Nehemiah 13:19

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It came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath: and some of my servants set I over the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the Sabbath day.

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The Babylonian and Persian EmpiresThe Babylonian and Persian empires that carried Judah into exile and later allowed the return.

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Jerusalem, Judah’s restored capital, is where Nehemiah ordered the gates closed before the Sabbath to stop commerce. Tyre was a Phoenician port whose merchants traded there; Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab were neighboring peoples, while

Places in this passage

Nehemiah 13:19 mentions Ammon, Ashdod, Babylon, Jerusalem, Moab and Tyre.

Photo of Ammon — Ammon · Berthold Werner

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky

Photo of Jerusalem — Jerusalem · Godot13