<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Book of Nehemiah is a book of the Hebrew Bible often conjoined with the Book of Ezra . Told largely in the form of a first - person memoir, it concerns the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem by Nehemiah, a Jew who is a high official at the Persian court, and the dedication of the city and its people to God's laws (Torah). </P> <P> The events take place in the second half of the 5th century BC . Listed together with the Book of Ezra as Ezra - Nehemiah, it represents the final chapter in the historical narrative of the Hebrew Bible . </P>

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