Nehemiah

The Book of Nehemiah is the sixteenth book of the Old Testament. Contemporaneous with Ezra, it first describes how Nehemiah convinces king Artaxerxes of Persia to let him go and help the Jews rebuild Jerusalem. Then it describes the rebuilding of the walls and city, the defense thereof, and how Nehemiah and Ezra rebuke the Jews who have married outsiders, forcing them to leave their families.