Nehemiah gets permission from the king to travel to Jerusalem to rebuild the walls. The local authorities—this whole region was called “Trans-Euphrates,” meaning “across the Euphrates River”—are upset, but they cannot oppose the king’s will.
Nehemiah gets permission from the king to travel to Jerusalem to rebuild the walls. The local authorities—this whole region was called “Trans-Euphrates,” meaning “across the Euphrates River”—are upset, but they cannot oppose the king’s will.