Chapter 6 says this, 6:15So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days. 11So I came to Jerusalem and was there for three days. This interpretation fits the 70 weeks in all ways. [], [] like in Nehemiahs time, we are living within broken down walls. Nehemiah rebuilt the wall to protect the people from the enemies. 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.. He gathered his people together, he equipped them, and he led them in rebuilding the city walls of Jerusalem. Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem's Walls (Nehemiah 2:11-16) Landmarks in Building the Wall of Jerusalem ( Larger map) Notice carefully Nehemiah's strategy. About a century and a half after Nebuchadnezzar's conquest, the walls and gates of the city were still broken down. 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. Reversing these often repeated, monstrous trends of history is Gods hand unparalleled among ANY people to demonstrate His glory. In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in Susa the capital, 2one of my brothers, Hanani, came with certain men from Judah; and I asked them about the Jews that survived, those who had escaped the captivity, and about Jerusalem. Ezra went up in the 7th year of Artakhshast (Ezra 7:7-10), 13 years before Nehemyahs first documented time in Yerushalayim if they are they same Artakhshast. Each issue of Biblical Archaeology Review features lavishly illustrated and easy-to-understand articles such as: Fascinating finds from the Hebrew Bible and New Testament periods, The latest scholarship by the world's greatest archaeologists and distinguished scholars, Stunning color photographs, informative maps, and diagrams, Reviews of the latest books on biblical archaeology, 45+ years of Biblical Archaeology Review, 20+ years of Bible Review online, providing critical interpretations of biblical texts. 2So the king said to me, Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? The Finklestein chronology, which dismisses the biblical record almost entirely, is also incorrect.Dan Bruce, The Prophecy Society. Notice the context. 19But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they mocked and ridiculed us, saying, What is this that you are doing? 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. 52 x 6 days], with the next 52 days being a symbolic sabbath of rest following all that work. The end of days never refers to Yom Kippur in the Tanach. Along comes Bible History Daily, rents the picture, crops it to show just the face and upper portion of the body. 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 ). They completed the wall in a mere 52 days (Nehemiah 6:15). And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel,.. All that was left was to rebuild the city . The ruins on the Western Hill were not occupied again until the Hellenistic period of Alexander the Great. 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). Symbolically, it mightve made more sense for the building of the wall to take place over the course of 312 days [i.e. The book of Nehemiah records the rebuilding of Jerusalem's city wall in about 445BC. The work was hard and the enemies made it more difficult by mocking and threatening the Jews and Nehemiah. The early Messianic expectants would have understood the verse to mean: according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, -even- Artaxerxes. Brenton Septuagint Translation 7We have offended you deeply, failing to keep the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances that you commanded your servant Moses. Nothing symbolically or literally even comes close to this command by YHWH, a command which was witness by both Haggai and Zechariah. COPYRIGHT 2023 BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY 5614 Connecticut Ave NW #343, Washington DC 20015-2604. David Rohls chronology works only if one disregards major portion of the Hebrew Scriptures. 5Now our flesh is the same as that of our kindred; our children are the same as their children; and yet we are forcing our sons and daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been ravished; we are powerless, and our fields and vineyards now belong to others.. Photo: Zev Radovan. Christ is clearly cut off at the determination of the 69th week. 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). Verse 6. In the past 2000 years, no one else has. im so interested with 12 gates of jerusalem. 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. 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? Problems of the builders: ridicule; intimidation; loss of energy; shortage of food and money; conflict of interest. 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. Truth of the matter is we will NEVER know all the facts and truths in this life..only the next. Then they said, Let us start building! So they committed themselves to the common good. It took Nehemiah 52 days to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. YHWHs house is the heart of Jerusalem, without its completion nothing else matters. 15So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days. 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). Did the Ancient Israelites Think Children Were People. 31After him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and of the merchants, opposite the Muster Gate, and to the upper room of the corner. The CSB E3 Discipleship Bible is full of intentionally crafted discipleship tools and resources based on the E3 discipleship methodEngage. "Nehemiah 6:15", and "The city of . Enemies of God heard the people were rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem under Nehemiah's leadership; they were jealous and they were furious. http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/80353228.jpg, [] study is all about destiny and reversal of destiny. 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. Four highly acclaimed books, published in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution: Aspects of Monotheism, Feminist Approaches to the Bible, The Rise of Ancient Israel and The Search for Jesus. 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.. 18And each of the builders had his sword strapped at his side while he built. Thats not true if you hold to Chronicles and Kings you can see some major discrepencies. 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. 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 May God bless your search for understanding. This can only be sadness of the heart. Then I was very much afraid. Nehemiah 2:20 'The God of heaven will give us success. 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. But Nehemiah avoids their traps, ignores their threats, and refuses to hide when threatened by assassination. Nehemiah 10 identified many of those same men as being sealed with Nehemiah in the 20th year of Artaxerxes. 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. 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? Within three days of his arrival in Jerusalem he did a thorough inspection of the walls (Nehemiah 2:11-16). Could we take 52 days to accomplish something similar? 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. 8Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples; 9but if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts are under the farthest skies, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place at which I have chosen to establish my name. 10They are your servants and your people, whom you redeemed by your great power and your strong hand. . They said, "We're with you. 29After them Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his own house. 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. A conquered people emerge from horrific suffering to reform their nation with the sanction of the conqueror to even rebuild their walls. 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. And you shall rest and shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.. 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. 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. 17After him the Levites made repairs: Rehum son of Bani; next to him Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district. ' When I heard these things, I sat down and wept" (Nehemiah 1:3-4). 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. 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. 3So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. 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. Of course, no artist can claim knowledge of what any biblical character looked like. 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. How many days did it take Nehemiah and his leaders to rebuild Jerusalem's walls? . Moving on to the 62 sevens they have nothing to do with the original command to return and build Jerusalem. He immediately surveyed the damage to the entire city on his well-known night journey around the walls (Nehemiah 2:1215). The prince to come is key to understanding these verses. From the coming forth means the times were set at the finish. 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. They make their money by licensing temporary rights for a specific use to newspapers, magazines and other media. 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. Nothing else would qualify. 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. 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. We will soon discover that Nehemiah has a position of authority in the empire, being the 'cupbearer . After the wall was finished, Nehemiah did much good by reading the law of the Lord. Your email address will not be published. 14Remember Tobiah and Sanballat, O my God, according to these things that they did, and also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who wanted to make me afraid. There was no other explanation but God. The prophecy says..Daniel 9:25 Know therefore and understand,that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Princeshall beseven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. 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. This is the command to return and build Jerusalem. The first three chapters of Nehemiah cover the rebuilding of the walls to keep the people of God safe. Nehemiah in Hebrew means: Jah is comfort. Now the king had sent officers of the army and cavalry with me. How many days did Nehemiah pray? Then he acts in secret. Ok here is chapter 2 of Nehemiah.. 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. Next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs; and they restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. The waw would have been more accurately translated as a hendiadys where the 2nd word specifies the first. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he finished the wall on the twentyfifth of Elul, in fiftytwo days. Will they restore things? He then rallied the people and, in the face of constant opposition from opponents, rebuilt the wall in 52 days (Nehemiah 6:15)a feat that put fear into the hearts of his opponents (Nehemiah 6:16). 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. No power tools. Why is a broken-down wall such a big deal? ALIGN YOURSELF WITH GOD. 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. 3. Virtually any citizen of the ancient world could tick off three reasons why a wall was far more than just a pile of rocks. Ok Nissan is April and in the 20th year of the king. At the end all glory to God was given. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Ezra and Nehemiah took place during the period of what?, What nation was in power during the events in Ezra and Nehemiah?, This persian king allowed the jews to return and rebuild the temple of Jersualem and more. Why is this important? One of the powerful messages of Nehemiah is how much you can accomplish when you align yourself with the will and plan of God. After each failed attempt a new Artaxerxes was chosen in order to make the prophecy work. He expounded and enforced the Law of God. And it could not (as Josephus says) be Khshayarsha, who only reign 20 years. 2And the men of Jericho built next to him. 13 But go your way till the end. We his servants will start rebuilding, but as for you, you have no share in Jerusalem or any claim or historic right to it'. Sift through the storied history of ancient Israel. 12 Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days. Should you not walk in the fear of our God, to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies? Building the temple of Jerusalem is in fact building Jerusalem. The wall completed: 6:15-19. Rebuilding the walls showed that God was with His people. 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. Respectfully, Nathaniel, you are incorrect in your interpretation. 11Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and the Tower of the Ovens. 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. At the top of the eastern ridge of the City of David, Nehemiah and the returned exiles built a new city wall. (Neh.12:25-26.) 4Next to them Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz made repairs. 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. Thus, the time periods being designated in verse 25 are seven Pentecosts and sixty-two Pentecosts. I would like to see more biblical dating using David Rohls new Chronology. The word restore is shuwb- its primary meaning is to return or turn back. [Nehemiah records] "Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived from Judah with another group, and I asked them about Jerusalem and about our fellow-Jews who had returned from exile in Babylonia. Both I and my family have sinned. But afterwards, in applying the prophecy to Theudas, and Judas of Galilee, and at length to Bar Cochab, they seem to have shortened the reign of the Kingdom of Persia. (Chron. Then I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned. 5In the same way Sanballat for the fifth time sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand. The governors of surrounding territories viciously oppose Nehemiah's efforts, but the wall is finished in just 52 days ( Neh 7:15 ). 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. 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. Its just out there, bigger than I can [], [] The night following the release of these articles, I just finished reading the story ofNehemiah. Ezra soon noticed that contrary to the Jewish law, even Jews of high standing and the priests, had intermarried with pagan, non-Hebrew women. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. When a mother walks into our care, there is a sense of urgency: a baby is coming and I can only stay so long. Let us stop this taking of interest. 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. 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. Nehemiah built a spiritual wall for their covenant with God relationship presence help in time of trouble. The liberal wants to revise history by dithering about dates . Will you please drop me a mail? In 1535, when Jerusalem was part of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Suleiman I ordered the ruined city walls to be rebuilt . These are just chronological events which take place after the first 7 sevens. @ 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. Nehemiah's Wall. . The temple lay uncompleted. 13He was hired for this purpose, to intimidate me and make me sin by acting in this way, and so they could give me a bad name, in order to taunt me. Nehemiah and his followers do what seems to be the impossible because they are doing what God has called them to do. and Artaxerxes comes from the waw proceeding Artaxerxes. seventh] of one year, since work was not to be done on a sabbath. 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. 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. They were allowed to return to Israel to rebuild their nation. 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. Cyruss decree which started contruction of the temple. Will they sacrifice? Nehemiah prayed and fasted to God for four months before petitioning the King to return to his home and reinforce Jerusalem's city walls. 492BCE minus 490 years leaves us at the Birth of Christ at 2BCE!! See how ppl dont continue reading to see that the wall was continued in the 32nd year?! Verse 24 gives the big picture overview of what takes place during the entire 70 weeks. You don't have to rebuild a wall to do the will of God. 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. As a leader with strong Christian values holding various ministerial positions in government at a state and federal level within our country, the writings of Nehemiah was my blue print on how to be strategic, diplomatic and never forgetting my purpose. In it, Nehemiah describes his efforts to rebuild the city, even in the face of hostile neighbors. Next to them Meshullam son of Berechiah son of Meshezabel made repairs. Nehemiah Prays for His People. Nehemiah 12 states Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam(Shallum), Talmon and Akkub all lived in the days of Joiakim, Nehemiah and Ezra. This verse describes the commands which were instrumental in the rebuilding of the Temple and its eventual completion. Nehemiah decides that the fortifications have to be rebuilt. No machinery. 23After them Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs opposite their house. The name is pronounced / n i m a / or / n i h m a / in English. YHWH was telling the people to shuwb or return and build His house that they were neglecting. I found the picture on their website under the caption A prophet or Nehemiah west facade, south portal, right side, mid-12th c. Location: St. Lazare, Avallon, France. Nehemiah's efforts to rebuild the wall around Jerusalem exhibited this important component of faith. It is in Hebrew , Nemyh, "Yah comforts". Not only did he trust God to bless his efforts, he physically did his part to complete the project.
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