No self respecting Jewish zealot would have based it upon a command given by men. 6So we rebuilt the wall, and all the wall was joined together to half its height; for the people had a mind to work. Read about Nadav Naamans examination of the Biblical and archaeological evidence for King Davids Palace and the Millo in Bible History Daily. A conquered people emerge from horrific suffering to reform their nation with the sanction of the conqueror to even rebuild their walls. 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. 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. 12 gates in that map is still remain today? This is my understanding. 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. There was no other mention of him, until after the rebuilding of the city walls. 1Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he mocked the Jews. Ezra 7:13-28. Thanks for the article. This latter act helped to keep the Judaeans separate from their non-Jewish neighbours. 3So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. 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. Verse 24 gives the big picture overview of what takes place during the entire 70 weeks. Bring in the new Chronology. Neh. 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. This then would naturally explain the chronological flow of Ezra. The traditional Bible chronology based on Thieles harmonization of the Hebrew kings and the Rohl chronology for Egypt are incorrect. Joshua & Zerubbabel restarted construction but their enemies lodge a protest with Darius Hystaspes. Nehemiah's older brother told authorities during an interview that his mother said Nehemiah had died. It is hard to guess how long he survived this event, but let us suppose that he died somewhere between 535 and 530 BC. I really like all of the points youve made. Here is your ticket to join us as we discover more and more about the biblical world and its people. Copy. 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. 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. [] 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. There is certainly a lot to learn about this subject. * See Aaron Demsky, Who Returned FirstEzra or Nehemiah? Bible Review, April 1996. 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. If this is a reference to the prophet Zechariah, then we know how Zechariah diedhe was murdered in the temple courtyard. It went from November in the 20th year in chapter 1 to April in the 20th year in chapter 2. The only animal I took was the animal I rode. 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. 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. See http://www.prophecysociety.org for a fuller explanation than can be provided in this forum. Ezra 7 begins with Ezra going up to Jerusalem in the 7th year of Artaxerxes the king. 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. Still, they are incorrect.Dan Bruce, The Prophecy Society. 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. The man of sin will in fact make a military protective covenant with Israel which ushers in the rapture of the called out born again church and begins the ticking on Israel for the last week. Sift through the storied history of ancient Israel. 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. David Rohls chronology works only if one disregards major portion of the Hebrew Scriptures. Where do you get the following statement from? And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. 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. Will they finish it in a day? Lamech was 128 years old when he had Noah and the name apparently relates to a Hebrew word for relief (Genesis 5:29). Note: I would like to make a clarification to my other post. We will explore some of these questions as we uncover lessons we can learn from the biblical character 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. Sign up to receive our email newsletter and never miss an update. 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? In this way the Persian era was eclipsed. Ok kislev is November, and notice it says the 20th year of the king? Dig into the illuminating world of the Bible with a BAS All-Access membership. 10Next to them Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs opposite his house; and next to him Hattush son of Hashabneiah made repairs. Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbishand burnt ones at that? 3Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, That stone wall they are buildingany fox going up on it would break it down! 4Hear, O our God, for we are despised; turn their taunt back on their own heads, and give them over as plunder in a land of captivity. 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. i found map of 12 gates of jerusalem according to nehemiah. The early Messianic expectants would have understood the verse to mean: according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, -even- Artaxerxes. Contextually there is no evidence for another Artaxerxes who was instrumental in getting the temple builded and finished by the 6th year as stated in Ezra 6. 2. He was provided with an escort and with documents that guaranteed the assistance of Judahs Persian officials. 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 We know he survived the conquest of Babylon by Cyrus in 538 BC. 3I said to the king, May the king live for ever! It also has nothing to do with feasts of weeks, nor does Daniel say anything at all about seventy weeks.. None of the Persian-era decrees fit the text of Daniel 9. 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. 14Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem, repaired the Dung Gate; he rebuilt it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. However, week of years is not the meaning of the word weeks used to specify the seven weeks and sixty-two weeks in verse 25. 5In the same way Sanballat for the fifth time sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand. It is the bedrock foundation upon which Jerusalems restoration began. 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. 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. After him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, made repairs. 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). 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.. 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. May God bless your search for understanding. Best Answer. Nehemiah Joshua of Kingshill, Saint Croix County, VI was born on April 26, 1921. 10Moreover, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. 19And I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, The work is great and widely spread out, and we are separated far from one another on the wall. These take place in the 2nd year of Darius. Nehemiah Davis passed away at age 83 years old on July 11, 2004. 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. 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. 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. Daniel probably died shortly after Darius took the throne in 521 BC (he would have already been well over 90 years old at this point). He immediately surveyed the damage to the entire city on his well-known night journey around the walls (Nehemiah 2:1215). YHWHs decree in the 2nd year of Darius Hystaspes (through Haggai & Zechariah) to restart contruction of the temple which had stopped sometime earlier. 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. 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. So from the restoring of the wall in 492BCE to messiah the Prince in 2BCE, that equals 490. Darius Hystaspes checks the records and confirms that in fact Cyruss did issue a decree and therefore the contruction could go on. 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. Was He More than an Exodus Hero? And the plot thickens According to Jewish tradition the Artakhshast of Ezra and Nehemyah is the same as Daryavesh I. 9Then I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River, and gave them the kings letters. Chapter 6 says this, 6:15So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days. Nehemiah Persoff, actor. Corrections? 16Indeed, I devoted myself to the work on this wall, and acquired no land; and all my servants were gathered there for the work. Now the 70 is a dual prophecy and the 2nd part is due to be fulfilled soon!! Nehemiah understood the urgency of rebuilding the wall and because he was obedient to God, it was completed in 52 days (Nehemiah 6:15). Nehemiah Davis of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania was born on August 25, 1920. Thats not true if you hold to Chronicles and Kings you can see some major discrepencies. 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. Contextually it was all about returning to the temple construction which had stopped. He was rebuked by the prophet Jeremiah, and he died within a year (Jeremiah 28:1-17). WebA 911 call came in around 4:45 a.m. March 5 about a shooting in the 100 block of Bishop Circle. 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. 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. Another of Nehemiahs accomplishments was to make a record and genealogy of all the nobles, officials and people who were then living in Judah. following the Babylonian exile. Ezra insisted upon the dismissal of these wives. 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. Web78 views, 2 likes, 1 loves, 4 comments, 1 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Word of Truth Kingdom Church: WOTKC Sunday WOTKC Does this make sense? The ruins on the Western Hill were not occupied again until the Hellenistic period of Alexander the Great. The prince to come is key to understanding these verses. Moving on to the 62 sevens they have nothing to do with the original command to return and build Jerusalem. So about 444 bce Nehemiah journeyed to Jerusalem and aroused the people there to the necessity of repopulating the city and rebuilding its walls. (Site from http://www.biblicalarchaelogy.org) []. Ezras genealogy would make him impossibly old in the 7th year of Artaxerxes I, as his father was killed when the Mikdash was destroyed. 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