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historical documents (2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

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