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NEHEMIAH (Heb. for " Yah[weh] comforts ") , governor ofSee also: Judaea under See also: Artaxerxes (apparently A
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Longimanus, 465—424 B.C.)
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The See also: book of Nehemiah is really See also: part of the same See also: work with the book of See also: Ezra, though it embodies certain See also: memoirs of Nehemiah in which he writes in the first See also: person
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Apart from what is related in this book we possess little information about Nehemiah
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The hymn of praise by See also: Ben Sira (Ecclesiasticus xlix
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13) extols his fame for rebuilding the desolate city of Jerusalem and for raising up fresh homes for the downtrodden See also: people
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According to other traditions he restored the See also: temple-service and founded a collection of See also: historical documents (2 Mace. i
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18-36, ii
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13)
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See further EZRA AND NEHEMIAH (Books), JEWS: See also: History §§ 21 seq
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