| Nehemiah 3 | |
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_p133_JERUSALEM_-_TIME_OF_NEHEMIAH.jpg) Map of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah. Page 133 of The Holy Land in Geography and in History. 1899. British Library HMNTS 010077.f.24. | |
| Book | Book of Nehemiah |
| Category | Ketuvim |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 16 |
Nehemiah 3 is the third chapter of the Book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible,[1] or the 13th 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 in detail the rebuilding of the walls and gates of Jerusalem, starting from the north to west sections (verses 1–15), continued to south and east sections until reaching the Sheep Gate again, the initial starting point (verses 16–32).[5]
- ^ Halley 1965, p. 235.
- ^ Grabbe 2003, p. 313.
- ^ Babylonian Talmud Baba Bathra 15a, apud Fensham 1982, p. 2
- ^ Fensham 1982, pp. 2–4.
- ^ Smith-Christopher 2007, p. 319.