People
Nehemiah in Nehemiah 1
nee-uh-MY-uh
This person shows up in Nehemiah 1:1: “The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
Nehemiah 1:1
“The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,”
What kids can learn
When you hear nehemiah in Nehemiah, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.
Read Nehemiah 1:1 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Nehemiah 1:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThewordsofthesonofHacaliah.Nowintheinthetwentiethyear,asIwasinShushanthepalace,