“The memory of Nehemiah
Also is lasting.
He raised our fallen walls.
He set up the gates.
He set up the bars.
He rebuilt our ruined houses.”
Sirach continues his list of holy men with Nehemiah who rebuilt the fallen walls, gates, and doors around Jerusalem. Nehemiah also restored many of the old ruined houses in the city of Jerusalem as recounted in Nehemiah, chapters 2-3.
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