Nehemiah's second term and reforms
Returning after a visit to the Persian court, Nehemiah found the people breaking the Sabbath, neglecting the Levites, and marrying foreigners, and he acted forcefully to set things right.
Remember me, my God, concerning this, and don’t wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its observances.
Nehemiah 13:14 (World English Bible)
He threw Tobiah the Ammonite's belongings out of a temple storeroom, shut the city gates on the Sabbath, and confronted those who had broken their covenant. The book ends with his short prayer that God would remember him for good.
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Dating notes
After the 32nd year of Artaxerxes (Nehemiah 13:6), which Ussher dates 442 BC. The date shown is an estimate.