Nehemiah Repairs a Wall
Nehemiah 1–3 Our true story comes from a part of the Bible called Nehemiah (pronounced “nee-ah-MY-ah”). The name Nehemiah means “God comforts.” We begin with a city wall. A very, very BIG wall that went ALL the way around the city of Jerusalem. The wall was built to keep people safe. But eventually, there were so many holes in the wall that it did NOT keep the people safe anymore. The wall needed to be fixed. When a man named Nehemiah heard about the wall with holes in it. Hearing about the broken wall made Nehemiah very sad. He wanted to do something about the broken wall. So, Nehemiah prayed to God and decided to fix it! But he was just one person, and the wall was really, really big! Do you think Nehemiah could fix it all by himself? No! Nehemiah needed help. Well, guess what? LOTS of people came to help fix the wall! God is good! All of the people who came to help worked on different parts of the wall. Some people worked on a gate. Some people worked on a tower. Some people worked ...