At the end all glory to God was given. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. The only animal I took was the animal I rode. Nehemiah settled the people in the city and its suburbs. They make their money by licensing temporary rights for a specific use to newspapers, magazines and other media. ' When I heard these things, I sat down and wept" (Nehemiah 1:3-4). [] hidden behind weed-like wildflowers that grew out of cracks in the wall. So we have: 1. Looking at the verse in this context brings a little different picture. The command starts the process and the focus of the command is to return and build Jerusalem. Nehemiahs leadership style is not the most common. It would mean they would have to admit the redactions. That decree restores Jerusalem to a messiah (anointed one)/political leader (in this case, the high priest and ethnarch Hyrcanus II), and indicates that the seventy weeks will be fulfilled AFTER the broad place and moat has been rebuilt, an event that happened between 44 BCE and 43 BCE, when Antipater, appointed by Rome to assist Hyrcanus govern the city of Jerusalem, is known to have rebuilt the wall and tower gate (with the broad place for assembling troops behind the tower) and restored the moat in front of the wall by clearing out the rubbish that had been used by Pompey in 63 BCE to fill in the moat so his Roman troops could use siege engines against the wall. Jesus is "the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world" ( John 1:29 ). Ezra 7:13-28. Ok Nissan is April and in the 20th year of the king. The walls of . After the wall was built, Nehemiah ensured that the people were read God's Law, and they understood it. They knew that the command given by YHWH was in the same year as the command given by Darius, Artaxerxes, son of Hystaspes in his 2nd year. 14Remember Tobiah and Sanballat, O my God, according to these things that they did, and also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who wanted to make me afraid. 10Moreover, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Ok so Ill show you something that ppl dont see and its on the 490 weeks of years prophecy Jeremiah wrote but Daniel was given the chronology on it. In Part 1 prayer was discussed and in this article we have discussed preparation and . (who came up with Zerubabbel) Talmon and Akkub were porters who kept the gates during the time Nehemiah was in Jerusalem. Nehemiah in Hebrew means: Jah is comfort. Also, where do you get the following statement from? 5Now our flesh is the same as that of our kindred; our children are the same as their children; and yet we are forcing our sons and daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been ravished; we are powerless, and our fields and vineyards now belong to others.. Write "Nehemiah and the people build the wall in 52 days!" in the middle of the yellow paper. Nehemiah encountered hostility from the (non-Jewish) local officials in neighbouring districts, but in the space of 52 days the Jews under his direction succeeded in rebuilding Jerusalem's walls. Another of Nehemiahs accomplishments was to make a record and genealogy of all the nobles, officials and people who were then living in Judah. They instead have claimed an unknown and contextually inaccurate addition to those original commands which started and completed the contruction of the 2nd temple as specified in Ezra 6. But Nehemiah avoids their traps, ignores their threats, and refuses to hide when threatened by assassination. 3They replied, The survivors there in the province who escaped captivity are in great trouble and shame; the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been destroyed by fire.. Well, there you have it, thats how I see it anyway . Only this time the Christian chronologists have removed the contextual necessity of association between the command given by YHWH and the 2nd year of Darius even- Artaxerxes. He also urged them to set up guards to defend against the constant threat of those who opposed their efforts, including the armies of Samaria, the Ammonites and the Ashdodites. Cyruss decree initially started the process, but then it was interrupted and the Temple construction stopped. They were allowed to return to Israel to rebuild their nation. Let's get started." They rolled up their sleeves, ready for the good work. They consecrated it and set up its doors; they consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred and as far as the Tower of Hananel. Daniel 9 is about Jesus. The KING is coming soon and HE IS A JEW, YESHUA HAMASHIACH/JESUS THE CHRIST! Photo printing devices nowadays are manufactured in different sizes Symbolically, it mightve made more sense for the building of the wall to take place over the course of 312 days [i.e. The work was hard and the enemies made it more difficult by mocking and threatening the Jews and Nehemiah. Nehemiah 1:2-4 & 6:15-16. Will they sacrifice? Will they restore things? Really consider the words below. Since 1954, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes has been challenging coaches and athletes to use the powerful medium of athletics to impact the world for Jesus Christ, reaching millions worldwide. Few people are familiar with the Biblical figure Nehemiah, and yet he was instrumental in the rebuilding and reestablishment of Jerusalem in the fifth century B.C. Once there, Nehemiah defied the opposition of Judah's enemies on all sidesSamaritans, Ammonites, Arabs and Philistinesand rebuilt the walls within 52 days, from the Sheep Gate in the North, the Hananeel Tower at the North West corner, the Fish Gate in the West, the Furnaces Tower at the Temple Mount's South West Verse 25 states the following: Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and build Jerusalem unto the Messiah.. They went up on the wall by the stairs at the Fountain Gate and then marched in opposite directions around the city. 1In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was served to him, I carried the wine and gave it to the king. 3I said to the king, May the king live for ever! 2So the king said to me, Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? of Ancient Kingdoms Amended). Did the Ancient Israelites Think Children Were People. Next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs; and they restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. 4When I heard these words I sat down and wept, and mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven. The burden-bearers carried their loads in such a way that each laboured on the work with one hand and with the other held a weapon. 3The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. If building the temple (YHWH house) in Jerusalem does not qualify as the de facto event in building Jerusalem then nothing does. The answer is that Nehemiah did not build on top of the ridge but repaired Hezekiah's mid-slope wall. Chapter 5 says, he finished the wall in the 32nd year of the king!!! Nehemiah Prays for His People. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer suffer disgrace. 18I told them that the hand of my God had been gracious upon me, and also the words that the king had spoken to me. A claim to an artists impression of Nehemiahs likeness is thus born. One of the most astonishing facts about Nehemiah is that he finished the walls in just 52 days If you've ever been to Jerusalem, and seen the size and capacity of the stones you realize the monumental task that was at hand. 15And Shallum son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate; he rebuilt it and covered it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars; and he built the wall of the Pool of Shelah of the kings garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the City of David. The wall is made from stone and mortar with gates. The temple lay uncompleted. Right or wrong the rest is just opinion. 6Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate; they laid its beams and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. 5Then I said to the king, If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favour with you, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city of my ancestors graves, so that I may rebuild it. 6The king said to me (the queen also was sitting beside him), How long will you be gone, and when will you return? So it pleased the king to send me, and I set him a date. 1Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed, 2I gave my brother Hanani charge over Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the citadelfor he was a faithful man and feared God more than many. It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the () twentieth year, as I was in () Shushan [] the [] citadel, 2 that () Hanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. It made the city smaller than the original boundaries. The hurried work of repairing and rebuilding Jerusalems walls and gates was completed in just 52 days (Nehemiah 6:15). 14Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor. 2. 13I went out by night by the Valley Gate past the Dragons Spring and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and its gates that had been destroyed by fire. But afterwards, in applying the prophecy to Theudas, and Judas of Galilee, and at length to Bar Cochab, they seem to have shortened the reign of the Kingdom of Persia. (Chron. interesting question, Wasen,t Nehemiah considered an eunich? im so interested with 12 gates of jerusalem. The traditional Bible chronology based on Thieles harmonization of the Hebrew kings and the Rohl chronology that shortens the chronology of Egypt are incorrect. * See Aaron Demsky, Who Returned FirstEzra or Nehemiah? Bible Review, April 1996. 52 days God instructed Nehemiah to build a wall around Jerusalem to protect its citizens from enemy attack. 18And each of the builders had his sword strapped at his side while he built. Have a blessed day one and all. Why is this important? No machinery. 7Then I said to the king, If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may grant me passage until I arrive in Judah; 8and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the kings forest, directing him to give me timber to make beams for the gates of the temple fortress, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy. And the king granted me what I asked, for the gracious hand of my God was upon me. This event symbolically and chronologically marked the end of the 70 years of Jerusalems desolation. http://www.google.co.id/imgres?imgurl=http://www.jesusplusnothing.com/studies/images/nehem3.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.jesusplusnothing.com/studies/online/nehem3.htm&h=487&w=479&sz=5&tbnid=QnjiF52e5PjYCM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=89&zoom=1&usg=__BFMaBwzC558rhaR9TbUt9gfkj1o=&docid=UL4e0C1vyquoqM&sa=X&ei=MgB-UMy6N4HJrQfEj4HQBA&ved=0CD4Q9QEwBA&dur=4303. Notice the context. Nehemiah was a high official in the Persian court of King Artaxerxes I at the capital city of Susa, which lay 150 miles east of the Tigris River in what is now modern Iran. God bless. 5I said, O Lord God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments; 6let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer of your servant that I now pray before you day and night for your servants the people of Israel, confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against you. 52 days Once there, Nehemiah defied the opposition of Judah's enemies on all sidesSamaritans, Ammonites, Arabs and Philistinesand rebuilt the walls within 52 days, from the Sheep Gate in the North, the Hananeel Tower at the North West corner, the Fish Gate in the West, the Furnaces Tower at the Temple . Will they finish it in a day? And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.. Neither can be made to match the biblical record. I am returned shuwb, the same word used in Daniel 9:25. Virtually any citizen of the ancient world could tick off three reasons why a wall was far more than just a pile of rocks. 17Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiahs letters came to them. So about 444 bc Nehemiah journeyed to Jerusalem and aroused the people there to the necessity of repopulating the city and rebuilding its walls. (Site from http://www.biblicalarchaelogy.org) []. The 1st part of the verse says they builded and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai and Zechariah. At the top of the eastern ridge of the City of David, Nehemiah and the returned exiles built a new city wall. See how ppl dont continue reading to see that the wall was continued in the 32nd year?! 25Palal son of Uzai repaired opposite the Angle and the tower projecting from the upper house of the king at the court of the guard. Most significant were its cracks, which [], [] I was having one of those days. In it, Nehemiah describes his efforts to rebuild the city, even in the face of hostile neighbors. Are you rebelling against the king? 20Then I replied to them, The God of heaven is the one who will give us success, and we his servants are going to start building; but you have no share or claim or historic right in Jerusalem.. I do not see a reference to Yom Kippur in these verses. And rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem in 52 days. 15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. The new chronology I have introduced in my book Sacred Chronology of the Hebrew Kings (available for reading free on my website) shows how the chronologies of the Bible, Egypt, and Assyria are in perfect agreement when the correct chronology for the kings is used. (Site from http://www.biblicalarchaelogy.org) [], [] Nehemiah was a high official in the Persian court of King Artaxerxes I at the capital city of Susa, which lay 150 miles east of the Tigris River in what is now modern Iran. If you sort through the rather scarce historical references of Messianic expectancy in the 1st century BCE you will find like Newton and Davidson that a huge portion of the Persian era was eclipsed. Notice then what YHWH says in verse 16: I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall built in it, saith YHWH of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.. The 70th week does not start until the Anti Christ appears who make a covenant with many for one heptad (week) a 7 year period. 3So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. We his servants will start rebuilding, but as for you, you have no share in Jerusalem or any claim or historic right to it'. and more. We can learn about the society where the ancient Israelites, and later Jesus and the Apostles, lived through the modern discoveries that provide us clues. - So built we the wall.Rather, "and we (still) built the wall" Insults and gibes had no effect on us - did not touch us. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God. Still, they are incorrect.Dan Bruce, The Prophecy Society. Contextually there is no evidence for another Artaxerxes who was instrumental in getting the temple builded and finished by the 6th year as stated in Ezra 6. Note: I would like to make a clarification to my other post. 14Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the Kings Pool; but there was no place for the animal I was riding to continue. Nehemiah decides that the fortifications have to be rebuilt. Along comes Bible History Daily, rents the picture, crops it to show just the face and upper portion of the body. Because Haggai and Zechariah prophesied due to the command of YHWH. We will do as you say. And I called the priests, and made them take an oath to do as they had promised. I think he has placed Israel History in proper date chronology. Thanks for the article. There was no other mention of him, until after the rebuilding of the city walls. They will be captured by many false competing Churches and charlatan Prophets around us. In the twelfth chapter, the word days was used to indicate Day(s) of Atonement. Will they sacrifice? 18Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and every ten days skins of wine in abundance; yet with all this I did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because of the heavy burden of labour on the people. Nehemiah prayed and fasted to God for four months before petitioning the King to return to his home and reinforce Jerusalem's city walls. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he finished the wall on the twentyfifth of Elul, in fiftytwo days. The book of Nehemiah, named after Nehemiah is the memoir, of building the walls of Jerusalem and of setting up the Jewish community in Jerusalem. See http://www.prophecysociety.org for a fuller explanation than can be provided in this forum. It identified the time of the introduction of the new covenant prophesied by Jeremiah that would be offered to Israel by John the Baptist, and it identified the anointed one, Jesus, who would confirm that new covenant during the Passion Week. COPYRIGHT 2023 BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY 5614 Connecticut Ave NW #343, Washington DC 20015-2604. After hearing about the sad state of affairs in Judah, Nehemiah acquired the kings permission to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the city and its fortifications. Daniel 9 did two things. I have seen some [arguing for Artaxerxes I] say that his genealogy leaves out some generations, but it doesnt really make sense that there should be a gap of 128 years right between his last ancestor in his genealogy and himself/his first dateable appearance. The Temple, the city walls, and the gates had been destroyed as a result of the three invasions of Nebuchadnezzar and his forces in 606 BC, 597 BC, and 586 BC. Christ is clearly cut off at the determination of the 69th week. The man of sin will in fact make a military protective covenant with Israel which ushers in the rapture of the called out born again church and begins the ticking on Israel for the last week. 16After him Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired from a point opposite the graves of David, as far as the artificial pool and the house of the warriors. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your kin, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes., 15When our enemies heard that their plot was known to us, and that God had frustrated it, we all returned to the wall, each to his work. Building Jerusalem had been going on since the 1st year of Cyrus, that was never the issue. Ezra 6:14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. If the Artaxerxes of Nehemiah references Darius son of Hystaspes their minimum age would have been 66 years. 22I also said to the people at that time, Let every man and his servant pass the night inside Jerusalem, so that they may be a guard for us by night and may labour by day. 23So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the men of the guard who followed me ever took off our clothes; each kept his weapon in his right hand. This wall is said to have been 4.5 miles long, 24 ft at the base and just over 26 ft. tall. The workers built the walls in only 52 days. If you've ever been to Jerusalem, and seen the size and capacity of the stones you realize the monumental task that was at hand. Would a man like me go into the temple to save his life? Then I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned. God was using Nehemiah to lead His people to rebuild the walls around Jerusalem. 13I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, So may God shake out everyone from house and from property who does not perform this promise. Since Ezra and Nehemyah were together in Yerushalayim at some point (Ezra 8:9) it is unlikely to have been a different Artakhashast in each story. 19And I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, The work is great and widely spread out, and we are separated far from one another on the wall. It also has nothing to do with feasts of weeks, nor does Daniel say anything at all about seventy weeks.. So that the Mikdash would have been completed in his 6th year (Ezra 6), and Ezra would have led the return in his 7th year. None of the Persian-era decrees fit the text of Daniel 9. It is correct. 19Also they spoke of his good deeds in my presence, and reported my words to him. Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem in 445 B.C. Nehemiah 4 1 Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he mocked the Jews. 15So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days. . The waw would have been more accurately translated as a hendiadys where the 2nd word specifies the first. Appoint guards from among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, some at their watch-posts, and others before their own houses. 4The city was wide and large, but the people within it were few and no houses had been built. I have included Daniel 9:25 below just to be perfectly clear just what the biblical text states. I would like to see more biblical dating using David Rohls new Chronology. This company acts as an image bank/agency they own, or represent photographers (and artists, if recent), with regard to copyright. The dating of the ministries of Nehemiah and Ezra have been juggled to fit both Jewish and Christian misinterpretations of Daniel 9, unfortunately, and repeated so often that they have become gospel in their respective circles. Just a few years later Cyrus gave his command(at the prompting of YHWH) which allowed the people to return and rebuild the temple. Nehemiah brought all the Levites to Jerusalem for the inauguration. We his servants will start rebuilding, but as for you, you have no share in Jerusalem or any claim or historic right to it" ( Nehemiah 2:20 ). Yodie. Key Notes: The wall was done in 52 days. following the Babylonian exile. According to Haggai 1, YHWH then spoke to Haggai and asked him why the people were building their own houses when the Temple was not completed. It went from November in the 20th year in chapter 1 to April in the 20th year in chapter 2. . So they relocated the eastern wall higher up the slope and, according to author Eilat Mazar, built it directly on top of a ruined wall of King Davids palace (also known as the Large Stone Structure) and its massive rampart (known as the Stepped Stone Structure). The prince to come is key to understanding these verses. @ William You have offered an interesting interpretation, but it is based on rebuilding the Temple, whereas Daniel 9:25 mentions restoring Jerusalem to a messiah (anointed one)/political leader, but does not say anything at all about rebuilding the Temple. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel,.. Nothing symbolically or literally even comes close to this command by YHWH, a command which was witness by both Haggai and Zechariah. The picture of a statue of Nehemiah in this Bible History Daily article caused me to be suspicious. One of the powerful messages of Nehemiah is how much you can accomplish when you align yourself with the will and plan of God. Could we take 52 days to accomplish something similar? Then after the 62 7- sevens the Messiah is cut off. How long did it take Nehemiah to rebuild the wall? How long was Nehemiah in Jerusalem? Ill stick with what the biblical text states, that the key time-location events are the decree of Caesar in 44 BCE and the building of the broad place and moat in 43 BCE. And you shall rest and shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.. If you count the years backwards you will find the 70 years of divine anger began at the departure of the Shekinah from the temple as described in Ezekiel. 13Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate; they rebuilt it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall, as far as the Dung Gate. Once the defenses had been rebuilt by Antipater, the seven weeks and sixty-two weeks and one week (totaling seventy weeks) could begin, and that is exactly what happened. Photo: Zev Radovan. 6I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints. Should you not walk in the fear of our God, to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies? Now he could rebuild his beloved city of Jerusalem, its walls and gates. (Neh. That would put Ezras aliyah around 515 BCE, and Nehemyahs time in Yerushalayim from around 502 BCE to 490 BCE. After the wall was built, Nehemiah ensured that the people were read God's Law, and they understood it. 18For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah: and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah. For the purpose of brevity, the word week in this chapter will hereafter represent the Day of Pentecost, although using the full fifty-day time period of the Feast of Weeks will work equally well in the interpretation offered in this chapter.. Based on Ezra 6:14 this was none other than Darius son of Hystaspes. The first thing they did was use the weapon of mocking. If you will read chapters six and seven in my book (link given above), you will see just how precisely the interpretation I have given fits recorded history and the Scriptures. Interesting. Nehemiah's Wall. 1 The words of () Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. Rhema I have received from what Nehemiah did: he had a burden for his people; he went out and did want God wanted him to do; God did not give him a timeframe to do it in; and Nehemiah obeyed. A wall built for Gods Glory Nehemiah depicts the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. Very good study. 9:1-19) They were also present at the completion and dedication of the wall. The prophecy says..Daniel 9:25 Know therefore and understand,that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Princeshall beseven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. In the past 2000 years, no one else has. The Jewish community in Jerusalem had been there for 80 years. YHWHs decree in the 2nd year of Darius Hystaspes (through Haggai & Zechariah) to restart contruction of the temple which had stopped sometime earlier. I would also like to address a comment regarding Yeshu, the Roman Fabrication. Yeshua being a Roman fabrication is as reasonable and historically accurate as those who say Israel is a British one.

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