Nehemiah 3:5

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Summary

Nehemiah 3:5

And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.

The tekoites

Nehemiah 3:27

2 Samuel 14:2

Amos 1:1

Their nobles

Put not

Bible References

The tekoites

After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that standeth out, and unto the wall of Ophel.

And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead:

The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Their nobles

Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of Jehovah. Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof, Because they came not to the help of Jehovah, To the help of Jehovah against the mighty.

Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:

For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called :

Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

Put not

Thus saith Jehovah to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck;

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondman;

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

Now therefore why make ye trial of God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?