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 stands out, and to the wall of Ophel.

Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched there a wise woman, and said to her, "Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don't anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has mourned a long time 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 Meroz,' said the angel of Yahweh. 'Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they didn't come to help Yahweh, to help Yahweh against the mighty.'

Then I said, "Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they don't know the way of Yahweh, nor the law of their God.

For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

Put not

Thus says Yahweh to me: Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck;

It shall come to pass in that day, says Yahweh of Armies, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondservant;

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?