Available now in the Bible App for Kids, “The Walls Go Up” tells the story of how Nehemiah and the people living in Jerusalem rebuild the wall surrounding their city. In Nehemiah 1-4, Nehemiah is sad when he hears that his friends are in trouble because enemies destroyed the town where they lived. Nehemiah asks King Artaxerxes for permission to go to Jerusalem to try to help them fix the walls, and the king says it’s okay with him. Even though things are worse in Jerusalem than Nehemiah imagined, still he tells the people there that with God’s help, they can do it.
Together they fix all the gates, then start on the walls. When their enemies get mad and try to stop them from rebuilding, the people just hold a tool in one hand and a sword in the other and keep right on working! Nehemiah 6:15-16 says they finished in just 52 days! Then in Nehemiah 8:1-3 and 10:28-29, Ezra the priest reads God’s law to all the people, and they say, “Thank you, God, for helping us rebuild our wall! Whatever you say, we want to do it all!”
If you already have the Bible App for Kids, all you need to do to get “The Walls Go Up” is open the app and tap the new story icon. But even if you don’t have the app yet, getting it is easy — and it’s free! Just click one of the buttons below.
About the Bible App for Kids
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