Cupbearer to the Persian king Artaxerxes who wept and prayed when he heard Jerusalem's walls lay in ruins. He received the king's permission to go and rebuild them. Despite fierce opposition and threats from enemies like Sanballat and Tobiah, the wall was rebuilt in just 52 days. He also instituted social reforms, forcing cancellation of debts to the poor, and later returned for religious reforms.
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,Nehemiah 1:1, KJV
Nehemiah 2:5
And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it.Nehemiah 2:5, KJV
Nehemiah 4:14
And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.Nehemiah 4:14, KJV
Nehemiah 6:15
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.Nehemiah 6:15, KJV
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