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Thoughts Introduction What matters to God should matter to us. Wouldn't you agree? When the book of Nehemiah was written, about a thousand years had passed since God had used Moses to lead the people out of their Egyptian captivity. Much had happened in the passing years. There had been the time of the judges, but then the people begged to led by a king, like the surrounding lands were, so God first appointed Saul, who turned out to be a disappointment, as God warned the people he would be. Then there was David, who certainly had his share of failures, but was a man after God's own heart. After David was his son, Solomon, who built a Temple for the people to have a place to worship God. Then a long succession of David's descendants followed Solomon, some of whom were godly men, some of whom were evil men who did not follow God. Eventually, because the people had turned their backs on God to worship false gods, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob allowed Jerusalem to be conquered by Babylon. The Te