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2">chapter 2</a> →</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tanakh-Sassoon1053-24-Ezra.pdf" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Tanakh-Sassoon1053-24-Ezra.pdf/page1-250px-Tanakh-Sassoon1053-24-Ezra.pdf.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Tanakh-Sassoon1053-24-Ezra.pdf/page1-375px-Tanakh-Sassoon1053-24-Ezra.pdf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Tanakh-Sassoon1053-24-Ezra.pdf/page1-500px-Tanakh-Sassoon1053-24-Ezra.pdf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1754" data-file-height="1239" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><div style="width: 250px; text-align: center; line-height: 1em">Hebrew Bible, MS Sassoon 1053, images 485-513 (Ezra-Nehemiah).</div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Book</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Nehemiah" title="Book of Nehemiah">Book of Nehemiah</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Category</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ketuvim" title="Ketuvim">Ketuvim</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Christian Bible part</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Order in the Christian part</th><td class="infobox-data">16</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Nehemiah 1</b> is the first chapter of the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Nehemiah" title="Book of Nehemiah">Book of Nehemiah</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHalley1965235_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalley1965235-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or the 11th chapter of the book of <a href="/wiki/Ezra-Nehemiah" class="mw-redirect" title="Ezra-Nehemiah">Ezra-Nehemiah</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a>, which treats the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Ezra" title="Book of Ezra">book of Ezra</a> and the book of Nehemiah as one book.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGrabbe2003313_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGrabbe2003313-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jewish tradition states that <a href="/wiki/Ezra" title="Ezra">Ezra</a> is the author of Ezra-Nehemiah as well as the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Chronicles" class="mw-redirect" title="Book of Chronicles">Book of Chronicles</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but modern scholars generally accept that a compiler from the 5th century BCE (the so-called "<a href="/wiki/The_Chronicler" title="The Chronicler">Chronicler</a>") is the final author of these books.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFensham19822–4_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFensham19822–4-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This chapter describes Nehemiah's position in the Persian court and his piety.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGrabbe2003321_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGrabbe2003321-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Text">Text</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nehemiah_1&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Text"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CodexGigas_209_Ezra,Nehemiah.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/CodexGigas_209_Ezra%2CNehemiah.jpg/250px-CodexGigas_209_Ezra%2CNehemiah.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="313" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/CodexGigas_209_Ezra%2CNehemiah.jpg/330px-CodexGigas_209_Ezra%2CNehemiah.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/CodexGigas_209_Ezra%2CNehemiah.jpg/500px-CodexGigas_209_Ezra%2CNehemiah.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4613" data-file-height="7220" /></a><figcaption>A page containing the Latin text of Ezra 8:22–10:44 (end) and Nehemiah 1:1–3:8 in the Codex Gigas (English: Giant Book), the largest extant medieval manuscript in the world (from 13th century).</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible" title="Chapters and verses of the Bible">This chapter is divided into</a> 11 verses. The original text of this chapter is in <a href="/wiki/Biblical_Hebrew" title="Biblical Hebrew">Hebrew language</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Textual_witnesses">Textual witnesses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nehemiah_1&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Textual witnesses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in <a href="/wiki/Biblical_Hebrew" title="Biblical Hebrew">Hebrew</a> are of the <a href="/wiki/Masoretic_Text" title="Masoretic Text">Masoretic Text</a>, which includes <a href="/wiki/Leningrad_Codex" title="Leningrad Codex">Codex Leningradensis</a> (1008).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWürthwein199536–37_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWürthwein199536–37-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is also a translation into <a href="/wiki/Koine_Greek" title="Koine Greek">Koine Greek</a> known as the <a href="/wiki/Septuagint" title="Septuagint">Septuagint</a>, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include <a href="/wiki/Codex_Vaticanus" title="Codex Vaticanus">Codex Vaticanus</a> (<b>B</b>; <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi mathvariant="fraktur">G</mi> </mrow> </mrow> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/781fcd09ad1ff694d53778c4d59da525ed9abeb9" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.824ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}" /></span><sup>B</sup>; 4th century), <a href="/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus" title="Codex Sinaiticus">Codex Sinaiticus</a> (<b>S</b>; <a href="/wiki/Biblia_Hebraica_(Kittel)" title="Biblia Hebraica (Kittel)">BHK</a>: <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi mathvariant="fraktur">G</mi> </mrow> </mrow> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/781fcd09ad1ff694d53778c4d59da525ed9abeb9" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.824ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}" /></span><sup>S</sup>; 4th century), and <a href="/wiki/Codex_Alexandrinus" title="Codex Alexandrinus">Codex Alexandrinus</a> (<b>A</b>; <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi mathvariant="fraktur">G</mi> </mrow> </mrow> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/781fcd09ad1ff694d53778c4d59da525ed9abeb9" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.824ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}" /></span><sup>A</sup>; 5th century).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWürthwein199573–74_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWürthwein199573–74-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_report_(1:1–3)"><span id="The_report_.281:1.E2.80.933.29"></span>The report (1:1–3)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nehemiah_1&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The report (1:1–3)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Book_of_Nehemiah_Chapter_1-1_(Bible_Illustrations_by_Sweet_Media).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Book_of_Nehemiah_Chapter_1-1_%28Bible_Illustrations_by_Sweet_Media%29.jpg/200px-Book_of_Nehemiah_Chapter_1-1_%28Bible_Illustrations_by_Sweet_Media%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Book_of_Nehemiah_Chapter_1-1_%28Bible_Illustrations_by_Sweet_Media%29.jpg/300px-Book_of_Nehemiah_Chapter_1-1_%28Bible_Illustrations_by_Sweet_Media%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Book_of_Nehemiah_Chapter_1-1_%28Bible_Illustrations_by_Sweet_Media%29.jpg/400px-Book_of_Nehemiah_Chapter_1-1_%28Bible_Illustrations_by_Sweet_Media%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="831" data-file-height="610" /></a><figcaption>Nehemiah receiving reports about Jerusalem. Illustration of Book of Nehemiah Chapter 1. Biblical illustrations by Jim Padgett</figcaption></figure> <p>This part opens the memoirs (chapter 1–<a href="/wiki/Nehemiah_8" title="Nehemiah 8">8</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith-Christopher2007318_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith-Christopher2007318-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah, who works in Persia as a court official but worries about the welfare of fellow Jews living in Jerusalem at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELarsonDahlenAnders2005132_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELarsonDahlenAnders2005132-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first few verses of this chapter indicate the focus of the whole book of Nehemiah, starting by the introduction of the problem, that is, the "sad state of Jerusalem", followed by the solutions of this problem in the next chapters and the effects on the community in general. <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGrabbe2003321_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGrabbe2003321-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_1">Verse 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nehemiah_1&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Verse 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah.</i></dd> <dd><i>And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,</i><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Kislev" title="Kislev">Chisleu (Kislev)</a>": While Ezra uses numbered months (the nomenclature of the Torah), Nehemiah uses 'Babylonian calendrical names'.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith-Christopher2007318_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith-Christopher2007318-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"The twentieth year": for the reign of <a href="/wiki/Artaxerxes_I" title="Artaxerxes I">Artaxerxes I</a> corresponds to 445 BC, thirteen years after Ezra's arrival in Jerusalem.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcConville198574_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcConville198574-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shushan" class="mw-redirect" title="Shushan">Shushan</a>" or "<a href="/wiki/Susa" title="Susa">Susa</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"Palace" (NKJV: “citadel"): or "fortified palace", also elsewhere in the book.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_2">Verse 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nehemiah_1&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Verse 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>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.</i><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>"Brethren": or "brothers", can be taken figuratively, but Williamson,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliamson1985171_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliamson1985171-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> noting <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Nehemiah#7:2" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Nehemiah">Nehemiah 7:2</a>, suggests to take this literally.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith-Christopher2007318_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith-Christopher2007318-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_3">Verse 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nehemiah_1&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Verse 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>And they said to me, "The survivors who are left from the captivity in the province are there in great distress and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire."</i><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>The news of the state of Jerusalem troubled Nehemiah partly because of the 'shame' (reproach; <i>herpa</i>) of this circumstance ("on taunts of foreigners", <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Psalms#69:20" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Psalms">Psalm 69:20, 21</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Psalms#71:13" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Psalms">71:13</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Psalms#89:51" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Psalms">89:51</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Psalms#119:22" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Psalms">119:22</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Isaiah#51:7" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Isaiah">Isaiah 51:7</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Jeremiah#51:51" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Jeremiah">Jeremiah 51:51</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Lamentations#3:61" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Lamentations">Lamentations 3:61</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Zephaniah#2:8" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Zephaniah">Zephaniah 2:8</a>), but perhaps because he is surprised that 'the walls are still down, even after the temple has been rebuilt'.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith-Christopher2007318_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith-Christopher2007318-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nehemiah_prays_(1:4–11)"><span id="Nehemiah_prays_.281:4.E2.80.9311.29"></span>Nehemiah prays (1:4–11)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nehemiah_1&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Nehemiah prays (1:4–11)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nehemiah was passionate for the glory of God, so even while driven by empathy, before he formulated any plan, his first response was to pray to God.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELarsonDahlenAnders2005133–135_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELarsonDahlenAnders2005133–135-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eight times in his prayer, Nehemiah uses the term <i>servant</i> to refer himself, the Jewish people or <a href="/wiki/Moses" title="Moses">Moses</a>, also to begin and to close his prayer, showing his 'reverential submission' to God.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELarsonDahlenAnders2005134_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELarsonDahlenAnders2005134-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nehemiah's confession and petition reflects the whole Deuteronomic law, as he patterns his wordings after a condensed version of <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Deuteronomy#30:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Deuteronomy">Deuteronomy 30</a> about God's curses and blessings, trusting God's promise to gather his people when they return to God.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELarsonDahlenAnders2005134_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELarsonDahlenAnders2005134-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This prayer consists of five portions: </p> <ul><li>(1) the opening address, <a href="#Verse_5">Nehemiah 1:5</a></li> <li>(2) the humble approach, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Nehemiah#1:6" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Nehemiah">Nehemiah 1:6a</a></li> <li>(3) the confession of sins, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Nehemiah#1:6" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Nehemiah">Nehemiah 1:6b</a>, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Nehemiah#1:7" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Nehemiah">7</a></li> <li>(4) the appeal to the Divine Promise, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Nehemiah#1:8" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Nehemiah">Nehemiah 1:8–10</a></li> <li>(5) the closing supplication for (a) the people, and (b) Nehemiah as their representative at the royal court, <a href="#Verse_11">Nehemiah 1:11</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyle1893145-_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyle1893145--21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>There are similarities with the prayer of Ezra<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyle1893145-_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyle1893145--21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In particular, it has a close resemblance to the prayer of Daniel (<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Daniel#9:4" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Daniel">Daniel 9:4–19</a>), such as: the opening words in <a href="#Verse_5">Nehemiah 1:5</a> are almost word for word the same as in <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Daniel#9:4" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Daniel">Daniel 9:4</a>, with the only variations being 'Adonai' for '<a href="/wiki/YHWH" class="mw-redirect" title="YHWH">YHWH</a>' and the additional title 'God of heaven'.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyle1893145-_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERyle1893145--21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_5">Verse 5</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nehemiah_1&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Verse 5"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>and said:</i></dd> <dd><i>"I beseech You, O Lord God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and mercy for those who love Him and keep His commandments."</i><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>"Keep": from the Hebrew verb <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">שָׁמַר</span> (<i>shamar</i>, "to observe; to keep") is often used as an idiom that means "to obey" the commandments of God (for examples, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Exodus#20:6" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Exodus">Exodus 20:6</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Deuteronomy#5:16" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Deuteronomy">Deuteronomy 5:16</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Deuteronomy#23:24" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Deuteronomy">23:24</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Deuteronomy#29:8" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Deuteronomy">29:8</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Judges#2:22" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Judges">Judges 2:22</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Kings#2:43" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Kings">1 Kings 2:43</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Kings#11:11" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Kings">11:11</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Psalms#119:8" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Psalms">Psalm 119:8</a>, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Psalms#119:17" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Psalms">17</a>, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Psalms#119:34" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Psalms">34</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Jeremiah#35:18" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Jeremiah">Jeremiah 35:18</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Ezekiel#17:14" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Ezekiel">Ezekiel 17:14</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Amos#2:4" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Amos">Amos 2:4</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_11">Verse 11</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nehemiah_1&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Verse 11"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>"O Lord, I implore You, let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. And let Your servant prosper this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man."</i></dd> <dd><i>For I was the king's cupbearer.</i><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>"Cupbearer" (cf. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Genesis#40:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Genesis">Genesis 40:1</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Genesis#41:9" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Genesis">41:9</a>): considered by many scholars to mean "one who tasted wine for poison" (<a href="/wiki/Xenophon" title="Xenophon">Xenophon</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Cyropaedia" title="Cyropaedia">Cyropaedia</a></i>. 1.3.9), but in the <a href="/wiki/Septuagint" title="Septuagint">LXX</a> (<i>oinochoos</i> in <a href="/wiki/Codex_Alexandrinus" title="Codex Alexandrinus">Alexandrinus</a> and others) causes the rise of a variant that suggests Nehemiah was a "<a href="/wiki/Eunuch" title="Eunuch">eunuch</a>" (<i>eunouchos</i>) found only in <a href="/wiki/Codex_Vaticanus" title="Codex Vaticanus">Vaticanus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus" title="Codex Sinaiticus">Sinaiticus</a>, and Venetus, but rejected by most scholars.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith-Christopher2007318_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith-Christopher2007318-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the arguments against Nehemiah's physical mutilation (as 'eunuch') 'tend to be motivated by the myth of Persian beneficence' <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Isaiah#56:4" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Isaiah">Isaiah 56:4–5</a>, and should not be dismissed lightly, as sociological studies indicate a possibility in tradition of Nehemiah as a eunuch.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith-Christopher2007318_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith-Christopher2007318-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nehemiah_1&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Artaxerxes_I" title="Artaxerxes I">Artaxerxes I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></li> <li>Related <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a> parts:<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Deuteronomy#30:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Deuteronomy">Deuteronomy 30</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nehemiah_1&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Since 1947 the whole book of Ezra-Nehemiah has been missing from the text of the <a href="/wiki/Aleppo_Codex" title="Aleppo Codex">Aleppo Codex</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESkehan2003335–362_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESkehan2003335–362-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Note [a] on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Nehemiah+1:1&version=nkjv">Nehemiah 1:1</a> in the <a href="/wiki/New_King_James_Version" title="New King James Version">NKJV</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Note [b] on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Nehemiah+1:1&version=nkjv">Nehemiah 1:1</a> in the <a href="/wiki/New_King_James_Version" title="New King James Version">NKJV</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a href="/wiki/Brown%E2%80%93Driver%E2%80%93Briggs" title="Brown–Driver–Briggs">BDB</a> 1036 <a href="/wiki/S.v." class="mw-redirect" title="S.v.">s.v.</a> 3.c.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Note [b] on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Nehemiah+1:5&version=net">Nehemiah 1:5</a> in the <a href="/wiki/New_English_Translation" title="New English Translation">NET Bible</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nehemiah_1&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalley1965235-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHalley1965235_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHalley1965">Halley 1965</a>, p. 235.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGrabbe2003313-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGrabbe2003313_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGrabbe2003">Grabbe 2003</a>, p. 313.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Babylonian_Talmud" class="mw-redirect" title="Babylonian Talmud">Babylonian Talmud</a> <i>Baba Bathra</i> 15a, <i>apud</i> Fensham 1982, p. 2</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFensham19822–4-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFensham19822–4_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFensham1982">Fensham 1982</a>, pp. 2–4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGrabbe2003321-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGrabbe2003321_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGrabbe2003321_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGrabbe2003">Grabbe 2003</a>, p. 321.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWürthwein199536–37-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWürthwein199536–37_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWürthwein1995">Würthwein 1995</a>, pp. 36–37.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESkehan2003335–362-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESkehan2003335–362_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSkehan2003">Skehan 2003</a>, pp. 335–362.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWürthwein199573–74-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWürthwein199573–74_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWürthwein1995">Würthwein 1995</a>, pp. 73–74.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith-Christopher2007318-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith-Christopher2007318_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith-Christopher2007318_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith-Christopher2007318_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith-Christopher2007318_10-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith-Christopher2007318_10-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith-Christopher2007318_10-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSmith-Christopher2007">Smith-Christopher 2007</a>, p. 318.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELarsonDahlenAnders2005132-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELarsonDahlenAnders2005132_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLarsonDahlenAnders2005">Larson, Dahlen & Anders 2005</a>, p. 132.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Nehemiah#1:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Nehemiah">Nehemiah 1:1</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcConville198574-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcConville198574_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMcConville1985">McConville 1985</a>, p. 74.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Nehemiah#1:2" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Nehemiah">Nehemiah 1:2</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliamson1985171-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliamson1985171_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilliamson1985">Williamson 1985</a>, p. 171.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Nehemiah+1:3&version=nkjv">Nehemiah 1:3</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELarsonDahlenAnders2005133–135-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELarsonDahlenAnders2005133–135_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLarsonDahlenAnders2005">Larson, Dahlen & Anders 2005</a>, pp. 133–135.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELarsonDahlenAnders2005134-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELarsonDahlenAnders2005134_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELarsonDahlenAnders2005134_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLarsonDahlenAnders2005">Larson, Dahlen & Anders 2005</a>, p. 134.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERyle1893145--21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyle1893145-_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyle1893145-_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyle1893145-_21-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRyle1893">Ryle 1893</a>, pp. 145-.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Ezra#9:5" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Ezra">Ezra 9:5–15</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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(1992) "Ezra-Nehemiah". John Knox Press</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nehemiah_1&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Jewish</a> translations: <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/16508">Nechemiah - Nehemiah - Chapter 1 (Judaica Press)</a> translation [with <a href="/wiki/Rashi" title="Rashi">Rashi</a>'s commentary] at Chabad.org</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> translations: <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gospelhall.org/bible/bible.php?passage=Nehemiah+1"><i>Online Bible</i> at GospelHall.org</a> (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=16&chapter=1&version=9">Book of Nehemiah Chapter 1. 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