If I had to describe Nehemiah in one word, I would describe him as “tenacious”. The words “so I contended” are used often in Chapter 13 as he confronted those who had returned to their former ways while he had traveled back to Persia for a time.
And I confronted them and cursed them and beat some of them and pulled out their hair. And I made them take an oath in the name of God, saying, "You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves. (Nehemiah 13:25, ESV)
Pretty formidable man who feared God and not man.
Chapter 13 brings OT history to a close. The books that come after Nehemiah are chronologically before this time with the exception of Malachi which was written during the time of Nehemiah’s absence from Judah.
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