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Nehemiah

Explore the people and evidence recorded for the book of Nehemiah. Entries follow their first cited passage in the selected text.

People recorded in this book 406

Recorded names may include people recalled from earlier stories. Each entry keeps its existing source identity.

  • Hacaliah

    father of Nehemiah

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  • Nehemiah

    returned to Judah after the Babylonian captivity (EZR 2:2, NEH 7:7), son of Hacaliah (Neh 1:1)

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  • Hanani

    brother of Nehemiah

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  • God of heaven

    Holy, Holy, Holy and too many others to fit here

    Recorded names: God of heaven · Great and Awesome God · LORD God

    Explorer record: God

    The source combines God/LORD and Jesus mentions in one shared record. Names here come from the selected passages; the family tree labels that record Jesus.

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  • Israel

    second-born son of Isaac

    Explorer record: Jacob

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  • Moses

    led Israel out of Egypt in the Exodus

    Recorded names: Moses · the servant of God

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  • King Artaxerxes

    King of Persia

    Recorded names: King Artaxerxes · Artaxerxes · King of Babylon

    Explorer record: Artaxerxes

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  • Asaph

    keeper of King Artaxerxes' forest

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  • Sanballat

    the Horonite who opposed Nehemiah

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  • Tobiah

    the Ammonite official who opposed Nehemiah

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  • Geshem

    the Arab who opposed Nehemiah

    Recorded names: Geshem · Gashmu

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  • Eliashib

    the high priest with Nehemiah during the reconstruction of Jerusalem

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  • Imri

    father of Zaccur

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  • Zaccur

    rebuilt part of the Jerusalem wall

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  • Hassenaah

    his sons built the fish gate

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  • Baana

    father of Zadok

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  • Berechiah

    father of Meshullam

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  • Hakkoz

    father of Uriah (NEH 3:4, NEH 3:21)

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  • Meremoth

    son of Uriah the priest

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  • Meshezabel

    father of Berechiah

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Events referenced in this book 2

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Places linked through referenced events 0

Reviewed places associated with the cited events. These associations do not form a complete list of places mentioned in the book or prove that every supporting verse names the place.

No reviewed event-place associations are recorded for this selection. Place coverage is incomplete; this does not mean the book names no places.