Man living at the time of Exile and Return
Nehemiah
The cupbearer of King Artaxerxes in Susa. When he heard that the wall of Jerusalem was broken down and its gates burned, he “sat down and wept, and mourned several days,” and fasted and prayed (Nehemiah 1:1–11). The king sent him to Jerusalem as governor, and he rallied the people: “Come, let’s build up the wall of Jerusalem” (Nehemiah 2:17). In spite of mockery and threats from Sanballat and Tobiah, with workers holding a tool in one hand and a weapon in the other, the wall was finished in fifty-two days (Nehemiah 4; 6:15). He later led reforms, including a renewal of the covenant, and repopulated Jerusalem (Nehemiah 8–13).
Family
- Father
- Hacaliah