The people were few - The number of those who returned with Zerubbabel was no more than 42,360 (Nehemiah 7:66). Less than 2,000 …

Measures were taken for the security of the city, now made a complete fortress. The relatively small size of the population strained the governor’s…

Now the city was large and great
The circumference of it, all within the wall; for that was built on its old foundat…

Nehemiah, having finished the wall, returned to the Persian court, and came to Jerusalem again with a new commission. The public safety depends on …