{"query": "Easton: Nehemiah", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_d37649c81c16", "title": "Easton: Nehemiah, Book of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The author of this book was no doubt Nehemiah himself. There are portions of the book written in the first person (ch. 1-7; 12:27-47, and 13). But there are also portions of it in which Nehemiah is sp"}, {"id": "card_n_b5cc5517c335", "title": "Easton: Tobiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Pleasing to Jehovah, the “servant,” the “Ammonite,” who joined with those who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the Exile (Neh. 2:10). He was a man of great influence, which he exerted in oppo"}, {"id": "card_n_32eb82a23d70", "title": "Easton: Nehemiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Comforted by Jehovah. (1.) Ezra 2:2; Neh. 7:7. (2.) Neh. 3:16. (3.) The son of Hachaliah (Neh. 1:1), and probably of the tribe of Judah. His family must have belonged to Jerusalem (Neh. 2:3). He was o"}, {"id": "card_n_c08051e79f81", "title": "Easton: Sanballat", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Held some place of authority in Samaria when Nehemiah went up to Jerusalem to rebuild its ruined walls. He vainly attempted to hinder this work (Neh. 2:10, 19; 4:1-12; 6). His daughter became the wife"}, {"id": "card_n_2a67111f61f5", "title": "Easton: Eliashib", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Whom God will restore. (1.) A priest, head of one of the courses of the priests of the time of David (1 Chr. 24:12). (2.) A high priest in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah (Neh. 12:22, 23). He rebuilt th"}, {"id": "card_n_f1c3ba81bad2", "title": "Easton: Hanani", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "God has gratified me, or is gracious. (1.) One of the sons of Heman (1 Chr. 25:4, 25). (2.) A prophet who was sent to rebuke king Asa for entering into a league with Benhadad I., king of Syria, agains"}, {"id": "card_n_04c4bc1b8b99", "title": "Easton: Ono", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A town of Benjamin, in the “plain of Ono” (1 Chr. 8:12; Ezra 2:33); now Kefr ‘Ana, 5 miles north of Lydda, and about 30 miles north-west of Jerusalem. Not succeeding in their attempts to deter Nehemia"}, {"id": "card_n_ebb9ee6aa3ee", "title": "Easton: Malachi", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Messenger or angel, the last of the minor prophets, and the writer of the last book of the Old Testament canon (Mal. 4:4, 5, 6). Nothing is known of him beyond what is contained in his book of prophec"}, {"id": "card_c_be68bb653632", "title": "Easton: Nehemiah references Malachi", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Malachi. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_9930dfa1dea9", "title": "Easton: Nehemiah cites Ezra", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Ezra 2:2 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_50bf4b070a23", "title": "Easton: Shammua", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Heard. (1.) One of the spies sent out by Moses to search the land (Num. 13:4). He represented the tribe of Reuben. (2.) One of David’s sons (1 Chr. 14:4; 3:5, “Shimea;” 2 Sam. 5:14). (3.) A Levite und"}, {"id": "card_c_4d7dfa934282", "title": "Easton: Nehemiah, Book of references Malachi", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Malachi. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_n_c36ee094b499", "title": "Easton: Shelemiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Whom Jehovah repays. (1.) Ezra 10:39. (2.) The father of Hananiah (Neh. 3:30). (3.) A priest in the time of Nehemiah (13:13). (4.) Father of one of those who accused Jeremiah to Zedekiah (Jer. 37:3; 3"}, {"id": "card_n_336f91e9fbd2", "title": "Easton: Butler", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Properly a servant in charge of the wine (Gen. 40:1-13; 41:9). The Hebrew word, mashkeh, thus translated is rendered also (plural) “cup-bearers” (1 Kings 10:5; 2 Chr. 9:4). Nehemiah (1:11) was cup-bea"}, {"id": "card_n_4774c93cfc83", "title": "Easton: Tirshatha", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A word probably of Persian origin, meaning “severity,” denoting a high civil dignity. The Persian governor of Judea is so called (Ezra 2:63; Neh. 7:65, 70). Nehemiah is called by this name in Neh. 8:9"}, {"id": "card_n_811c44b51f63", "title": "Easton: Wood-offering", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Neh. 10:34; 13:31). It would seem that in the time of Nehemiah arrangements were made, probably on account of the comparative scarcity of wood, by which certain districts were required, as chosen by "}, {"id": "card_n_a2acded6ff36", "title": "Easton: Noadiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Meeting with the Lord. (1.) A Levite who returned from Babylon (Ezra 8:33). (2.) A false prophetess who assisted Tobiah and Sanballat against the Jews (Neh. 6:14). Being bribed by them, she tried to s"}, {"id": "card_n_3d3a69056bb1", "title": "Easton: Cup-bearer", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "An officer of high rank with Egyptian, Persian, Assyrian, and Jewish monarchs. The cup-bearer of the king of Egypt is mentioned in connection with Joseph’s history (Gen. 40:1-21; 41:9). Rabshakeh (q.v"}, {"id": "card_c_da8ff02f6a49", "title": "Easton: Nehemiah references Artaxerxes", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Artaxerxes (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_d6e8adcb3207", "title": "Easton: Nehemiah references Asaph", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Asaph (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}]}