Each of them has a name and a biblical story. 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. He is being closely watched, so he doesn't do much for his first three days in the city. It is the bedrock foundation upon which Jerusalems restoration began. 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. No, this was by no means a wall of Nehemiah, no rebuild per se, yet it did show evidence of repair. The Finklestein chronology, which dismisses the biblical record almost entirely, is also incorrect.Dan Bruce, The Prophecy Society. I have seen some [arguing for Artaxerxes I] say that his genealogy leaves out some generations, but it doesnt really make sense that there should be a gap of 128 years right between his last ancestor in his genealogy and himself/his first dateable appearance. 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. Ezra 7 begins with Ezra going up to Jerusalem in the 7th year of Artaxerxes the king. They are appropriate here again: Ezra 6:14 14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem and rebuilt the wallsin 52 days. 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. Dig into more than 9,000 articles in the Biblical Archaeology Societys vast library plus much morewith an All-Access pass. And you shall rest and shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.. 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. Answer (1 of 3): Re your query: Did Nehemiah rebuild the temple? 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. Ezra soon noticed that contrary to the Jewish law, even Jews of high standing and the priests, had intermarried with pagan, non-Hebrew women. These take place in the 2nd year of Darius. In such a scenario, the seven weeks then become forty-nine years, and the sixty-two weeks become 434 years. David Rohls chronology works only if one disregards major portion of the Hebrew Scriptures. 14Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor. Nehemiah 4 1 Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he mocked the Jews. And the Old Testament book of Nehemiah records how Nehemiah completed that massive project in record time just 52 days. 9Then I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River, and gave them the kings letters. 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. Defying the opposition of Judahs enemies on all sidesSamaritans, Ammonites, Arabs and Philistines, the original walls of the City of David were rebuilt by the people in 52 days, working with a trowel in one hand & a sword in the other. 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. COPYRIGHT 2023 BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY 5614 Connecticut Ave NW #343, Washington DC 20015-2604. 8Next to them Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. 4Next to them Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz made repairs. Rebuilding the walls showed that God was with His people. Daniel 9 is about Jesus. Nehemiah in Hebrew means: Jah is comfort. In an individual life, then, the rebuilding of the walls would be a picture of re-establishing the strength of that life. Read full chapter Nehemiah 1 Nehemiah 3 The Message (MSG) I think he has placed Israel History in proper date chronology. 4. (B) This printer even prints a color photo in black and white or He immediately surveyed the damage to the entire city on his well-known night journey around the walls (Nehemiah 2:1215). Nehemiah served as the kings cupbearer (Nehemiah 1:11), which evidently put him in a position to speak to the king. The words of Ezra 6 lays it all out in chronological order. As can be understand now, from the studies in Intelligence, we know this device was a cube shaped set of 5 geometric solids. Still, they are incorrect.Dan Bruce, The Prophecy Society. Nehemiah asked some friends about Jerusalem. Not only did he trust God to bless his efforts, he physically did his part to complete the project. ' When I heard these things, I sat down and wept" (Nehemiah 1:3-4). In my opinion it does not represent a reasonable interpretation of the available Scriptural evidence. 1Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he mocked the Jews. 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. . So why did chronologist place a gap in chronology between Ezra 6 &7 between Jeshua/Zerubabbel and Ezra/Nehemiah? The All-Access membership pass is the way to get to know the Bible through biblical archaeology. They told me that those who had survived and were back in the homeland were in great difficulty and that the foreigners who lived . 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. 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). [], [] like in Nehemiahs time, we are living within broken down walls. 11Restore to them, this very day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses, and the interest on money, grain, wine, and oil that you have been exacting from them. 12Then they said, We will restore everything and demand nothing more from them. These are just chronological events which take place after the first 7 sevens. 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. I have included Daniel 9:25 below just to be perfectly clear just what the biblical text states. 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 book of Nehemiah records the rebuilding of Jerusalem's city wall in about 445BC. This interpretation fits the 70 weeks in all ways. Building the Wall and Dealing With Resistance. Yodie. Accordingly, it can be seen that the time period covered by the prophecy of the seventy weeks is seventy years, not 490 years. Without military escort, Ezra left Babylon 457 BC, with 5,000 Jews, priests and Levites bearing rich gifts and treasures. The walls of . Thats not true if you hold to Chronicles and Kings you can see some major discrepencies. 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. This evidence of God's blessing encourages the Jews and is a terrific blow to the self-confidence of their enemies. 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. Thus, the time periods being designated in verse 25 are seven Pentecosts and sixty-two Pentecosts. And it could not (as Josephus says) be Khshayarsha, who only reign 20 years. Each new messiah or their followers claim fulfillment of the prophecy based on a 2nd year of a Persian Artaxerxes. Kind of like a pervert pedophile looking for a job with the boys choir or the boy scouts, I guess. Families and professional groups take on the responsibility for repairing stretches of the wall, while gates are provided with attics, doors, bolts and bars, and towers are rebuilt. 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. 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. So come, therefore, and let us confer together. 8Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say have been done; you are inventing them out of your own mind 9for they all wanted to frighten us, thinking, Their hands will drop from the work, and it will not be done. But now, O God, strengthen my hands. So I embarked on a little detective work. Problems of the builders: ridicule; intimidation; loss of energy; shortage of food and money; conflict of interest. He enlisted the help of the people to quickly repair the breaches in the wall. See how ppl dont continue reading to see that the wall was continued in the 32nd year?! A claim to an artists impression of Nehemiahs likeness is thus born. Will they finish it in a day? For the people had a mind to work. Its is the literal and symbolic event which marked Jerusalems restoration. In the past 2000 years, no one else has. This was definitely accomplished with God's help. How many days did it take Nehemiah and his leaders to rebuild Jerusalem's walls? We will soon discover that Nehemiah has a position of authority in the empire, being the 'cupbearer . And the Old Testament book of Nehemiah records how Nehemiah completed that massive project in record time just 52 days. 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. This can only be sadness of the heart. Then I was very much afraid. YHWHs decree in the 2nd year of Darius Hystaspes (through Haggai & Zechariah) to restart contruction of the temple which had stopped sometime earlier. All that was left was to rebuild the city . In the twelfth chapter, the word days was used to indicate Day(s) of Atonement. I assume you are talking about Daniel 12:11-13, which says the following: 11 And from the time that the regular burnt offering is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be 1,290 days. Chapter 5 says, he finished the wall in the 32nd year of the king!!! 19Also they spoke of his good deeds in my presence, and reported my words to him. Studying them will reveal something about getting close God. 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. As already mentioned, most traditional expositors have interpreted the word weeks in that verse to mean a week of years. In other words, a week in Daniel is interpreted as meaning a period of seven years. Daniyel 9:23 says that at the beginning of Daniyels supplications yatsa davar.. Lots of debate here and that is ok as long as we remember that in-fighting amongst believers only makes the unbelievers more of an unbeliever. The work was hard and the enemies made it more difficult by mocking and threatening the Jews and Nehemiah. The 1st part of the verse says they builded and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai and Zechariah. Not even Michelangelo and his David! Building the temple of Jerusalem is in fact building Jerusalem. The Second Reason: Water Neatly tucked away in the eastern slope of the City of David is the entrance to the ancient Jebusite passageway leading to the Gihon Spring. Most significant were its cracks, which [], [] I was having one of those days. 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? Enemies of God heard the people were rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem under Nehemiah's leadership; they were jealous and they were furious. 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.. 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). The wall is made from stone and mortar with gates. 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. A wall built for Gods Glory Nehemiah depicts the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. 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. Then they said, Let us start building! So they committed themselves to the common good. Trying to apply that prophecy to the Persian period is simply incorrect. For the purpose of brevity, the word week in this chapter will hereafter represent the Day of Pentecost, although using the full fifty-day time period of the Feast of Weeks will work equally well in the interpretation offered in this chapter.. 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 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). 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. Then he acts in secret. The prophecy fits his advent exactly. 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. Nehemiah was cup-bearer to Artaxerxes. After him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, made repairs. 12 Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days. After the wall was built, Nehemiah ensured that the people were read God's Law, and they understood it. 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. 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. .but I remind you that that is not what God said through the prophet Daniel in verse 25. Key Notes: The wall was done in 52 days. The wall completed: 6:15-19. http://kofh2u.tripod.com/kofh/. 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. And thus the wall was built again "even in troublesome times," just as had been foretold in Daniel 9:25. 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. [] 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. It took Nehemiah 52 days to reinforce the gaps and rebuild the wall. The wall was completed in 52 days, on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul. Will they restore things? When Daniel received the vision, the 70 years of the captivity period spoken of in Jeremiah 25 were just drawing to a close. Ironic, that the work of rebuilding the wall was done in a kind of sabbath [i.e. Why is this important? Both I and my family have sinned. 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. One of the powerful messages of Nehemiah is how much you can accomplish when you align yourself with the will and plan of God. Just shows to go you that, just because a guy pulls up his sleeves, and is the first one to jump in and work, it sometimes doesnt mean what it appears to mean. * Both men worked together to restore the city and rededicate its people to God. 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. []. and Artaxerxes comes from the waw proceeding Artaxerxes. God was using Nehemiah to lead His people to rebuild the walls around Jerusalem. 9Next to them Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs. 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. Nowhere, absolutely nowhere, current or in historical records of the past almost one thousand years, is there any reference to Nehemiah! The hurried work of repairing and rebuilding Jerusalems walls and gates was completed in just 52 days (Nehemiah 6:15). The temple lay uncompleted. (2 Peter 3:3) Sanballat and Tobiah ridiculed the work of God. . There was no other explanation but God. Much work needed to be done, and Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah each led groups of the returned remnant in rebuilding the city of Jerusalem. Neamiah returned to king Darius when he finished building the walls. 9So I said, The thing that you are doing is not good. The world of the Bible is knowable. Sign up to receive our email newsletter and never miss an update. Its just out there, bigger than I can [], [] The night following the release of these articles, I just finished reading the story ofNehemiah. At the 70 year time, we go into great tribulation, the final 3 and a half years. Joshua & Zerubbabel restarted construction but their enemies lodge a protest with Darius Hystaspes. Rhema I have received from what Nehemiah did: he had a burden for his people; he went out and did want God wanted him to do; God did not give him a timeframe to do it in; and Nehemiah obeyed. Christ is clearly cut off at the determination of the 69th week. Joiakim was the son of Jeshua the high priest. Written by the worlds foremost biblical scholars and archaeologists, each chapter has been updated and expanded to incorporate more than a decades worth of outstanding new discoveries and fresh scholarly perspectives. Will they restore things? Then I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned. 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. 11:18-19; 1Chron. The governors of surrounding territories viciously oppose Nehemiah's efforts, but the wall is finished in just 52 days ( Neh 7:15 ). 9:1-19) They were also present at the completion and dedication of the wall. Nehemiah 10 identified many of those same men as being sealed with Nehemiah in the 20th year of Artaxerxes. 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. i found map of 12 gates of jerusalem according to nehemiah. 11So I came to Jerusalem and was there for three days. Next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs; and they restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. and packages. 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. Required fields are marked *. 3I said to the king, May the king live for ever! 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. Write "The people wanted to work!". 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. Your interpretation of a verse does not make it any more the word of God than does mine. 2. So about 444 bc Nehemiah journeyed to Jerusalem and aroused the people there to the necessity of repopulating the city and rebuilding its walls. In the reign of King Artaxerxes, Scribe Ezra, was authorised to take charge of the Jewish nation. 27After him the Tekoites repaired another section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel. External attacks on the Church and some of the repair-workers. The caption reads Nehemiah/Photo: Foto Marburg/Art Resource, NY. Nehemiah told their enemies, "The God of heaven will give us success. 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). Israel became a nation 69 years ago!! 2So the king said to me, Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? 13I went out by night by the Valley Gate past the Dragons Spring and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and its gates that had been destroyed by fire. The 70th week does not start until the Anti Christ appears who make a covenant with many for one heptad (week) a 7 year period. 11Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and the Tower of the Ovens. The first three chapters of Nehemiah cover the rebuilding of the walls to keep the people of God safe. Daniel 9:25 is tied to the 490 weeks of years when Nehemiah restored the walls in Jerusalem. 14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith YHWH of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. 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. Thanks for the insight! 20After him Baruch son of Zabbai repaired another section from the Angle to the door of the house of the high priest Eliashib. Read more. 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. This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in August 2012. 3So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. 2In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes,when wine was brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. When to fight? 2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. 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. 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. And Jerusalem is a symbol of the city of God, God's dwelling place and the center of life for the world. Write "Nehemiah and the people build the wall in 52 days!" in the middle of the yellow paper. This is my understanding. 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? Notice it went backwards in time? Israel is not serving God as of now and so time is not calculated because of that. 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.. 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! Now the 70 is a dual prophecy and the 2nd part is due to be fulfilled soon!! 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. Nehemiah built a spiritual wall for their covenant with God relationship presence help in time of trouble. 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. 1In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was served to him, I carried the wine and gave it to the king. Dig into the illuminating world of the Bible with a BAS All-Access membership. 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. [52 days] What did Nehemiah do after rebuilding the walls? 7Next to them repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothitethe men of Gibeon and of Mizpahwho were under the jurisdiction of the governor of the province Beyond the River. Thus Artaxerxes is not another Persian ruler but a title which defines Darius son of Hystaspes. Nehemiah and his followers do what seems to be the impossible because they are doing what God has called them to do. Your email address will not be published. By hand. 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. 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. Photo printing devices nowadays are manufactured in different sizes The prince to come is key to understanding these verses.
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