1:1–7:73a Review · The Third Mission: Nehemiah Restores the Wall: The first seven chapters of Nehemiah and all or most of chapters 11–13 are considered part of the Nehemiah memoirs; they are written in first person. The name Nehemiah means “the Lord comforts,” a fitting name for one whom the Lord uses to encourage the discouraged exiles. Nehemiah is a very capable leader; he has a deep trust in God and is a careful organizer and a man of action.

1:1-11 · The events in Nehemiah 1 take place in Susa, the winter residence of the Persian kings, 150 miles north of the Persian Gulf. The events of Esther and the vision of Daniel 8 also take place in Susa. Darius I built a palace there (during the years 518–512 BC). The time (Neh. 1:1) is November–December (the month Kislev), 445 BC (the twentie…