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Nehemiah 5th century BC
Old Testament prophet

He was cupbearer to Artaxerxes I, who in 444BC made him Governor-Extraordinary of Judea. He had the walls of Jerusalem rebuilt, and repopulated the city by drafts from the surrounding districts. In 432BC he revisited Jerusalem, and either initiated or renewed and completed certain reforms which were among the most characteristic features of post-exilic Judaism. The canonical book of Nehemiah originally formed the closing chapters of the undivided work, Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah.