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Nehemiah 1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in
the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
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Nehemiah means comforter of appointed by God.
Nehemiah Son of Hachaliah, and apparently of the
tribe of Judah.
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The words = Divine revelation in writing must be
made up of words.
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The "words" here were written, chronologically,
long before the book of Ezra.
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He was one of the "princes". Nehemiah 10:1 Now
those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha,
the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
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Who signed the Solemn Covenant: a prince of
Judah. Nehemiah 9:38 And because of all
this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and
our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
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For the "king's seed" and "princes" were taken
to Babylon = Daniel 1:3 And the
king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his
eunuchs, that he should bring certain of
the children of Israel, and of the king's seed,
and of the princes;
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According to the prophecy in 2 Kings 20:17
Behold, the days come, that all that is
in thine house, and that which thy fathers have
laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried
into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the
LORD.
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2 Kings 20:18 And of thy sons that shall
issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall
they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the
palace of the king of Babylon.
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The next who signed was Zidkijah, a son of king
Jehoiakim = 1 Chronicles 3:16 And
the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son,
Zedekiah his son.
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Hanani, his brother or near kinsman (a shortened
form of Hananiah,
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Nehemiah 1:2 That Hanani, one of
my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah;
and I asked them concerning the Jews that had
escaped, which were left of the captivity, and
concerning Jerusalem.
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Compare to Nehemiah 1:2 That
Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and
certain men of Judah; and I asked them
concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were
left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
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There was another "prince". Nehemiah 7:2
That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the
ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for
he was a faithful man, and feared God
above many.
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Renamed Shadrach. Daniel 1:3 And the king
spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs,
that he should bring certain of the children of
Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the
princes;
4 Children in whom was no blemish, but well
favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning
in knowledge, and understanding science, and
such as had ability in them to stand in the
king's palace, and whom they might teach the
learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
5 And the king appointed them a daily provision
of the king's meat, and of the wine which he
drank: so nourishing them three years, that at
the end thereof they might stand before the
king.
6 Now among these were of the children of Judah,
Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
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Nehemiah was the Sheshbazzar. Ezra 1:8
Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth
by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and
numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of
Judah.
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Five parties seen in action in this book:
Nehemiah, Ezra, the People, their enemies, and
the God of heaven.
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Chisleu = The ninth month.
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Twentieth year = Forty-two years from the
beginning of the Babylonian Servitude,
thirty-five years from Jehoiachin's captivity,
and twenty-three years from the destruction of
Jerusalem, and the beginning of the Desolations.
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I was in Shushan. Like Joseph in Egypt, Obadiah
in Samaria, Daniel in Babylon, and the saints in
Caesar's household (Phil 1:4,22).
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Was = came to be.
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Shushan = He had been there about sixteen years,
and was removed thither from Babylon.
Excavations in 1909 by M. de Morgan, at Susa,
exposed the remains of three cities.
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Among them, four black stone pillars, with the
Code of Khammurabi
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Bricks of his palace or temple were also found.
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Occupied by Babylonians in 2800 B.C.
2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I
asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the
captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the
province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is
broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and
mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
5 And said, I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God,
that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his
commandments:
6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the
prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the
children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel,
which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.
7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments,
nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses,
saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there
were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather
them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set
my name there.
10 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy
great power, and by thy strong hand.
11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy
servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and
prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of
this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
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The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually
breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.
He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would
be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them
among the heathens (like lost sheep)
• Study the book:
Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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