[Nehemiah 5:14 - Governor for 12 years before returning to the palace.] 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 . * See Aaron Demsky, Who Returned FirstEzra or Nehemiah? Bible Review, April 1996. When Nehemiah hears that "the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates are burned with fire," ( Neh 1:3 ), he gets permission from Persian King Artaxerxes to rebuild the city. Neamiah returned to king Darius when he finished building the walls. 17Then I said to them, You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burnt. Despite the free time, which is a rarity in my life, beautiful breezy weather and a book I cant stop reading, my mood was, lets put it nicely, stormy. At the time, I was cupbearer to the king. Bring in the new Chronology. God was using Nehemiah to lead His people to rebuild the walls around Jerusalem. 4. You don't have to rebuild a wall to do the will of God. 12 Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days. Will they restore things? Israel is Gods earthly time clock. Will they finish it in a day? Trying to apply that prophecy to the Persian period is simply incorrect. (B) @ Willaim If you can make that translation fit history, more power to you. 2So the king said to me, Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbishand burnt ones at that? 3Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, That stone wall they are buildingany fox going up on it would break it down! 4Hear, O our God, for we are despised; turn their taunt back on their own heads, and give them over as plunder in a land of captivity. The 1st part of the verse says they builded and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai and Zechariah. 2. Our God will fight for us.. 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. 10Next to them Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs opposite his house; and next to him Hattush son of Hashabneiah made repairs. 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. (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. This evidence of God's blessing encourages the Jews and is a terrific blow to the self-confidence of their enemies. After each failed attempt a new Artaxerxes was chosen in order to make the prophecy work. Thats too big a price to pay. I have read your theory and I do understand your position. After them Azariah son of Maaseiah son of Ananiah made repairs beside his own house. If the Artaxerxes of Nehemiah references Darius son of Hystaspes their minimum age would have been 66 years. 16Indeed, I devoted myself to the work on this wall, and acquired no land; and all my servants were gathered there for the work. This is where I admittedly find it frustrating when discussing this subject. How did Nehemiah rebuild the walls? Notice the verse again. 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. 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. Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem's Walls (Nehemiah 2:11-16) Landmarks in Building the Wall of Jerusalem ( Larger map) Notice carefully Nehemiah's strategy. 11:18-19; 1Chron. Verse 24 gives the big picture overview of what takes place during the entire 70 weeks. 4Next to them Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz made repairs. ' When I heard these things, I sat down and wept" (Nehemiah 1:3-4). 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. 7After thinking it over, I brought charges against the nobles and the officials; I said to them, You are all taking interest from your own people. And I called a great assembly to deal with them, 8and said to them, As far as we were able, we have bought back our Jewish kindred who had been sold to other nations; but now you are selling your own kin, who must then be bought back by us! They were silent, and could not find a word to say. as the provincial governor of Judah/Yehud. According to a story, Nehemiah, a high official in the Persian court of King Artaxerxes I at the capital city of Susa, was very troubled that there was no wall to protect his beloved city of Jerusalem, its walls and gates. Next to them Meshullam son of Berechiah son of Meshezabel made repairs. 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. After the wall was built, Nehemiah ensured that the people were read God's Law, and they understood it. YHWHs house is the heart of Jerusalem, without its completion nothing else matters. 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. 492BCE minus 490 years leaves us at the Birth of Christ at 2BCE!! . As noted earlier a variation on this tradition has been carried on by Christians today in their association of Artaxerxes with the Persian Longimanus. 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. Nehemiah 10 identified many of those same men as being sealed with Nehemiah in the 20th year of Artaxerxes. 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). What many commentators fail to notice is that up until the 2nd year Darius (Hystaspes) Judah & Jerusalem were still under a period of 70 years of divine indignation (Zech.1). Ezra soon noticed that contrary to the Jewish law, even Jews of high standing and the priests, had intermarried with pagan, non-Hebrew women. Im very glad to look your post. American Standard Version So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. 20Rally to us wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet. They completed the wall in a mere 52 days (Nehemiah 6:15). 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. This verse describes the commands which were instrumental in the rebuilding of the Temple and its eventual completion. Ezra insisted upon the dismissal of these wives. How difficult is it to build a wall? Brenton Septuagint Translation Jesus is "the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world" ( John 1:29 ). 10Moreover, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Nehemiah 6:15 (Holman Christian Standard Bible) 15 The wall was completed (A) in 52 days, on the twenty-fifth day of the month Ellul. How about it? the walls in 586. By hand. Nehemiah was cup-bearer to Artaxerxes. As athletes engage with Scripture, they . It is during 62 sevens that the wall and the street were built again. 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. 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. . 16And when all our enemies heard of it, all the nations around us were afraid and fell greatly in their own esteem; for they perceived that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God. 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 and his followers do what seems to be the impossible because they are doing what God has called them to do. So it only took 52 days to build this wall, so from this time, its 492BCE. 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. 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. It would mean they would have to admit the redactions. How difficult would that be to hold a weapon and build the wall? sepia. Then he acts in secret. I wonder if there might be some significance to the notion that it took 52 days to complete. Tonyagonna have to chew on this for awhile! 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. After the wall was built, Nehemiah ensured that the people were read God's Law, and they understood it. The Jewish community in Jerusalem had been there for 80 years. 1The words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah. Key Notes: The wall was done in 52 days. Nehemiah 12 identifies those chief of their fathers who went up with Jeshua and Zerubabbel in the 1st year of Cyrus. He enlisted the help of the people to quickly repair the breaches in the wall. Chapter 6 says this, 6:15So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days. 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. Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem and rebuilt the wallsin 52 days. 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. Rebuild our health. About a century and a half after Nebuchadnezzar's conquest, the walls and gates of the city were still broken down. 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. Chapter 4 So let's pick up the story in Nehemiah 4. In the eighth chapter of Daniel, the phrase evening-morning(s) was used to indicate Passovers. If you are talking about Daniel 8:14, I do not see anything about Pesach. 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.. Nehemiah decides that the fortifications have to be rebuilt. Daniyel 9:25 says that the first seven shavuim begin min motsa davar in Daniyels own lifetime, whenever his supplications began (naturally, when the Temple was destroyed). Nehemiah rebuilt Jerusalem's wall in only 52 days. The world of the Bible is knowable. "'Jerusalem's wall has been broken down, and its gates have been burned down. This single letter and its use is the basis for the120 years of missing chronology as well as Christian chronologists attempts to show that Nehemiah and Ezra were contemporary with Artaxerxes Longimanus. For the people had a mind to work. 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 is in Hebrew , Nemyh, "Yah comforts". I dont think the prophecy of Daniel 9 gets the attention it deserves in regards to the influence it has had on Biblical and secular chronology. Why is this important? And it could not (as Josephus says) be Khshayarsha, who only reign 20 years. Should you not walk in the fear of our God, to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies? They told me that those who had survived and were back in the homeland were in great difficulty and that the foreigners who lived . []. This theme actually comes from the book of Nehemiah (2:20), which describes how God led the people Israel in the task of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. During this time according to Haggai 1 the people were busy working on their own houses. 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. Your interpretation of a verse does not make it any more the word of God than does mine. The wall is made from stone and mortar with gates. And the Old Testament book of Nehemiah records how Nehemiah completed that massive project in record time just 52 days. They make their money by licensing temporary rights for a specific use to newspapers, magazines and other media. . Photo: Foto Marburg/Art Resource, NY. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he finished the wall on the twentyfifth of Elul, in fiftytwo days. Why should the work stop while I leave it to come down to you? 4They sent to me four times in this way, and I answered them in the same manner. It also has nothing to do with feasts of weeks, nor does Daniel say anything at all about seventy weeks.. 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: They will be captured by many false competing Churches and charlatan Prophets around us. 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. 12Next to him Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters. It was now the 25th day of Elul, only five days prior to the Feast of Trumpets.

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