Nehemiah 9:1
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Nehemiah 9:1 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Nehemiah 9:1 is a verse from the book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes,..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Nehemiah 9:1 — KJV
“Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.”
— Nehemiah 9:1 (KJV)
Nehemiah 9:1 in Context — About the Book of Nehemiah
Nehemiah is the Bible's project-management masterclass soaked in prayer. A royal cupbearer hears Jerusalem's walls are rubble, weeps, fasts, prays — then rebuilds them in fifty-two days despite ridicule and threats. Every chapter shows prayer and practical action working as one.
Cross-References for Nehemiah 9:1
“Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.”
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“There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 9:1: now, day, children
“And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 9:1: day, month, children
“In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 9:1: day, month, children
“It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 9:1: day, children, israel
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