| Nehemiah 7 | |
|---|---|
 Nehemiah rebuilds the walls of Jerusalem. Illustration from the Bible Encyclopedia. | |
| Book | Book of Nehemiah |
| Category | Ketuvim |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 16 |
Nehemiah 7 is the seventh chapter of the Book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible,[1] or the 17th chapter of the book of Ezra-Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible, which treats the book of Ezra and the book of Nehemiah as one book.[2] Jewish tradition states that Ezra is the author of Ezra-Nehemiah as well as the Book of Chronicles,[3] but modern scholars generally accept that a compiler from the 5th century BCE (the so-called "Chronicler") is the final author of these books.[4] This chapter records the joint appointments of Hanani and Hananiah over Jerusalem and the second appearance of the Golah ("exiles") list, that is, the list of the first returning group of Jews from Babylon, which was documented earlier in Ezra 2 with few variations.[5]
- ^ Halley 1965, p. 236.
- ^ Grabbe 2003, p. 313.
- ^ Babylonian Talmud Baba Bathra 15a, apud Fensham 1982, p. 2
- ^ Fensham 1982, pp. 2–4.
- ^ Smith-Christopher 2007, p. 320.
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