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. 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. 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. Again I ask you to consider. Biblical Archaeology Review is the guide on that fascinating journey. It is in Hebrew , Nemyh, "Yah comforts". COPYRIGHT 2023 BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY 5614 Connecticut Ave NW #343, Washington DC 20015-2604. In the reign of King Artaxerxes, Scribe Ezra, was authorised to take charge of the Jewish nation. The prince to come is key to understanding these verses. The CSB E3 Discipleship Bible is full of intentionally crafted discipleship tools and resources based on the E3 discipleship methodEngage. Although they simply repaired the pre-existing walls elsewhere in the city, the wall just above the steep Kidron Valley was too damaged and too difficult to mend. I looked up the complete article from your website. 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.. Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem's Walls (Nehemiah 2:11-16) Landmarks in Building the Wall of Jerusalem ( Larger map) Notice carefully Nehemiah's strategy. Truth of the matter is we will NEVER know all the facts and truths in this life..only the next. When Daniel received the vision, the 70 years of the captivity period spoken of in Jeremiah 25 were just drawing to a close. Read more. 1Now when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arab and to the rest of our enemies that I had built the wall and that there was no gap left in it (though up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates), 2Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come and let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they intended to do me harm. 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. 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. 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. 21So we laboured at the work, and half of them held the spears from break of dawn until the stars came out. The walls were built between 1535 and 1538, when Jerusalem was part of the Ottoman Empire, by the order of Suleiman I. Neamiah returned to king Darius when he finished building the walls. 1 The words of () Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. 15So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days. 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. A claim to an artists impression of Nehemiahs likeness is thus born. Would a man like me go into the temple to save his life? 12 Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days. Another of Nehemiahs accomplishments was to make a record and genealogy of all the nobles, officials and people who were then living in Judah. 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. The picture of a statue of Nehemiah in this Bible History Daily article caused me to be suspicious. 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.. This cycle is hinted at in 52 days of 52 weeks to complete the 360 degree cycle of the soul. Building the temple of Jerusalem is in fact building Jerusalem. The accounts are punctuated by prayers to God, such as Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people (Nehemiah 5:19). This can only be sadness of the heart. Then I was very much afraid. Moving on to the 62 sevens they have nothing to do with the original command to return and build Jerusalem. He read the Book of Moses and wanted to make sure the people stayed faithful to God's ways. 21After him Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz repaired another section from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib. 10When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel. How many days did Nehemiah pray? Next to them Meshullam son of Berechiah son of Meshezabel made repairs. 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. This interpretation fits the 70 weeks in all ways. 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). Ironic, that the work of rebuilding the wall was done in a kind of sabbath [i.e. They told him that the people who had survived being captives were suffering. and packages. Bring in the new Chronology. Your email address will not be published. What does the wall represent in Nehemiah? 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: This then would naturally explain the chronological flow of Ezra. How difficult is it to build a wall? 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. 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. 16The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing; I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, and the rest that were to do the work. Contextually it was all about returning to the temple construction which had stopped. The hurried work of repairing and rebuilding Jerusalems walls and gates was completed in just 52 days (Nehemiah 6:15). A wall built for Gods Glory Nehemiah depicts the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. Here is a simple equation of the 1st part of that verse: I personally do not think Daniel 9 can be separated from the context of that time. 12 gates in that map is still remain today? Here in the ninth chapter, the word weeks means Feast of Weeks, or, focusing on the main festival day as shorthand, it means the Day of Pentecost. I think Isaac Newtons explanation gets the closest: They seem to have grounded their opinion on the 70 weeks, which they reckoned form the 1st year of Cyrus. None of the Persian-era decrees fit the text of Daniel 9. There was no other mention of him, until after the rebuilding of the city walls. 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. 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. 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). Studying them will reveal something about getting close God. Ezra 7:13-28. No machinery. It happened at a time when the captivity of the Jews had already come to an end. God bless. Despite of them we steadily kept on our building, and the result was that soon all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof - the whole continuous line of wall was completed to half the contemplated height. and more. 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). 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 ). How many days did it take Nehemiah and his leaders to rebuild Jerusalem's walls? (who came up with Zerubabbel) Talmon and Akkub were porters who kept the gates during the time Nehemiah was in Jerusalem. After the wall was finished, Nehemiah did much good by reading the law of the Lord. 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. Nehemiah rebuilt the wall to protect the people from the enemies. . 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. They told me that those who had survived and were back in the homeland were in great difficulty and that the foreigners who lived . Cyruss decree initially started the process, but then it was interrupted and the Temple construction stopped. Reversing these often repeated, monstrous trends of history is Gods hand unparalleled among ANY people to demonstrate His glory. Verse 6. Daniel 9 did two things. Thus, if our anonymous artist had any intention, it would have been much more likely that this statue is his rendition of Lazarus rather than Nehemiah! Eternal Wall represents the strength of God. 7But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and the gaps were beginning to be closed, they were very angry, 8and all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause confusion in it. Not only did he trust God to bless his efforts, he physically did his part to complete the project. 28Above the Horse Gate the priests made repairs, each one opposite his own house. Nehemiah gathered the people together to rebuild the walls. This evidence of God's blessing encourages the Jews and is a terrific blow to the self-confidence of their enemies. Then I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned. He immediately surveyed the damage to the entire city on his well-known night journey around the walls (Nehemiah 2:1215). Because Haggai and Zechariah prophesied due to the command of YHWH. 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. They make their money by licensing temporary rights for a specific use to newspapers, magazines and other media. 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. If the Artaxerxes of Nehemiah is Longimanus then this would mean those chiefs of their fathers were at the most conservative estimation, 122 years old. [Nehemiah 5:14 - Governor for 12 years before returning to the palace.] Enemies of God heard the people were rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem under Nehemiah's leadership; they were jealous and they were furious. 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. 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. The wall is made from stone and mortar with gates. The first thing they did was use the weapon of mocking. Although there is no consensus about the relative chronologies of the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah (the Biblical dates are unclear), Nehemiahs return to Jerusalem probably preceded Ezras by a couple years. Why is this important? 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. 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. 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. 14Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem, repaired the Dung Gate; he rebuilt it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. (Neh.8) This likely indicates this was a Sabbath year. 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. Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem in 445 B.C. As noted earlier a variation on this tradition has been carried on by Christians today in their association of Artaxerxes with the Persian Longimanus. Nehemiah in Hebrew means: Jah is comfort. So Foto Marburg for the rare occasion that a client specifically wants a Nehemiah labels a statue by an unknown artist thus, taking care to cover themselves legally by stating that actually its a prophet OR (possibly) Nehemiah (when, of course, neither may be true, but prophet is wide enough by definition). In my opinion it does not represent a reasonable interpretation of the available Scriptural evidence. As governor, Nehemiah says that he didnt take advantage of food and land allotments that were allowed him due to his office, because there was already such a great burden on the people of his province (Nehemiah 5:1419). A conquered people emerge from horrific suffering to reform their nation with the sanction of the conqueror to even rebuild their walls. Chapter 5 says, he finished the wall in the 32nd year of the king!!! This verse describes the commands which were instrumental in the rebuilding of the Temple and its eventual completion. 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). Nehemiah built a spiritual wall for their covenant with God relationship presence help in time of trouble. - So built we the wall.Rather, "and we (still) built the wall" Insults and gibes had no effect on us - did not touch us. The name is pronounced / n i m a / or / n i h m a / in English. Notice the verse again. This was definitely accomplished with God's help. 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. YHWH was telling the people to shuwb or return and build His house that they were neglecting. 7We have offended you deeply, failing to keep the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances that you commanded your servant Moses. Access to 50+ curated Special Collections. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he finished the wall on the twentyfifth of Elul, in fiftytwo 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 Mount's South West. 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. 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. 9So we prayed to our God, and set a guard as a protection against them day and night. 1Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he mocked the Jews. Our Sunday sermons at church have focused on Nehemiah heeding Gods calling to re-build his beloved home. The traditional Bible chronology based on Thieles harmonization of the Hebrew kings and the Rohl chronology for Egypt are incorrect. It was now the 25th day of Elul, only five days prior to the Feast of Trumpets. Thus may they be shaken out and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised the Lord. Even in the the 7th year of Daryavesh I he could be no younger than 70. These take place in the 2nd year of Darius. 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. Neither can be made to match the biblical record. As can be understand now, from the studies in Intelligence, we know this device was a cube shaped set of 5 geometric solids. The Scriptural basis for their calculations was likely Ezra 6:14. Nehemiah's Wall. the walls in 586. The wall is completed in a stunning 52 days. 2. At the top of the eastern ridge of the City of David, Nehemiah and the returned exiles built a new city wall. Each of them has a name and a biblical story. The word restore is shuwb- its primary meaning is to return or turn back. Before the seven Pentecosts begin, the tower gate with its broad place and the wall with its trench in front that were destroyed by Pompey in 63 BCE will have been rebuilt (from my book Lifting the Veil on the Book of Daniel, page 92, or see full discussion at http://www.prophecysociety.org/books/LV2012/LV-091.html ). 2 He said in the presence of his associates and of the army of Samaria, 'What are these feeble Jews doing? So we have: 1. How difficult would that be to hold a weapon and build the wall? Nowhere, absolutely nowhere, current or in historical records of the past almost one thousand years, is there any reference to Nehemiah! It took Nehemiah 52 days to reinforce the gaps and rebuild the wall. A race of slaves emerge from slavery to become a nation. Thus, the time periods being designated in verse 25 are seven Pentecosts and sixty-two Pentecosts. 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. You too offer an interesting interpretation. Nothing else would qualify. 11So I came to Jerusalem and was there for three days. I am returned shuwb, the same word used in Daniel 9:25. 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. Within three days of his arrival in Jerusalem he did a thorough inspection of the walls (Nehemiah 2:11-16). Both I and my family have sinned. He wanted them to know what standards he and they would live by. Daniel 9:25 is tied to the 490 weeks of years when Nehemiah restored the walls in Jerusalem. Will they finish it in a day? "Nehemiah 6:15", and "The city of . Photo printing devices nowadays are manufactured in different sizes Back to Nehemiah 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. 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. 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. Nice talking to you. Nehemiah 12 identifies those chief of their fathers who went up with Jeshua and Zerubabbel in the 1st year of Cyrus. I cannot say whether or not I agree or disagree with comments posted by previous contributors, but I thank you all of increasing my knowledge of the many ways in which we can view the bible. The Bible doesn't say Nehemiah had wall-building experience or even leadership experience. In this way the Persian era was eclipsed. Chapter 4 So let's pick up the story in Nehemiah 4. It also has nothing to do with feasts of weeks, nor does Daniel say anything at all about seventy weeks.. 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. Thus Artaxerxes is not another Persian ruler but a title which defines Darius son of Hystaspes. These walls had been down for 100 years. It is correct. 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. 5Next to them the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work of their Lord. 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. Along comes Bible History Daily, rents the picture, crops it to show just the face and upper portion of the body. 8Next to them Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. Will they restore things? Being a representative of the king to rebuild jerusalem was such a great feat that he would not have time for a family either. 15The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people, and took food and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver. Let's get started." They rolled up their sleeves, ready for the good work. Empower. You don't have to rebuild a wall to do the will of God. Write "Nehemiah and the people build the wall in 52 days!" in the middle of the yellow paper. 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. How long did it take Nehemiah to rebuild the wall? It would mean they would have to admit the redactions. 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? It took Nehemiah 52 days to reinforce the gaps and rebuild the wall. The first three chapters of Nehemiah cover the rebuilding of the walls to keep the people of God safe. 3. Equip. [] 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. 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. Nehemiah 810 is considered part of the so-called Ezra Source (which includes Ezra 710), while Nehemiah 17 and 1113 are from a separate source that scholars call the Nehemiah Memoir. The Nehemiah Memoir is written in the first person and recounts details of Nehemiahs life, his deeds and his administration of the province, probably meant to serve as an official record of his accomplishments to be deposited in the Temple archives (by genaa). 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. Amazing issues here. He also provided a place where the people could wait for God's salvation. So about 444 bc Nehemiah journeyed to Jerusalem and aroused the people there to the necessity of repopulating the city and rebuilding its walls. 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. 22After him the priests, the men of the surrounding area, made repairs. . (Neh.12:25-26.) 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. Nehemiah told their enemies, "The God of heaven will give us success. Could we take 52 days to accomplish something similar? I am not a scholar or a biblical archaeologist, just someone who has viewed Nehemiahs role and strategies as a model of best practise in leadership and how to empower a community/ people.
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