So about 444 bc Nehemiah journeyed to Jerusalem and aroused the people there to the necessity of repopulating the city and rebuilding its walls. They said, "We're with you. 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. Accordingly, it can be seen that the time period covered by the prophecy of the seventy weeks is seventy years, not 490 years. 2For there were those who said, With our sons and our daughters, we are many; we must get grain, so that we may eat and stay alive. 3There were also those who said, We are having to pledge our fields, our vineyards, and our houses in order to get grain during the famine. 4And there were those who said, We are having to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay the kings tax. No one has made it fit the biblical text that way. This is my understanding. No, this was by no means a wall of Nehemiah, no rebuild per se, yet it did show evidence of repair. Trying to apply that prophecy to the Persian period is simply incorrect. 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. 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. And you shall rest and shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.. As can be understand now, from the studies in Intelligence, we know this device was a cube shaped set of 5 geometric solids. And the Old Testament book of Nehemiah records how Nehemiah completed that massive project in record time just 52 days. My biggest problem with the article is your third supposition, quoted below: The third key to interpretation of the prophecy is to understand the time period meant by the Hebrew word weeks (BHS, Strongs OT: 7620) in verse 25. How many days did Nehemiah pray? []. 10But Judah said, The strength of the burden-bearers is failing, and there is too much rubbish, so that we are unable to work on the wall. 11And our enemies said, They will not know or see anything before we come upon them and kill them and stop the work. 12When the Jews who lived near them came, they said to us ten times, From all the places where they live they will come up against us. 13So in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in open places, I stationed the people according to their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows. 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.. Our hearts. Nehemiah gathered the people together to rebuild the walls. Without military escort, Ezra left Babylon 457 BC, with 5,000 Jews, priests and Levites bearing rich gifts and treasures. Here is your ticket to join us as we discover more and more about the biblical world and its people. Not even Michelangelo and his David! Because Haggai and Zechariah prophesied due to the command of YHWH. Within three days of his arrival in Jerusalem he did a thorough inspection of the walls (Nehemiah 2:11-16). Very good study. Now the king had sent officers of the army and cavalry with me. Still, they are incorrect.Dan Bruce, The Prophecy Society. (who came up with Zerubabbel) Talmon and Akkub were porters who kept the gates during the time Nehemiah was in Jerusalem. 2And the men of Jericho built next to him. 32And between the upper room of the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs. Nice talking to you. It took Nehemiah 52 days to reinforce the gaps and rebuild the wall. Will they sacrifice? Here is how I understand it. Now he could rebuild his beloved city of Jerusalem, its walls and gates. 2. "Nehemiah 6:15", and "The city of . Cyruss decree initially started the process, but then it was interrupted and the Temple construction stopped. If the Artaxerxes of Nehemiah references Darius son of Hystaspes their minimum age would have been 66 years. 2. I looked up the complete article from your website. [52 days] What did Nehemiah do after rebuilding the walls? After him Meshullam son of Berechiah made repairs opposite his living quarters. Here is Gods version of revising history. 18And each of the builders had his sword strapped at his side while he built. The picture of a statue of Nehemiah in this Bible History Daily article caused me to be suspicious. At the top of the eastern ridge of the City of David, Nehemiah and the returned exiles built a new city wall. 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.. as the provincial governor of Judah/Yehud. (B) 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. 6In it was written, It is reported among the nationsand Geshem also says itthat you and the Jews intend to rebel; that is why you are building the wall; and according to this report you wish to become their king. Nehemiahs leadership style is not the most common. How many days did it take Nehemiah and his leaders to rebuild Jerusalem's walls? Let's get started." They rolled up their sleeves, ready for the good work. 30After him Hananiah son of Shelemiah and Hanun sixth son of Zalaph repaired another section. How did Nehemiah rebuild the walls? American Standard Version So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. The decree signified by Daniel 9 that starts the 70 weeks is the decree issued by Julius Caesar in 44 BCE, that says: Gaius Caesar, consul the fifth time [in 44 BCE], hath decreed, That the Jews shall possess Jerusalem, and may encompass that city with walls; and that Hyrcanus, the son of Alexander, the high priest and ethnarch of the Jews, retain it in the manner he himself pleases; and that the Jews be allowed to deduct out of their tribute, every second year the land is let [in the Sabbatic period], a corus of that tribute; and that the tribute they pay be not let to farm, nor that they pay always the same tribute. Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 14.10.5 (Whiston translation). From the coming forth means the times were set at the finish. There was no other mention of him, until after the rebuilding of the city walls. Upon arrival into the city, he assessed the damage and got to work. This is the command to return and build Jerusalem. Daniyel 9:23 says that at the beginning of Daniyels supplications yatsa davar.. It made the city smaller than the original boundaries. In an individual life, then, the rebuilding of the walls would be a picture of re-establishing the strength of that life. So why did chronologist place a gap in chronology between Ezra 6 &7 between Jeshua/Zerubabbel and Ezra/Nehemiah? Ezra 7 begins with Ezra going up to Jerusalem in the 7th year of Artaxerxes the king. How long did it take Nehemiah to rebuild the wall? Tonyagonna have to chew on this for awhile! 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. 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. The people of the prince to come were in fact those who destroyed the temple under Titus in 70 A.D. It is in Hebrew , Nemyh, "Yah comforts". . 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. 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. Although Newton believed the early messianic expectants based their counting from the 1st year of Cyrus, it is more likely as Davidson noted, the 2nd year of Darius Hystaspes which was the basis for the chronological errors that crept into the early rabbinic chronology. Answer (1 of 3): Re your query: Did Nehemiah rebuild the temple? The Finklestein chronology, which dismisses the biblical record, is also incorrect.Dan Bruce, The Prophecy Society, David Rohls chronology works only if one disregards major portions of the Hebrew Scriptures. Kind of like a pervert pedophile looking for a job with the boys choir or the boy scouts, I guess. These walls had been down for 100 years. Your email address will not be published. Thanks for the article. Chapter 5 says, he finished the wall in the 32nd year of the king!!! 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. Would a man like me go into the temple to save his life? 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. 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. Back to Nehemiah If you have a year exactly equal to 364 days (the solar year used by the Book of Jubilees), then 52 days is exactly one-seventh of a year. Why is this important? The prince (lowercase p) is not Jesus Christ. The answer is that Nehemiah did not build on top of the ridge but repaired Hezekiah's mid-slope wall. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri. Respectfully, Nathaniel, you are incorrect in your interpretation. - So built we the wall.Rather, "and we (still) built the wall" Insults and gibes had no effect on us - did not touch us. Then he acts in secret. Interestingly, after the completion of the wall, the people gathered in the 7th month, dwelt in booths and read the law according to the Torah. I wonder if there might be some significance to the notion that it took 52 days to complete. 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.. Notice the context. 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). Nehemiah in Hebrew means: Jah is comfort. The traditional Bible chronology based on Thieles harmonization of the Hebrew kings and the Rohl chronology for Egypt are incorrect. 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.. Notice the common names are in the same order in both lists. 11So I came to Jerusalem and was there for three days. Will they restore things? @ Willaim If you can make that translation fit history, more power to you. Seek Gods knowledge now!! Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem's Walls (Nehemiah 2:11-16) Landmarks in Building the Wall of Jerusalem ( Larger map) Notice carefully Nehemiah's strategy. Again I ask you to consider. One of the powerful messages of Nehemiah is how much you can accomplish when you align yourself with the will and plan of God. Nehemiah's Wall. Next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs; and they restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. The work was hard and the enemies made it more difficult by mocking and threatening the Jews and Nehemiah. Nehemiah and his followers do what seems to be the impossible because they are doing what God has called them to do. 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! 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. In the twelfth chapter, the word days was used to indicate Day(s) of Atonement. Have a blessed day one and all. 17Moreover, there were at my table one hundred and fifty people, Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations around us. 7You have also set up prophets to proclaim in Jerusalem concerning you, There is a king in Judah! And now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Building the Wall and Dealing With Resistance. 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. However, there is a world of difference between an artists own title to his work and the labeling of a picture hundreds of years later without any proof of the artists original intention. So this is how it works Foto Marburg has plenty of Abrahams, Davids, Jesuses (Jesi?) Notice the verse again. 2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. Read about Nadav Naamans examination of the Biblical and archaeological evidence for King Davids Palace and the Millo in Bible History Daily. See http://www.prophecysociety.org for a fuller explanation than can be provided in this forum. God bless. YHWH was telling the people to shuwb or return and build His house that they were neglecting. Photo: Foto Marburg/Art Resource, NY. YHWHs house is the heart of Jerusalem, without its completion nothing else matters. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah all had the same author, Chronicles does not mention any figures or events from the northern kingdom., The reason for the people of Judah to be taken captive was worshiping false God. 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. Darius Hystaspes checks the records and confirms that in fact Cyruss did issue a decree and therefore the contruction could go on. In the eighth chapter of Daniel, the phrase evening-morning(s) was used to indicate Passovers. 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? As noted earlier a variation on this tradition has been carried on by Christians today in their association of Artaxerxes with the Persian Longimanus. The Finklestein chronology, which dismisses the biblical record almost entirely, is also incorrect.Dan Bruce, The Prophecy Society. The early Messianic expectants would have understood the verse to mean: according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, -even- Artaxerxes. In my opinion it does not represent a reasonable interpretation of the available Scriptural evidence. COPYRIGHT 2023 BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY 5614 Connecticut Ave NW #343, Washington DC 20015-2604. 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. im so interested with 12 gates of jerusalem. Just a few years later Cyrus gave his command(at the prompting of YHWH) which allowed the people to return and rebuild the temple. 15So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days. Should you not walk in the fear of our God, to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies? 8 years of Archaeology Odyssey online, exploring the ancient roots of the Western world in a scholarly and entertaining way, The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land. 11O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Sometime during the next 16 years (between 1st year of Cyrus & 2nd year of Darius Hystaspes) construction of the 2nd temple stopped. Here is where the problem develops in the chronology. No self respecting Jewish zealot would have based it upon a command given by men. 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. Nehemiah Chapter 3 1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel. The Jewish community in Jerusalem had been there for 80 years. . 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. 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 will not go in! 12Then I perceived and saw that God had not sent him at all, but he had pronounced the prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. 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. Even their servants lorded it over the people. 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. It would mean they would have to admit the redactions. Nehemiah 12 states Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam(Shallum), Talmon and Akkub all lived in the days of Joiakim, Nehemiah and Ezra. I do not see a reference to Yom Kippur in these verses. Israel is not serving God as of now and so time is not calculated because of that. The words of Ezra 6 lays it all out in chronological order. After the wall was built, Nehemiah ensured that the people were read God's Law, and they understood it. [] 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 []. They told me that those who had survived and were back in the homeland were in great difficulty and that the foreigners who lived . Read full chapter Nehemiah 1 Nehemiah 3 The Message (MSG) 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. 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. This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in August 2012. Jesus is "the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world" ( John 1:29 ). http://kofh2u.tripod.com/kofh/. In 1535, when Jerusalem was part of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Suleiman I ordered the ruined city walls to be rebuilt . How long was the wall that Nehemiah rebuilt? 5Next to them the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work of their Lord. They went up on the wall by the stairs at the Fountain Gate and then marched in opposite directions around the city. He also made the other nobles and officials forgive all outstanding debts and ordered them to return all land and money that had been taken as taxes so the people would be able to feed themselves and their families. I really like all of the points youve made. * See Aaron Demsky, Who Returned FirstEzra or Nehemiah? Bible Review, April 1996. 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. It went from November in the 20th year in chapter 1 to April in the 20th year in chapter 2. 2He said in the presence of his associates and of the army of Samaria, What are these feeble Jews doing? What does the wall represent in Nehemiah? Right or wrong the rest is just opinion. Daniel 9 did two things. 27After him the Tekoites repaired another section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel. It happened at a time when the captivity of the Jews had already come to an end. Read Did I Find King Davids Palace? by Eilat Mazar as it appeared in the September/October 2012 issue of BAR for free in Bible History Daily. Only four years later the Temple was completed in the 6th year of Darius. interesting question, Wasen,t Nehemiah considered an eunich? In 100 years people had been trying to rebuild these walls and they couldn't get it done. 3So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/80353228.jpg, [] study is all about destiny and reversal of destiny. 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. Interesting. 16From that day on, half of my servants worked on construction, and half held the spears, shields, bows, and body-armour; and the leaders posted themselves behind the whole house of Judah, 17who were building the wall. Most significant were its cracks, which [], [] I was having one of those days. 1Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he mocked the Jews. Joiakim was the son of Jeshua the high priest. Both I and my family have sinned. Though the temple has been rebuilt, the city walls were as they had been for the last 130 years, with the result that the inhabitants of Jerusalem had no way of defending themselves against their enemies (see Nehemiah 4:11). Reversing these often repeated, monstrous trends of history is Gods hand unparalleled among ANY people to demonstrate His glory. seventh] of one year, since work was not to be done on a sabbath. Nehemiah 1:2-4 & 6:15-16. It was this last project that Nehemiah is most famed for completing. It is the bedrock foundation upon which Jerusalems restoration began. 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. The walls of . 12Then I got up during the night, I and a few men with me; I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. 1 The words of () Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. Nothing symbolically or literally even comes close to this command by YHWH, a command which was witness by both Haggai and Zechariah. This event symbolically and chronologically marked the end of the 70 years of Jerusalems desolation.

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