1 Then the high priest Eliashib set to work with his fellow-priests and rebuilt 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. 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. Of course, no artist can claim knowledge of what any biblical character looked like. In 1880, 70-year-old widow Catharine Stone is residing with her son Willard M on North Haven. Nehemiah Broughton, American football player. Respectfully, Nathaniel, you are incorrect in your interpretation. Nehemiah Knight of Suffolk, Suffolk City County, Virginia was born on January 15, 1931, and died at age 54 years old in October 1985. This interpretation fits the 70 weeks in all ways. Ok kislev is November, and notice it says the 20th year of the king? 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). Who Was Moses? Neither can be made to match the biblical record. 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. As the fingers flipped through the pages of the Book I always run to when in need of comfort, I read the story of Nehemiah the non-cribber, man of action,a go-getter and also the man behind the wall. See how ppl dont continue reading to see that the wall was continued in the 32nd year?! I wonder if we know or have a way of knowing if he was married at the time of the story or if he had been married at all at any time? However, one Jewish tradition claims that, when Nebuchadnezzar invaded Egypt around 569 BC, he took Jeremiah from Egypt to Babylon, where Jeremiah died. In the past 2000 years, no one else has. Corrections? Nehemiah 10 identified many of those same men as being sealed with Nehemiah in the 20th year of Artaxerxes. Now the king had sent officers of the army and cavalry with me. Christ is clearly cut off at the determination of the 69th week. Its notable (and probably an important lesson) how the High Priest, Eliashib (Neh 3:1) was actually in cahoots with the enemies of Judah (Neh 2:10; Neh 13:4, 7, 28). In 1979, at the age of 48 years old, Nehemiah was alive when on November 4th, Iranian militant Nehemiah Persoff, actor. At the time, I was cupbearer to the king. 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. Trying to apply that prophecy to the Persian period is simply incorrect. The 1st part of the verse says they builded and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai and Zechariah. 3. None of the Persian-era decrees fit the text of Daniel 9. The people of the prince to come were in fact those who destroyed the temple under Titus in 70 A.D. The word used in Daniyel is shavuim, while the word for weeks is shavuot. And the plot thickens Our lives are in ruin and we co-exist under the [], It is interesting reading thoughts, theories and views expressed by all posted on this page from 2012 to 2014. Without military escort, Ezra left Babylon 457 BC, with 5,000 Jews, priests and Levites bearing rich gifts and treasures. From the coming forth means the times were set at the finish. 18After him their kin made repairs: Binnui, son of Henadad, ruler of half the district of Keilah; 19next to him Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armoury at the Angle. 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. Your theory is very interesting, but based on these statements alone, I cannot justify the 70 weeks referring to 70 years (or 70 Shavuot). We know he survived the conquest of Babylon by Cyrus in 538 BC. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. etc., but apparently no available stock photo of a work from the Middle Ages whose artist actually recorded that his intention was to depict Nehemiah. 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. 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. 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. 11So I came to Jerusalem and was there for three days. If you will read chapters six and seven in my book (link given above), you will see just how precisely the interpretation I have given fits recorded history and the Scriptures. 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 average age of a Why is this important? 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). Ok here is chapter 2 of Nehemiah.. Being a representative of the king to rebuild jerusalem was such a great feat that he would not have time for a family either. Joiakim was the son of Jeshua the high priest. We will do as you say. And I called the priests, and made them take an oath to do as they had promised. Israel is Gods earthly time clock. Ezra and Nehemiah, and the wall built during their time, have nothing to do with Daniel 9. Who Were the Philistines, and Where Did They Come From. 2He said in the presence of his associates and of the army of Samaria, What are these feeble Jews doing? YHWHs house is the heart of Jerusalem, without its completion nothing else matters. May God bless your search. Notice the importance YHWH, not man, places on the construction efforts: Zechariah 1:13-16 And YHWH answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words. as the provincial governor of Judah/Yehud. The man who sounded the trumpet was beside me. We have supposed that Jeshua was 80 in the 6th year of Darius. and packages. He was born in captivity. 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. Nehemiahs story is told in the Bible in the Book of Nehemiah, part of which indeed seems to be based upon the memoirs of Nehemiah. 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. Nehemiah Persoff, known for his roles in Some Like It Hot, Gunsmoke, An American Tail and various other movies and TV series, died at the age of 102, multiple 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. As noted earlier a variation on this tradition has been carried on by Christians today in their association of Artaxerxes with the Persian Longimanus. 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. Nothing symbolically or literally even comes close to this command by YHWH, a command which was witness by both Haggai and Zechariah. 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. Another of Nehemiahs accomplishments was to make a record and genealogy of all the nobles, officials and people who were then living in Judah. Daniyel 9 has nothing to do with Yeshu, the Roman fabrication. 25Palal son of Uzai repaired opposite the Angle and the tower projecting from the upper house of the king at the court of the guard. 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). 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. 3I said to the king, May the king live for ever! * Both men worked together to restore the city and rededicate its people to God. Thus may they be shaken out and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised the Lord. Nehemiah is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which describes his work in rebuilding Jerusalem during the Second Temple period. 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. 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 ). Will they restore things? 9Next to them Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs. In the twelfth chapter, the word days was used to indicate Day(s) of Atonement. 14Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the Kings Pool; but there was no place for the animal I was riding to continue. Ezra, Hebrew ezra, (flourished 4th century bc, Babylon and Jerusalem), religious leader of the Jews who returned from exile in Babylon, reformer who Here is how I understand it. Your interpretation of a verse does not make it any more the word of God than does mine. 13I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, So may God shake out everyone from house and from property who does not perform this promise. Israel is not serving God as of now and so time is not calculated because of that. 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. Thanks for the article. Notice the verse again. 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. Notice the context. Most significant were its cracks, which [], [] I was having one of those days. 29After them Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his own house. 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 liberal wants to revise history by dithering about dates . 2So the king said to me, Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? When Daniel received the vision, the 70 years of the captivity period spoken of in Jeremiah 25 were just drawing to a close. 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. Nehemiah Davis passed away at age 83 years old on July 11, 2004. Cyruss decree initially started the process, but then it was interrupted and the Temple construction stopped. 23After them Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs opposite their house. This decree or command by YHWH (in the 12th month, 2nd year of Darius) followed a similar decree given to Haggai just a few months earlier(Hag.1). 30After him Hananiah son of Shelemiah and Hanun sixth son of Zalaph repaired another section. In it, Nehemiah describes his efforts to rebuild the city, even in the face of hostile neighbors. 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. 5In the same way Sanballat for the fifth time sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand. []. There was no other mention of him, until after the rebuilding of the city walls. WebNehemiah: Meaning, origin, and popularity of the boy's or girl's name Nehemiah plus advice on Nehemiah and 50000 other baby names from the bestselling nameberry experts. 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. 445-425 BCE - Nehemiah the Prophet Rebuilds the Walls of Jerusalem; City Confined to Eastern Hill. Israel became a nation 69 years ago!! 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. Nehemiah 12 states Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam(Shallum), Talmon and Akkub all lived in the days of Joiakim, Nehemiah and Ezra. FREE ebook: Israel: An Archaeological Journey. 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. The traditional Bible chronology based on Thieles harmonization of the Hebrew kings and the Rohl chronology for Egypt are incorrect. As can be understand now, from the studies in Intelligence, we know this device was a cube shaped set of 5 geometric solids. 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. 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. and Artaxerxes comes from the waw proceeding Artaxerxes. 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. 11:18-19; 1Chron. God bless those truly seeking Him. Just a few years later Cyrus gave his command(at the prompting of YHWH) which allowed the people to return and rebuild the temple. 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. 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. Best Answer. They make their money by licensing temporary rights for a specific use to newspapers, magazines and other media. Each time a new Messianic zealot came along and needed a new basis for claiming a fulfillment of Daniel 9 they would conveniently associate the command given by YHWH in the 2nd year of Darius even Artaxerxes with the 2nd year of a new Artaxerxes thus eclipsing the Persian period by jumping from one to another. 6I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints. Then they said, Let us start building! So they committed themselves to the common good. Still, they are incorrect.Dan Bruce, The Prophecy Society. 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.. Ezra insisted upon the dismissal of these wives. Read more. 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). Thus Artaxerxes is not another Persian ruler but a title which defines Darius son of Hystaspes. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. (who came up with Zerubabbel) Talmon and Akkub were porters who kept the gates during the time Nehemiah was in Jerusalem. WebThe Nehemiah family name was found in the USA between 1840 and 1920. * See Aaron Demsky, Who Returned FirstEzra or Nehemiah? Bible Review, April 1996. Nehemiah Persoff, a ubiquitous character actor whose gravelly voice and knack for conveying an air of menace magnified his portrayals of a bevy of sinister types, Put in your recipe box or binder and keep the card template you used on Access to 50+ curated Special Collections. 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. of Ancient Kingdoms Amended). Will they finish it in a day? Nehemiahs reconstructive work in Palestine was subsequently continued by the religious leader Ezra. Only four years later the Temple was completed in the 6th year of Darius. After him Meshullam son of Berechiah made repairs opposite his living quarters. 1Then the high priest Eliashib set to work with his fellow-priests and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. 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. Thats too big a price to pay, and unnecessary. 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. He was provided with an escort and with documents that guaranteed the assistance of Judahs Persian officials. It went from November in the 20th year in chapter 1 to April in the 20th year in chapter 2. In official letters sent to Mizoram's two biggest cable TV operators, Doordarshan Aizawl states that it has observed the removal of DD Sports channel, depriving thousands of viewers of their right to watch the channel. Thus, the time periods being designated in verse 25 are seven Pentecosts and sixty-two Pentecosts. This divine anger ended in the 2nd year of Darius. So from the restoring of the wall in 492BCE to messiah the Prince in 2BCE, that equals 490. WebPersian Period (539-322 BCE) 539 BCE - Persian Ruler Cyrus the Great Conquers Babylonian Empire, Including Jerusalem. Contextually it was all about returning to the temple construction which had stopped. Noah's father, Lamech, was born about eighty years before Adam died. At the 70 year time, we go into great tribulation, the final 3 and a half years. 11Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and the Tower of the Ovens. .but I remind you that that is not what God said through the prophet Daniel in verse 25. Our Sunday sermons at church have focused on Nehemiah heeding Gods calling to re-build his beloved home. Im very glad to look your post. 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. Joshua & Zerubbabel restarted construction but their enemies lodge a protest with Darius Hystaspes. David Rohls chronology works only if one disregards major portion of the Hebrew Scriptures. Chawnpui FC's Lalrinchhana also won the Best Player award. 13 But go your way till the end. 18And each of the builders had his sword strapped at his side while he built. Next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs; and they restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. 10Next to them Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs opposite his house; and next to him Hattush son of Hashabneiah made repairs. Sign up to receive our email newsletter and never miss an update. 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.. He also urged them to set up guards to defend against the constant threat of those who opposed their efforts, including the armies of Samaria, the Ammonites and the Ashdodites. Once, or perhaps oftener, during his governorship Nehemiah returned to the king. Nothing is known as to when or where he died. A race of slaves emerge from slavery to become a nation. This is the command to return and build Jerusalem. The early Messianic expectants would have understood the verse to mean: according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, -even- Artaxerxes. Let us stop this taking of interest. So they relocated the eastern wall higher up the slope and, according to author Eilat Mazar, built it directly on top of a ruined wall of King Davids palace (also known as the Large Stone Structure) and its massive rampart (known as the Stepped Stone Structure). Updated: October 7, 2011 . English translators have taken the liberty of translating it and denoting another separate Artaxerxes. 20After him Baruch son of Zabbai repaired another section from the Angle to the door of the house of the high priest Eliashib. Symbolically, it mightve made more sense for the building of the wall to take place over the course of 312 days [i.e. Then after the 62 7- sevens the Messiah is cut off. Before his rise to fame, he served in the army in WWII and as a subway technician afterwards. After each failed attempt a new Artaxerxes was chosen in order to make the prophecy work. The picture of a statue of Nehemiah in this Bible History Daily article caused me to be suspicious. The waw would have been more accurately translated as a hendiadys where the 2nd word specifies the first. 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. A conquered people emerge from horrific suffering to reform their nation with the sanction of the conqueror to even rebuild their walls. I wonder if there might be some significance to the notion that it took 52 days to complete. 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. Web78 views, 2 likes, 1 loves, 4 comments, 1 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Word of Truth Kingdom Church: WOTKC Sunday WOTKC interesting question, Wasen,t Nehemiah considered an eunich? 5Next to them the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work of their Lord. 3The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. Therefore, Daniel was at least eighty-two years old when the events of Daniel six happened, so he easily Could have died of the normal processes of old age at this point. 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. file and then when you come across a new recipe just add it to the card and file. 52 x 6 days], with the next 52 days being a symbolic sabbath of rest following all that work. 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. Nehemiah Joshua of Kingshill, Saint Croix County, VI was born on April 26, 1921. The Finklestein chronology, which dismisses the biblical record almost entirely, is also incorrect.Dan Bruce, The Prophecy Society. That would put Ezras aliyah around 515 BCE, and Nehemyahs time in Yerushalayim from around 502 BCE to 490 BCE. Nehemiah was cup-bearer to Artaxerxes. @ 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. Ok so Ill show you something that ppl dont see and its on the 490 weeks of years prophecy Jeremiah wrote but Daniel was given the chronology on it. 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. 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. The KING is coming soon and HE IS A JEW, YESHUA HAMASHIACH/JESUS THE CHRIST! 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. One of the signers of the sealed document (Nehemiah 10:23). 16After him Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired from a point opposite the graves of David, as far as the artificial pool and the house of the warriors. That is to steep a cost and it would make them question why they hold the Babylonian traditions alive. On a second visit to Jerusalem he strengthened his fellow Jews observance of the Sabbath and ended the custom of Jewish men marrying foreign-born wives. Moving on to the 62 sevens they have nothing to do with the original command to return and build Jerusalem. Updates? Does this make sense? The temple lay uncompleted. WebYouth: From the fact that Nehemiah was so grieved at the desolation of the city and sepulchers of his fathers and that he was so jealous for the laws of the God of Judah, we So we have: 1. These are just chronological events which take place after the first 7 sevens. Next to them Meshullam son of Berechiah son of Meshezabel made repairs. Nehemiah wrote the Old Testament book of Nehemiah. @ Willaim If you can make that translation fit history, more power to you. It was about one hundred years after Jerusalem was taken that It also has nothing to do with feasts of weeks, nor does Daniel say anything at all about seventy weeks.. Sometime during the next 16 years (between 1st year of Cyrus & 2nd year of Darius Hystaspes) construction of the 2nd temple stopped. 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. The symbolic focal point of the rebuilding efforts, the Temple, lie waste. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God. 6So we rebuilt the wall, and all the wall was joined together to half its height; for the people had a mind to work. Here is Gods version of revising history. 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.. Average Age & Life Expectancy Nehemiah Davis lived 12 years longer than the average Davis family member when he died at the age of 83. How about it? Dig into more than 9,000 articles in the Biblical Archaeology Societys vast library plus much morewith an All-Access pass. Not say anything about restoring Jerusalem to a messiah the building of the Book of Nehemiah in the year. Subway technician afterwards Nehemiah was in Jerusalem symbolically or literally even comes close this. 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