- Walls
- See the wall? It's "knee-high" to help you remember this
book called Nehemiah ("Knee-High-Miah"). Nehemiah wasn't really
a giant in size. But he did a giant job! He led the Jews in
rebuilding the Walls around Jerusalem.
- They had already built a new temple. But the city where the
temple was, Jerusalem, wasn't safe. Back then a city was only
safe if it had a high wall around it, like a fort. (Have you
ever built a fort out of sticks or sand?) Walls around cities
kept enemies from coming in. So without a wall, Jerusalem was in
trouble!
- God knew that. So He had Nehemiah come from the faraway land
called Persia (the Persians captured it from the Babylonians)
where most of the Jews had been living in exile. The Persian
king let Nehemiah lead another group back home to Jerusalem.
- When they got back home, they started right away to build
the wall. Nehemiah was in charge. Even though some enemies were
against rebuilding the high wall, it was finished in only 52
days! The city was safe! And the Jews were happy that God
brought Nehemiah to build the wall.
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