{"query": "Easton: Nehemiah", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_32eb82a23d70", "title": "Easton: Nehemiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Comforted by Jehovah. (1.) Ezra 2:2; Neh. 7:7. (2.) Neh. 3:16. (3.) The son of Hachaliah (Neh. 1:1), and probably of the tribe of Judah. His family must have belonged to Jerusalem (Neh. 2:3). He was o", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_d37649c81c16", "title": "Easton: Nehemiah, Book of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The author of this book was no doubt Nehemiah himself. There are portions of the book written in the first person (ch. 1-7; 12:27-47, and 13). But there are also portions of it in which Nehemiah is sp", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_b5cc5517c335", "title": "Easton: Tobiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Pleasing to Jehovah, the “servant,” the “Ammonite,” who joined with those who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the Exile (Neh. 2:10). He was a man of great influence, which he exerted in oppo", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_c08051e79f81", "title": "Easton: Sanballat", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Held some place of authority in Samaria when Nehemiah went up to Jerusalem to rebuild its ruined walls. He vainly attempted to hinder this work (Neh. 2:10, 19; 4:1-12; 6). His daughter became the wife", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_2a67111f61f5", "title": "Easton: Eliashib", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Whom God will restore. (1.) A priest, head of one of the courses of the priests of the time of David (1 Chr. 24:12). (2.) A high priest in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah (Neh. 12:22, 23). He rebuilt th", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_f1c3ba81bad2", "title": "Easton: Hanani", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "God has gratified me, or is gracious. (1.) One of the sons of Heman (1 Chr. 25:4, 25). (2.) A prophet who was sent to rebuke king Asa for entering into a league with Benhadad I., king of Syria, agains", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_04c4bc1b8b99", "title": "Easton: Ono", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A town of Benjamin, in the “plain of Ono” (1 Chr. 8:12; Ezra 2:33); now Kefr ‘Ana, 5 miles north of Lydda, and about 30 miles north-west of Jerusalem. Not succeeding in their attempts to deter Nehemia", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_ebb9ee6aa3ee", "title": "Easton: Malachi", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Messenger or angel, the last of the minor prophets, and the writer of the last book of the Old Testament canon (Mal. 4:4, 5, 6). Nothing is known of him beyond what is contained in his book of prophec", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_enc_easton_nehemiah-book-of", "title": "Nehemiah, Book of", "shelf": "encyclopedia", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The author of this book was no doubt Nehemiah himself. There are portions of the book written in the first person (ch. 1-7; 12:27-47, and 13). But there are also portions of it in which Nehemiah is sp", "authority_tier": "reference", "source": "Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897, public domain)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_50bf4b070a23", "title": "Easton: Shammua", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Heard. (1.) One of the spies sent out by Moses to search the land (Num. 13:4). He represented the tribe of Reuben. (2.) One of David’s sons (1 Chr. 14:4; 3:5, “Shimea;” 2 Sam. 5:14). (3.) A Levite und", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_c36ee094b499", "title": "Easton: Shelemiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Whom Jehovah repays. (1.) Ezra 10:39. (2.) The father of Hananiah (Neh. 3:30). (3.) A priest in the time of Nehemiah (13:13). (4.) Father of one of those who accused Jeremiah to Zedekiah (Jer. 37:3; 3", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_336f91e9fbd2", "title": "Easton: Butler", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Properly a servant in charge of the wine (Gen. 40:1-13; 41:9). The Hebrew word, mashkeh, thus translated is rendered also (plural) “cup-bearers” (1 Kings 10:5; 2 Chr. 9:4). Nehemiah (1:11) was cup-bea", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_4774c93cfc83", "title": "Easton: Tirshatha", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A word probably of Persian origin, meaning “severity,” denoting a high civil dignity. The Persian governor of Judea is so called (Ezra 2:63; Neh. 7:65, 70). Nehemiah is called by this name in Neh. 8:9", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_811c44b51f63", "title": "Easton: Wood-offering", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Neh. 10:34; 13:31). It would seem that in the time of Nehemiah arrangements were made, probably on account of the comparative scarcity of wood, by which certain districts were required, as chosen by ", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_a2acded6ff36", "title": "Easton: Noadiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Meeting with the Lord. (1.) A Levite who returned from Babylon (Ezra 8:33). (2.) A false prophetess who assisted Tobiah and Sanballat against the Jews (Neh. 6:14). Being bribed by them, she tried to s", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_timeline_t028", "title": "Nehemiah rebuilds Jerusalem's walls (445 BC)", "shelf": "scripture", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Nehemiah rebuilds Jerusalem's walls — Old Testament, The Divided Kingdom and Exile. Date: 445 BC. Scripture: Nehemiah 2:1-6:19.", "authority_tier": "reference", "source": "World English Bible (public domain) + the standard study tables", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_3d3a69056bb1", "title": "Easton: Cup-bearer", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "An officer of high rank with Egyptian, Persian, Assyrian, and Jewish monarchs. The cup-bearer of the king of Egypt is mentioned in connection with Joseph’s history (Gen. 40:1-21; 41:9). Rabshakeh (q.v", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_614ed15a3977", "title": "Easton: Jeshua", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Head of the ninth priestly order (Ezra 2:36); called also Jeshuah (1 Chr. 24:11). (2.) A Levite appointed by Hezekiah to distribute offerings in the priestly cities (2 Chr. 31:15). (3.) Ezra 2:6;", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_f77b44534ccf", "title": "Easton: Artaxerxes", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Greek form of the name of several Persian kings. (1.) The king who obstructed the rebuilding of the temple (Ezra 4:7). He was probably the Smerdis of profane history. (2.) The king mentioned in Ez", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_1d0c46b9e3e6", "title": "Easton: Tatnai", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Gift, a Persian governor (Heb. pehah, i.e., “satrap;” modern “pasha”) “on this side the river”, i.e., of the whole tract on the west of the Euphrates. This Hebrew title pehah is given to governors of ", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}]}