Nehemiah 7:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Although Jerusalem covered a large area, not many people lived there, and no new houses had been built.

Cross References

Nehemiah 11:1

The nation's leaders and their families settled in Jerusalem. But there was room for only one out of every ten of the remaining families, and so they asked God to show them who would live there.

Nehemiah 11:2

Then everyone else asked God to bless those who were willing to live in Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 7:3

I said to them, “Don't let the gates to the city be opened until the sun has been up for a while. And make sure that they are closed and barred before the guards go off duty at sunset. Choose people from Jerusalem to stand guard at different places around the wall and others to stand guard near their own houses.”

Nehemiah 7:5

So God gave me the idea to bring together the people, their leaders, and officials and to check the family records of those who had returned from captivity in Babylonia, after having been taken there by King Nebuchadnezzar. About this same time, I found records of those who had been the first to return to Jerusalem from Babylon Province. By reading these records, I learnt that they settled in their own home towns,

Isaiah 58:12

You will rebuild those houses left in ruins for years; you will be known as a builder and repairer of city walls and streets.

Matthew 6:33

But more than anything else, put God's work first and do what he wants. Then the other things will be yours as well.