Nehemiah

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Jewish leader Old Testament person biblical figure cupbearer governor of Judah

Nehemiah is a biblical figure known for leading the rebuilding of Jerusalem’s walls and instituting religious and social reforms among the returned exiles.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Nehemiah canonical	18
Nehemiah 2	1
Nehemiah 6	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish leader ⓘ Old Testament person ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ cupbearer ⓘ governor of Judah ⓘ
associatedWith	Ezra ⓘ surface form: Ezra the scribe Jerusalem ⓘ Jewish Temple ⓘ surface form: Temple in Jerusalem
bookNamedAfter	Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ surface form: Book of Nehemiah
collaboratedWith	Ezra ⓘ
commissionedBy	Artaxerxes I to rebuild Jerusalem’s walls ⓘ
ethnicity	Jewish ⓘ
governed	Yehud (Persian province) ⓘ surface form: Yehud (Persian province of Judah)
instituted	measures to support Levites and temple service ⓘ reforms concerning Sabbath observance ⓘ reforms concerning intermarriage with foreigners ⓘ reforms concerning tithes ⓘ regulations against usury among Jews ⓘ
knownFor	confronting economic oppression of the poor ⓘ enforcing observance of the Sabbath ⓘ instituting religious reforms in Judah ⓘ instituting social reforms among the returned exiles ⓘ leading public reading of the Law with Ezra ⓘ opposing mixed marriages with foreigners ⓘ organizing the defense of Jerusalem against enemies ⓘ rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem ⓘ renewing the covenant between the people and God ⓘ
led	organization of workers by family and group for wall construction ⓘ public confession of sins and covenant renewal ceremony ⓘ rebuilding of Jerusalem’s city wall ⓘ
mentionedIn	Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ surface form: Book of Nehemiah Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
opposed	Geshem the Arab ⓘ Sanballat the Horonite ⓘ Tobiah the Ammonite ⓘ
position	governor of Judah under Persian rule ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
requested	letters of safe conduct from Artaxerxes I ⓘ permission from Artaxerxes I to go to Jerusalem ⓘ timber from the king’s forest for rebuilding ⓘ
role	leader of returned exiles ⓘ rebuilder of Jerusalem’s walls ⓘ reformer ⓘ
servedAs	cupbearer to King Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ
servedUnder	Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ
sourceText	Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ surface form: Book of Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible
timePeriod	5th century BCE ⓘ Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Persian period

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ezra–Nehemiah → mainCharacter → Nehemiah ⓘ

Return to Zion → significantFigure → Nehemiah ⓘ

Roman Catholic biblical canon → includesBook → Nehemiah ⓘ

1 Esdras → parallels → Nehemiah ⓘ

Artaxerxes I of Persia → interactedWith → Nehemiah ⓘ

Shealtiel → appearsInBook → Nehemiah ⓘ

Historical Books (Christian canon) → includesBook → Nehemiah ⓘ

Protestant Bible → containsBook → Nehemiah ⓘ

Clarel → character → Nehemiah ⓘ

Yehud Medinata → associatedWithRuler → Nehemiah ⓘ

Jehozadak → mentionedIn → Nehemiah ⓘ

Nehemiah Persoff → givenName → Nehemiah ⓘ

Ezra → collaboratedWith → Nehemiah ⓘ

Sanballat the Horonite → opposed → Nehemiah ⓘ

Tobiah the Ammonite → opposed → Nehemiah ⓘ

Geshem the Arab → opposed → Nehemiah ⓘ

Geshem the Arab → biblicalBookChapterMention → Nehemiah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nehemiah 2

Geshem the Arab → biblicalBookChapterMention → Nehemiah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nehemiah 6

Operation Ezra and Nehemiah → namedAfter → Nehemiah ⓘ

the Men of the Great Assembly (in some traditions) → traditionalLeader → Nehemiah ⓘ

subject surface form: Men of the Great Assembly