Books of the Old Testament
Ezra - Nehemiah
"Ezra - Nehemiah" - The Protection and Consolation of Jehovah
from The Names and Order of the Books of the Old Testament
by E.W. Bullinger
These two books are always presented as one in
the manuscripts, and the early editions of the
printed Hebrew Bible. The
Massorah treats them as one, under the single
name of Ezra.
The Sedarim or order of sections for
public reading are ten in number, and
run through what we call the two books without a
break, the first beginning with Ezra 1:1, and the
tenth with Nehemiah 10:1 to end.
Ezra means He surrounded, protected, or
helped, while Nehemiah means comforted
by Jehovah, or the consolation of Jehovah.
These books record, therefore, the events which
show how Jehovah protected and comforted His
people in times of trouble and difficulty,
delivering them out of the hand of all their
enemies. <--
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