    However, it is important to note that this Nehemiah is not the same person as the Nehemiah who later served as the governor of Judah and rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem, whose story is recounted in the book bearing his name. The Nehemiah mentioned in Ezr.2.2 and Neh.7.7 was a contemporary of Zerubbabel, while the Nehemiah of the book of Nehemiah lived several decades later, during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Nehemiah10 of 14 entities the graph connects to Nehemiah, in 2 groups: company 1, events 9. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.Returning Exiles’ returnTook part in · 4 versesCompanyJudah2 events · 1,023 versesJerusalem2 events · 888 versesReturn1 event · 250 versesTown1 event · 67 versesZerubbabel2 events · 27 versesRehum2 events · 5 versesBaanah2 events · 2 versesBigvai2 events · 2 versesBilshan2 events · 2 versesEventsNehemiah

    The 10 best-attested of 14 are drawn. All 14 are listed below.

    Took part in

    Stands in the same events as

    and 10 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Nehemiah happensAll 5 places the claims about Nehemiah reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Cherub, Immer, Jerusalem, Tel-harsha, Tel-melah. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Nehemiah there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.CherubImmerJerusalemTel-harshaTel-melah
    Exile and ReturnAll 5 places the claims about Nehemiah reach

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 2 books.

    1. Ezra1 verse

      2:2

    2. Nehemiah1 verse

      7:7

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Returning Exiles’ return and First Returnees’ returnBaanahA leader who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian exile.via Returning Exiles’ return and First Returnees’ returnBigvaiLeader who returned from Babylonian exilevia Returning Exiles’ return and First Returnees’ returnBilshanLeader who returned from Babylonian exilevia Returning Exiles’ return and First Returnees’ returnJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsvia Returning Exiles’ return and First Returnees’ returnJudahIsraelite tribe, kingdom, and provincevia Returning Exiles’ return and First Returnees’ returnMisparOne of the returnees from Babylonian exile.via Returning Exiles’ return and First Returnees’ returnMordecaiA leader who returned from Babylonian exile.via Returning Exiles’ return and First Returnees’ returnReelaiahOne of the leaders who returned with Zerubbabelvia Returning Exiles’ return and First Returnees’ returnRehumOne of the leaders who returned with Zerubbabel

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