Nehemiah 2:8
2:8 and a letter for Asaph the keeper of the king’s nature preserve,
so that he will give me timber for beams for the gates of the fortress adjacent to the temple and for the city wall
and for the house to which I go.” So the king granted me these requests,
for the good hand of my God was on me.
Nehemiah 2:13
2:13 I proceeded through the Valley Gate by night, in the direction of the Well of the Dragons
and the Dung Gate,
inspecting
the walls of Jerusalem that had been breached and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.
Nehemiah 2:17
2:17 Then I said to them, “You see the problem that we have: Jerusalem is desolate and its gates are burned. Come on! Let’s rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that this reproach will not continue.”
Nehemiah 3:8
3:8 Uzziel son of Harhaiah, a member of the goldsmiths’ guild, worked on the section adjacent to him. Hananiah, a member of the perfumers’ guild, worked on the section adjacent to him. They plastered
the city wall of Jerusalem
as far as the Broad Wall.
Nehemiah 3:13
3:13 Hanun and the residents of Zanoah worked on the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars, in addition to working on fifteen hundred feet of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.
Nehemiah 3:15
3:15 Shallun son of Col-Hozeh, head of the district of Mizpah, worked on the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, put on its roof, and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars. In addition, he rebuilt the wall of the Pool of Siloam, by the royal garden, as far as the steps that go down from the City of David.
Nehemiah 4:7
4:7 (4:1) When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people of Ashdod heard that the restoration of the walls of Jerusalem had moved ahead and that the breaches had begun to be closed, they were very angry.
Nehemiah 4:15
4:15 It so happened that when our adversaries heard that we were aware of these matters, God frustrated their intentions. Then all of us returned to the wall, each to his own work.
Nehemiah 4:19
4:19 I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “The work is demanding and extensive, and we are spread out on the wall, far removed from one another.
Nehemiah 6:1
Opposition to the Rebuilding Efforts Continues
6:1 When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and no breach remained in it (even though up to that time I had not positioned doors in the gates),
Nehemiah 6:6
6:6 Written in it were the following words:
“Among the nations it is rumored (and Geshem has substantiated this) that you and the Jews have intentions of revolting, and for this reason you are building the wall. Furthermore, according to these rumors you are going to become their king.
Nehemiah 13:21
13:21 But I warned them and said,
“Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you repeat this, I will forcibly remove you!”
From that time on they did not show up on the Sabbath.