Nehemiah

People recorded in this book 406

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

• Malchijah

  one of the goldsmiths who repaired the wall of Jerusalem

  Supporting Scripture

  Nehemiah 3:31
  Open person record

• Delaiah

  father of Shemaiah

  Supporting Scripture

  Nehemiah 6:10
  Open person record

• Mehetabel

  father of Delaiah

  Supporting Scripture

  Nehemiah 6:10
  Open person record
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  Shemaiah

  suggested Nehemiah hide in the Temple

  Supporting Scripture

  Nehemiah 6:10
  Open person record

• Noadiah

  the prophetess who tried to frighten Nehemiah

  Supporting Scripture

  Nehemiah 6:14
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• Arah

  father of Shecaniah

  Supporting Scripture

  Nehemiah 6:18
  Open person record

• Jehohanan

  son of Tobiah who married daughter of Meshullam

  Supporting Scripture

  Nehemiah 6:18
  Open person record

• Shecaniah

  father-in-law of Tobiah

  Supporting Scripture

  Nehemiah 6:18
  Open person record

• Hananiah

  the commander of the fortress in Jerusalem

  Supporting Scripture

  Nehemiah 7:2
  Open person record

• Nebuchadnezzar

  King of Babylon

  Recorded names: King of Babylon · Nebuchadnezzar

  Supporting Scripture

  Nehemiah 7:6
  Open person record

• Baanah

  returned to Judah after the Babylonian captivity (EZR 2:2, NEH 7:7)

  Supporting Scripture

  Nehemiah 7:7Nehemiah 10:27
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• Bigvai

  returned to Judah after the Babylonian captivity (EZR 2:2, NEH 7:7)

  Supporting Scripture

  Nehemiah 7:7Nehemiah 7:19Nehemiah 10:16
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• Bilshan

  returned to Judah after the Babylonian captivity (EZR 2:2, NEH 7:7)

  Supporting Scripture

  Nehemiah 7:7
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• Jeshua

  returned to Judah after the Babylonian captivity (EZR 2:2, NEH 7:7)

  Sample references (3 of 4)

  Nehemiah 7:7Nehemiah 12:1Nehemiah 12:7
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  Mispereth

  returned to Judah after the Babylonian captivity (EZR 2:2, NEH 7:7) [called Misperethin NEH 7:7]

  Explorer record: Mispar

  Supporting Scripture

  Nehemiah 7:7
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• Mordecai

  returned to Judah after the Babylonian captivity (EZR 2:2, NEH 7:7)

  Supporting Scripture

  Nehemiah 7:7
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• Nahamani

  returned to Judah after the Babylonian captivity

  Supporting Scripture

  Nehemiah 7:7
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  Raamiah

  returned to Judah after the Babylonian captivity (EZR 2:2, NEH 7:7) [called Raamiah in NEH 7:7]

  Explorer record: Reelaiah

  Supporting Scripture

  Nehemiah 7:7
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• Nehum

  returned to Judah after the Babylonian captivity (EZR 2:2, NEH 7:7) [called Nehum NEH 7:7]

  Explorer record: Rehum

  Supporting Scripture

  Nehemiah 7:7
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• Azariah

  returned to Judah after the Babylonian captivity (EZR 2:2, NEH 7:7) [called Azariah in NEH 7:7]

  Recorded names: Azariah · Seraiah

  Explorer record: Seraiah

  Supporting Scripture

  Nehemiah 7:7Nehemiah 12:1Nehemiah 12:33
  Open person record

Events referenced in this book 2

Includes earlier events recalled in this book. Passage order and historical dates describe different aspects of the record.

• Nehemiah's first return to Jerusalem

  Travel · 502 BC · Derived in source chronology

  Supporting Scripture

  Nehemiah 1:1
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• Nehemiah's second return to Jerusalem

  Travel · 490 BC · Derived in source chronology

  Supporting Scripture

  Nehemiah 13:6
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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.