Nehemiah (Neh 1:1)
Son of Hacaliah, in the Babylonian exile and the return. Named in scripture at Nehemiah 1:1.
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Where in scripture
NehemiahThe words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
Nehemiah 1:1
Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, “Today is holy to Yahweh your God. Don’t mourn, nor weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
Nehemiah 8:9
Now those who sealed were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
Nehemiah 10:1
These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest and scribe.
Nehemiah 12:26
All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the gatekeepers, as every day required; and they set apart that which was for the Levites; and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron.
Nehemiah 12:47
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.