In it, Nehemiah describes his efforts to rebuild the city, even in the face of hostile neighbors. Without military escort, Ezra left Babylon 457 BC, with 5,000 Jews, priests and Levites bearing rich gifts and treasures. The Scriptural basis for their calculations was likely Ezra 6:14. After them Azariah son of Maaseiah son of Ananiah made repairs beside his own house. http://kofh2u.tripod.com/kofh/. 23After them Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs opposite their house. It went from November in the 20th year in chapter 1 to April in the 20th year in chapter 2. Nehemiah. This information is based on research from one of my favourite bible references- information which is taken from the Bible Encyclopaedia Insight on the Scriptures - No, Just the Outer Wall to The Temple & City: The house of Jehov. And rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem in 52 days. I enjoyed reading it all but it did leave a bad taste in my mouth as I thought how much unbelievers love to see us disagree with one anotherjust some food for thought to all. 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. The hurried work of repairing and rebuilding Jerusalems walls and gates was completed in just 52 days (Nehemiah 6:15). Your email address will not be published. Will they finish it in a day? The Bible doesn't say Nehemiah had wall-building experience or even leadership experience. Israel is Gods earthly time clock. The following text is the first portion of the Nehemiah Memoir (1:17:4) from the New Revised Standard Version. Notice the common names are in the same order in both lists. This wall is said to have been 4.5 miles long, 24 ft at the base and just over 26 ft. tall. Will they restore things? So take 492BCE in Jeremiahs prophecy on the 490 years and until messiah the prince, whats that put us at? 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. (Neh. Thats not true if you hold to Chronicles and Kings you can see some major discrepencies. The al so important, yet lost and presently under known appearance and working of the Urim and Thummim (Neh 7:65), was ignored in the text of the report concerning the rebuilding of the wall around Jerusalem. He expounded and enforced the Law of God. 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. Video lectures from world-renowned experts. 52 days God instructed Nehemiah to build a wall around Jerusalem to protect its citizens from enemy attack. 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. Just a few years later Cyrus gave his command(at the prompting of YHWH) which allowed the people to return and rebuild the temple. 14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith YHWH of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. It would mean they would have to admit the redactions. In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in Susa the capital, 2one of my brothers, Hanani, came with certain men from Judah; and I asked them about the Jews that survived, those who had escaped the captivity, and about Jerusalem. Truth of the matter is we will NEVER know all the facts and truths in this life..only the next. By this time, exiles who were taken at the time of the Babylonian conquest had already been allowed to return to their homeland, and the ones that did had already rebuilt the Temple in Jerusalem. They make their money by licensing temporary rights for a specific use to newspapers, magazines and other media. 17Then I said to them, You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burnt. 2He said in the presence of his associates and of the army of Samaria, What are these feeble Jews doing? Nehemiah rebuilt Jerusalem's wall in only 52 days. In the twelfth chapter, the word days was used to indicate Day(s) of Atonement. I assume you are talking about Daniel 12:11-13, which says the following: 11 And from the time that the regular burnt offering is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be 1,290 days. 2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. 13 But go your way till the end. He organized them into two groups of singers. Why is a broken-down wall such a big deal? The word restore is shuwb- its primary meaning is to return or turn back. * Both men worked together to restore the city and rededicate its people to God. 7Next to them repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothitethe men of Gibeon and of Mizpahwho were under the jurisdiction of the governor of the province Beyond the River. He is even given letters from the king to ensure safe passage and to obtain timber from the kings forest for the gates and walls of Jerusalem. 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. How many days did it take Nehemiah and his leaders to rebuild Jerusalem's walls? Just shows to go you that, just because a guy pulls up his sleeves, and is the first one to jump in and work, it sometimes doesnt mean what it appears to mean. Amazing issues here. I said, Christian chronologists have preserved this same reckoning of Ezra and Nehemiah because it is the only way to show that Jesus of Nazareth fulfilled the prophecy of Daniel 9. I meant to say: Christian chronologists have preserved this same reckoning of Ezra and Nehemiah because it is the only way they can show that Jesus of Nazareth fulfilled the prophecy of Daniel 9.. It took Nehemiah 52 days to reinforce the gaps and rebuild the wall. 9Next to them Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs. Daniel 9:25 25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. Families and professional groups take on the responsibility for repairing stretches of the wall, while gates are provided with attics, doors, bolts and bars, and towers are rebuilt. The answer is that Nehemiah did not build on top of the ridge but repaired Hezekiah's mid-slope wall. I found the picture on their website under the caption A prophet or Nehemiah west facade, south portal, right side, mid-12th c. Location: St. Lazare, Avallon, France. No one has made it fit the biblical text that way. Of the three commands to rebuild the temple as mentioned in Ezra 6, clearly the command by YHWH through Haggai and Zechariah would be the one a Messianic Zealot or their followers would use to base their claim for the fulfillment of Daniel 9. [] In it, Nehemiah describes his efforts to rebuild the city, even in the face of hostile neighbors: NehemiahThe Man Behind the Wall Biblical Archaeology Society Daniel 9:25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to []. One day they were reading in the book of Moses out loud to all the congregation of people. A claim to an artists impression of Nehemiahs likeness is thus born. There is only ONE expert.the God of the Bible. These are just chronological events which take place after the first 7 sevens. The only decree that does fit, and fit exactly using all of the biblical text, is the decree issued by Julius Caesar in 44 BCE that was recorded by Josephus as mentioned above. Because Haggai and Zechariah prophesied due to the command of YHWH. Nehemiah Prays for His People. 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.. Ok here is Nehemiah chapter 1 says, 1The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah: In the month of Kislevin the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa. Building the Wall and Dealing With Resistance. As can be understand now, from the studies in Intelligence, we know this device was a cube shaped set of 5 geometric solids. 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. 1Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish kin. They will be captured by many false competing Churches and charlatan Prophets around us. Being a representative of the king to rebuild jerusalem was such a great feat that he would not have time for a family either. 21So we laboured at the work, and half of them held the spears from break of dawn until the stars came out. 11Restore to them, this very day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses, and the interest on money, grain, wine, and oil that you have been exacting from them. 12Then they said, We will restore everything and demand nothing more from them. 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. 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.. 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. They played trumpets, cymbals, and harps and sang to Jehovah. 10Moreover, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Chapter 6 says this, 6:15So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days. Let's get started." They rolled up their sleeves, ready for the good work. Answer (1 of 3): Re your query: Did Nehemiah rebuild the temple? Nehemiah was cup-bearer to Artaxerxes. This cycle is hinted at in 52 days of 52 weeks to complete the 360 degree cycle of the soul. The length of the walls is 4,018 meters (2.4966 mi), their average height is 12 meters (39.37 feet) and the average thickness is 2.5 meters (8.2 feet). Even in the the 7th year of Daryavesh I he could be no younger than 70. Within 52 days the walls were rebuilt and the gates restored in spite of intense internal and external opposition! It was God's work and He protected His people and they completed the wall in 52 days. As a leader with strong Christian values holding various ministerial positions in government at a state and federal level within our country, the writings of Nehemiah was my blue print on how to be strategic, diplomatic and never forgetting my purpose. [], [] like in Nehemiahs time, we are living within broken down walls. Cyruss decree initially started the process, but then it was interrupted and the Temple construction stopped. If building the temple (YHWH house) in Jerusalem does not qualify as the de facto event in building Jerusalem then nothing does. 19But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they mocked and ridiculed us, saying, What is this that you are doing? He also provided a place where the people could wait for God's salvation. . The waw would have been more accurately translated as a hendiadys where the 2nd word specifies the first. A link to the Universal (as it is now called) can demonstrate ALL the genealogy on the book of Genesis, using that demo as part of the theory verification: Combine a one-year tablet and print subscription to BAR with membership in the BAS Library to start your journey into the ancient past today! Zechariah 1:12 Then the angel of YHWH answered and said, O YHWH of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years? Ezra 7:13-28. Nehemiah 1:2-4 & 6:15-16. 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 All-Access membership pass is the way to get to know the Bible through biblical archaeology. Here is your ticket to join us as we discover more and more about the biblical world and its people. Yodie. Of all of the English translations of Daniel 9:25, Youngs Literal Translation is perhaps the best (but still imperfect), saying And thou dost know, and dost consider wisely, from the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem till Messiah the Leader [is] seven weeks, and sixty and two weeks: the broad place hath been built again, and the rampart, even in the distress of the times. A good fulfillment paraphrase of verse 25, substituting real events and real names from history for the biblical language, would read something like this: Observe with your eyes and calculate with your mind, that after the issuance of the decree by Julius Caesar to Hyrcanus II, high priest and ethnarch (the anointed one-prince) of the Jews, restoring him to rule in Jerusalem (the first restoration) and granting him permission to rebuild its fortifications, until his repatriation from Parthia to Jerusalem by Herod (the second restoration), there will be seven Pentecosts, followed by sixty-two Pentecosts. No machinery. 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. and Artaxerxes comes from the waw proceeding Artaxerxes. God bless. Then Nehemiah asked Ezra to read the Law of Moses to the people. All that was left was to rebuild the city . YHWHs house is the heart of Jerusalem, without its completion nothing else matters. Nehemiah 4-6. You don't have to rebuild a wall to do the will of God. Each issue of Biblical Archaeology Review features lavishly illustrated and easy-to-understand articles such as: Fascinating finds from the Hebrew Bible and New Testament periods, The latest scholarship by the world's greatest archaeologists and distinguished scholars, Stunning color photographs, informative maps, and diagrams, Reviews of the latest books on biblical archaeology, 45+ years of Biblical Archaeology Review, 20+ years of Bible Review online, providing critical interpretations of biblical texts. 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. Nehemiah understood the urgency of rebuilding the wall and because he was obedient to God, it was completed in 52 days (Nehemiah 6:15). He asked the king for permission to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem & was sent from Susa the Persian capital as Governor in 445 BC. YHWH was telling the people to shuwb or return and build His house that they were neglecting. 5Do not cover their guilt, and do not let their sin be blotted out from your sight; for they have hurled insults in the face of the builders. 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. 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 Darius Hystaspes checks the records and confirms that in fact Cyruss did issue a decree and therefore the contruction could go on. There is certainly a lot to learn about this subject. At the 70 year time, we go into great tribulation, the final 3 and a half years. Christ is clearly cut off at the determination of the 69th week. So why did chronologist place a gap in chronology between Ezra 6 &7 between Jeshua/Zerubabbel and Ezra/Nehemiah? 3. I would like to see more biblical dating using David Rohls new Chronology. A wall built for Gods Glory Nehemiah depicts the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. In my opinion the underlying text does not say anything about restoring Jerusalem to a messiah. The text clearly states it will be 7 sevens from the command unto the Messiah. Each new messiah or their followers claim fulfillment of the prophecy based on a 2nd year of a Persian Artaxerxes. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Ezra and Nehemiah took place during the period of what?, What nation was in power during the events in Ezra and Nehemiah?, This persian king allowed the jews to return and rebuild the temple of Jersualem and more. Nehemiah rebuilt the wall to protect the people from the enemies. . 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. At the time, I was cupbearer to the king. I wonder if there might be some significance to the notion that it took 52 days to complete. As noted earlier a variation on this tradition has been carried on by Christians today in their association of Artaxerxes with the Persian Longimanus. Joshua & Zerubbabel restarted construction but their enemies lodge a protest with Darius Hystaspes. The Book of Nehemiah is usually read together with the Book of Ezra as one long book. Then he acts in secret. Studying them will reveal something about getting close God. 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. Nehemiah motivated his people to rebuild the wall protecting Jerusalem in 52 days. Why should my face not be sad, when the city, the place of my ancestors graves, lies waste, and its gates have been destroyed by fire? 4Then the king said to me, What do you request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. 11Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and the Tower of the Ovens. This was definitely accomplished with God's help. 17Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiahs letters came to them. Dorothy Resig Willette is the former Managing Editor of Biblical Archaeology Review. Problems of the builders: ridicule; intimidation; loss of energy; shortage of food and money; conflict of interest. Rebuilding the walls showed that God was with His people. At the end all glory to God was given. Reversing these often repeated, monstrous trends of history is Gods hand unparalleled among ANY people to demonstrate His glory. 31After him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and of the merchants, opposite the Muster Gate, and to the upper room of the corner. Nehemiah built a spiritual wall for their covenant with God relationship presence help in time of trouble. 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. Chapter 13 says Nehemiah 13:6 6 But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king: 7 And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. By this time, exiles who were taken at the time of the Babylonian conquest had already been allowed to return to their homeland, and the ones that did had already rebuilt the Temple in Jerusalem. The prince (lowercase p) is not Jesus Christ. This printer even prints a color photo in black and white or This is where I admittedly find it frustrating when discussing this subject. The wall had lain in rubble for 140 years waiting; when Nehemiah presented the need, forty-two families responded to help in the reconstruction of the wall. 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.. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.' When [Nehemiah] heard these things, [he] sat down and wept" (Nehemiah 1:3). Moving on to the 62 sevens they have nothing to do with the original command to return and build Jerusalem. How difficult is it to build a wall? 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. 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. . Lots of debate here and that is ok as long as we remember that in-fighting amongst believers only makes the unbelievers more of an unbeliever. Ezra 6 ends with completion of the temple in the 6th year of Darius even- Artaxerxes. [] 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. 8Next to them Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. of Ancient Kingdoms Amended). It is during 62 sevens that the wall and the street were built again. If the Bible chronology is followed exactly as written, the reigns of the Hebrew kings synchronize perfectly with one another, without having to disregard Scripture and without having to accept long co-reigns not supported in the biblical text, and those reigns synchronize perfectly with the traditional chronology of Egypt as proposed by Ken Kitchen. The 70 weeks are thus seventy Feasts of Weeks and are divided into three divisions: 7 weeks from 42-36 BCE, 62 weeks from 35 BCE-27 CE, and the final week ending in 28 CE at the beginning of Jesus ministry. Will you please drop me a mail? Ok here is chapter 2 of Nehemiah.. Again I ask you to consider. Photo printing devices nowadays are manufactured in different sizes Another of Nehemiahs accomplishments was to make a record and genealogy of all the nobles, officials and people who were then living in Judah. Daniel 9 did two things. @ William You say that building the Temple is the de facto event in building Jerusalem, but I remind you that that is not what God said through the prophet Daniel in verse 25. 19Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people. The caption reads Nehemiah/Photo: Foto Marburg/Art Resource, NY. Thus may they be shaken out and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised the Lord. We will soon discover that Nehemiah has a position of authority in the empire, being the 'cupbearer . One side is built on the. 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. Thats too big a price to pay. In Part 1 prayer was discussed and in this article we have discussed preparation and . 20After him Baruch son of Zabbai repaired another section from the Angle to the door of the house of the high priest Eliashib. 8Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples; 9but if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts are under the farthest skies, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place at which I have chosen to establish my name. 10They are your servants and your people, whom you redeemed by your great power and your strong hand. Thus, the time periods being designated in verse 25 are seven Pentecosts and sixty-two Pentecosts. Now he could rebuild his beloved city of Jerusalem, its walls and gates. It is correct. So it only took 52 days to build this wall, so from this time, its 492BCE. Written by the worlds foremost biblical scholars and archaeologists, each chapter has been updated and expanded to incorporate more than a decades worth of outstanding new discoveries and fresh scholarly perspectives. 10One day when I went into the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house, he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you; indeed, tonight they are coming to kill you. 11But I said, Should a man like me run away? The CSB E3 Discipleship Bible is full of intentionally crafted discipleship tools and resources based on the E3 discipleship methodEngage. This divine anger ended in the 2nd year of Darius. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel,.. The church is named after St Lazare (Lazarus of Bethany, whom Jesus raised from the dead Gospel of John, 11) and, historically, was a famous place of pilgrimage because of its claim to have a piece of Lazarusskull as a relic, reputed to have the power to cure leprosy. Our God will fight for us.. This is a powerful teaching It takes me back to when I was wrapping up my pursuit towards my diploma And ministered to me was God needed you left out so he Nehemiahed you left out its not that you did something wrong Terrill T.C a.k.a Relic. I really like all of the points youve made. 12Next to him Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters. 3I said to the king, May the king live for ever! 19Also they spoke of his good deeds in my presence, and reported my words to him. Rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem was an important sign to the enemies of Israel. Ok Nissan is April and in the 20th year of the king. Respectfully, Nathaniel, you are incorrect in your interpretation. When to fight? 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. My interpretation fits both Scripture and history. 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.. following the Babylonian exile. Back to Nehemiah Four months later, they arrived in Jerusalem. We his servants will start rebuilding, but as for you, you have no share in Jerusalem or any claim or historic right to it'.
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