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Nehemiah 1

King James Version · 11 verses · 326 cross-references linking it to 179 other chapters

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  1. 1The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,14 cross-references: Nehemiah 10:1, Zechariah 7:1, Esther 1:2, Daniel 8:2, Ezra 7:7
  2. 2That 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.14 cross-references: Nehemiah 7:2, Ezekiel 6:9, Ezra 9:8–9, Ezekiel 24:26–27, Jeremiah 44:14
  3. 3And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.46 cross-references: Nehemiah 2:17, 2 Kings 25:10, Ezra 5:8, Nehemiah 2:3, Nehemiah 7:6
  4. 4And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,25 cross-references: Daniel 9:3, Psalms 137:1, Ezra 10:1, Psalms 102:13–14, Nehemiah 2:4
  5. 5And said, I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:32 cross-references: Exodus 20:6, Daniel 9:4–19, Deuteronomy 7:21, Deuteronomy 7:9, Nehemiah 4:14
  6. 6Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.44 cross-references: Daniel 9:20, Daniel 9:4, Psalms 34:15, Psalms 106:6, 2 Chronicles 6:40
  7. 7We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.23 cross-references: Daniel 9:5–6, Daniel 9:11, Daniel 9:13, Psalms 106:6, 2 Chronicles 27:2
  8. 8Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:26 cross-references: Deuteronomy 28:64, Deuteronomy 4:25–27, Leviticus 26:33–46, 1 Kings 9:6–7, Deuteronomy 32:26–28
  9. 9But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.33 cross-references: Jeremiah 29:11–14, Deuteronomy 30:2–5, Deuteronomy 4:29–31, Jeremiah 32:37, Leviticus 26:39–42
  10. 10Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.20 cross-references: Deuteronomy 9:29, Exodus 32:11, Daniel 9:15–27, Psalms 136:12, Isaiah 63:16–19
  11. 11O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.51 cross-references: Nehemiah 1:6, Nehemiah 2:8, Nehemiah 2:1, Hebrews 13:18, Proverbs 21:1

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People in Nehemiah 1

God, Moses, Nehemiah, Hachaliah, Hanani, Jacob

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Jerusalem, Susa

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