@ Willaim If you can make that translation fit history, more power to you. The 70 weeks are thus seventy Feasts of Weeks and are divided into three divisions: 7 weeks from 42-36 BCE, 62 weeks from 35 BCE-27 CE, and the final week ending in 28 CE at the beginning of Jesus ministry. He immediately surveyed the damage to the entire city on his well-known night journey around the walls (Nehemiah 2:1215). 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 Nehemiah 2:20 'The God of heaven will give us success. If you sort through the rather scarce historical references of Messianic expectancy in the 1st century BCE you will find like Newton and Davidson that a huge portion of the Persian era was eclipsed. 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. The traditional Bible chronology based on Thieles harmonization of the Hebrew kings and the Rohl chronology for Egypt are incorrect. We will do as you say. And I called the priests, and made them take an oath to do as they had promised. Upon arrival into the city, he assessed the damage and got to work. 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. 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. Comelet's build the wall of Jerusalem and not live with this disgrace any longer." I told them how God was supporting me and how the king was backing me up. Nehemiah 10 identified many of those same men as being sealed with Nehemiah in the 20th year of Artaxerxes. Building Jerusalem had been going on since the 1st year of Cyrus, that was never the issue. "'Jerusalem's wall has been broken down, and its gates have been burned down. The first thing they did was use the weapon of mocking. English translators have taken the liberty of translating it and denoting another separate Artaxerxes. Sign up to receive our email newsletter and never miss an update. It will represent the belief that He is alive, listening and able to respond. So why did chronologist place a gap in chronology between Ezra 6 &7 between Jeshua/Zerubabbel and Ezra/Nehemiah? Nehemiah 4 1 Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he mocked the Jews. 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. 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. Nehemiah 6:15 (Holman Christian Standard Bible) 15 The wall was completed (A) in 52 days, on the twenty-fifth day of the month Ellul. I wonder if there might be some significance to the notion that it took 52 days to complete. 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. Neamiah returned to king Darius when he finished building the walls. The liberal wants to revise history by dithering about dates . Trying to apply that prophecy to the Persian period is simply incorrect. 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. And next to them Zaccur son of Imri built. All that was left was to rebuild the city . Your theory is very interesting, but based on these statements alone, I cannot justify the 70 weeks referring to 70 years (or 70 Shavuot). When a mother walks into our care, there is a sense of urgency: a baby is coming and I can only stay so long. . Read about Nadav Naamans examination of the Biblical and archaeological evidence for King Davids Palace and the Millo in Bible History Daily. He organized them into two groups of singers. Nehemiah 1:2-4 & 6:15-16. Although Newton believed the early messianic expectants based their counting from the 1st year of Cyrus, it is more likely as Davidson noted, the 2nd year of Darius Hystaspes which was the basis for the chronological errors that crept into the early rabbinic chronology. May God bless your search. The waw would have been more accurately translated as a hendiadys where the 2nd word specifies the first. A claim to an artists impression of Nehemiahs likeness is thus born. Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem and rebuilt the wallsin 52 days. Ezra 6:14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. You don't have to rebuild a wall to do the will of God. God bless. Dorothy Resig Willette is the former Managing Editor of Biblical Archaeology Review. and packages. If building the temple (YHWH house) in Jerusalem does not qualify as the de facto event in building Jerusalem then nothing does. Could we take 52 days to accomplish something similar? Right or wrong the rest is just opinion. 19Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people. How many days did it take Nehemiah and his leaders to rebuild Jerusalem's 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. After the wall was built, Nehemiah ensured that the people were read God's Law, and they understood it. Our hearts. Few people are familiar with the Biblical figure Nehemiah, and yet he was instrumental in the rebuilding and reestablishment of Jerusalem in the fifth century B.C. 52 days God instructed Nehemiah to build a wall around Jerusalem to protect its citizens from enemy attack. How long was the wall that Nehemiah rebuilt? .but I remind you that that is not what God said through the prophet Daniel in verse 25. During this time according to Haggai 1 the people were busy working on their own houses. 9So we prayed to our God, and set a guard as a protection against them day and night. 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. 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. 10Next to them Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs opposite his house; and next to him Hattush son of Hashabneiah made repairs. (Site from http://www.biblicalarchaelogy.org) [], [] 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. Photo printing devices nowadays are manufactured in different sizes Within three days of his arrival in Jerusalem he did a thorough inspection of the walls (Nehemiah 2:11-16). 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. Photo: Foto Marburg/Art Resource, NY. 20After him Baruch son of Zabbai repaired another section from the Angle to the door of the house of the high priest Eliashib. ' When I heard these things, I sat down and wept" (Nehemiah 1:3-4). 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. Daniel 9 did two things. He asked the king for permission to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem & was sent from Susa the Persian capital as Governor in 445 BC. Verse 24 gives the big picture overview of what takes place during the entire 70 weeks. God was using Nehemiah to lead His people to rebuild the walls around Jerusalem. They told me that those who had survived and were back in the homeland were in great difficulty and that the foreigners who lived . 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. 23After them Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs opposite their house. (Neh.8) This likely indicates this was a Sabbath year. 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.. 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). 22After him the priests, the men of the surrounding area, made repairs. Nehemiah served as the kings cupbearer (Nehemiah 1:11), which evidently put him in a position to speak to the king and request favors from him. The early Messianic expectants would have understood the verse to mean: according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, -even- Artaxerxes. One day they were reading in the book of Moses out loud to all the congregation of people. 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. This is the command to return and build Jerusalem. Notice the verse again. The All-Access membership pass is the way to get to know the Bible through biblical archaeology. 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. Nehemiah gathered the people together to rebuild the walls. Nehemiah told their enemies, "The God of heaven will give us success. 2 He said in the presence of his associates and of the army of Samaria, 'What are these feeble Jews doing? 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation This then would naturally explain the chronological flow of Ezra. 492BCE minus 490 years leaves us at the Birth of Christ at 2BCE!! It took Nehemiah 52 days to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. At the 70 year time, we go into great tribulation, the final 3 and a half years. 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. It was this last project that Nehemiah is most famed for completing. Empower. 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. Well, there you have it, thats how I see it anyway . 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. He also provided a place where the people could wait for God's salvation. For the people had a mind to work. 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). Read full chapter Nehemiah 1 Nehemiah 3 The Message (MSG) 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. 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.. Nehemiah understood the urgency of rebuilding the wall and because he was obedient to God, it was completed in 52 days (Nehemiah 6:15). No one has made it fit the biblical text that way. 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. 6Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate; they laid its beams and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. It also has nothing to do with feasts of weeks, nor does Daniel say anything at all about seventy weeks.. 3The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. 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.. A race of slaves emerge from slavery to become a nation. 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. YHWH was telling the people to shuwb or return and build His house that they were neglecting. This verse describes the commands which were instrumental in the rebuilding of the Temple and its eventual completion. I would also like to address a comment regarding Yeshu, the Roman Fabrication. Yeshua being a Roman fabrication is as reasonable and historically accurate as those who say Israel is a British one. Seek Gods knowledge now!! Along comes Bible History Daily, rents the picture, crops it to show just the face and upper portion of the body. 4. 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. Now, I had never been sad in his presence before. 15So I went up by way of the valley by night and inspected the wall. 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). He expounded and enforced the Law of God. 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. The work was hard and the enemies made it more difficult by mocking and threatening the Jews and Nehemiah. So take 492BCE in Jeremiahs prophecy on the 490 years and until messiah the prince, whats that put us at? Daniel 9 is about Jesus. 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. 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. It took Nehemiah 52 days to reinforce the gaps and rebuild the wall. Then Nehemiah asked Ezra to read the Law of Moses to the people. I looked up the complete article from your website. 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. Why is a broken-down wall such a big deal? Nehemiah brought all the Levites to Jerusalem for the inauguration. following the Babylonian exile. This interpretation fits the 70 weeks in all ways. 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. He wanted them to know what standards he and they would live by. Our Sunday sermons at church have focused on Nehemiah heeding Gods calling to re-build his beloved home. 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? If the Artaxerxes of Nehemiah references Darius son of Hystaspes their minimum age would have been 66 years. 6So we rebuilt the wall, and all the wall was joined together to half its height; for the people had a mind to work. 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). 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. 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. Moving on to the 62 sevens they have nothing to do with the original command to return and build Jerusalem. About a century and a half after Nebuchadnezzar's conquest, the walls and gates of the city were still broken down. 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. 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. The governors of surrounding territories viciously oppose Nehemiah's efforts, but the wall is finished in just 52 days ( Neh 7:15 ). At the top of the eastern ridge of the City of David, Nehemiah and the returned exiles built a new city wall. Based on Ezra 6:14 this was none other than Darius son of Hystaspes. 32And between the upper room of the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs. That would put Ezras aliyah around 515 BCE, and Nehemyahs time in Yerushalayim from around 502 BCE to 490 BCE. Nehemiah settled the people in the city and its suburbs. Video lectures from world-renowned experts. This evidence of God's blessing encourages the Jews and is a terrific blow to the self-confidence of their enemies. Nehemiah's efforts to rebuild the wall around Jerusalem exhibited this important component of faith. The wall is made from stone and mortar with gates. These take place in the 2nd year of Darius. It is during 62 sevens that the wall and the street were built again. 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. 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. i found map of 12 gates of jerusalem according to nehemiah. There is only ONE expert.the God of the Bible. 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. @ 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. 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). 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. - So built we the wall.Rather, "and we (still) built the wall" Insults and gibes had no effect on us - did not touch us. Ok kislev is November, and notice it says the 20th year of the king? And the Old Testament book of Nehemiah records how Nehemiah completed that massive project in record time just 52 days. The Scriptural basis for their calculations was likely Ezra 6:14. Thats not true if you hold to Chronicles and Kings you can see some major discrepencies. Christ is clearly cut off at the determination of the 69th week. 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. Nehemiah. 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. 2. Nehemiah and his followers do what seems to be the impossible because they are doing what God has called them to do. The symbolic focal point of the rebuilding efforts, the Temple, lie waste. Each new messiah or their followers claim fulfillment of the prophecy based on a 2nd year of a Persian Artaxerxes. None of the Persian-era decrees fit the text of Daniel 9. 30After him Hananiah son of Shelemiah and Hanun sixth son of Zalaph repaired another section. The traditional Bible chronology based on Thieles harmonization of the Hebrew kings and the Rohl chronology that shortens the chronology of Egypt are incorrect. In 100 years people had been trying to rebuild these walls and they couldn't get it done. Daniyel 9 has nothing to do with Yeshu, the Roman fabrication. When to fight? 11Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and the Tower of the Ovens. In 1535, when Jerusalem was part of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Suleiman I ordered the ruined city walls to be rebuilt . Nehemiah motivated his people to rebuild the wall protecting Jerusalem in 52 days. 4Next to them Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz made repairs. However, there is a world of difference between an artists own title to his work and the labeling of a picture hundreds of years later without any proof of the artists original intention. When Daniel received the vision, the 70 years of the captivity period spoken of in Jeremiah 25 were just drawing to a close. He enlisted the help of the people to quickly repair the breaches in the wall. The book of Nehemiah records the rebuilding of Jerusalem's city wall in about 445BC. 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. 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. 11:18-19; 1Chron. 5Next to them the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work of their Lord. The first three chapters of Nehemiah cover the rebuilding of the walls to keep the people of God safe. Here is your ticket to join us as we discover more and more about the biblical world and its people. Our God will fight for us.. 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). 27After him the Tekoites repaired another section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel. 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: (Neh.12:25-26.) Ezras genealogy would make him impossibly old in the 7th year of Artaxerxes I, as his father was killed when the Mikdash was destroyed. It is the bedrock foundation upon which Jerusalems restoration began. Ironic, that the work of rebuilding the wall was done in a kind of sabbath [i.e. Answer (1 of 3): Re your query: Did Nehemiah rebuild the temple? Its is the literal and symbolic event which marked Jerusalems restoration. 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. Ezra soon noticed that contrary to the Jewish law, even Jews of high standing and the priests, had intermarried with pagan, non-Hebrew women. 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. Nehemiah 4-6. The Book of Nehemiah is usually read together with the Book of Ezra as one long book. Rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem was an important sign to the enemies of Israel. 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.
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