Daughters of Shallum
Nehemiah 3:12 Background: 444-445 BC Nehemiah, who was King Artaxerxes’s (the same king who is in Esther’s story) cupbearer, was feeling much sorrow over the scattered condition of the Jews and prayed to God on their behalf. One day the King noticed that Nehemiah was distressed and asked him what was wrong. Nehemiah then told…