In the West, we often skip over chapters like this because we don't care about family names or random people, but in Nehemiah's day, family name meant everything:

• God put it on Nehemiah's heart to gather the nobles and rulers to list the people by genealogy, which is a crucial task for repopulating the city of Jerusalem.
• Why did God put this on Nehemiah's heart when Ezra already did it?
• The differences between Nehemiah's account and Ezra's account in the Book of Ezra
• The foreign temple servants who came back to Israel

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Philemon (Part 1) - An Introduction to Philemon

Philemon (Part 2) - The Conclusion to Philemon

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