Nehemiah, also spelled Nehemias, (flourished 5th century bc ), Jewish leader who supervised the rebuilding of Jerusalem in the mid-5th century bc after his release from captivity by the Persian king Artaxerxes I. He also instituted extensive moral and liturgical reforms in rededicating the Jews to Yahweh. Nehemiah was 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. Dorothy Resig Willette is the former Managing Editor of Biblical Archaeology Review. 445-425 BCE - Nehemiah the Prophet Rebuilds the Walls of Jerusalem; City Confined to Eastern Hill. So we have: 1. No, this was by no means a wall of Nehemiah, no rebuild per se, yet it did show evidence of repair. Have a blessed day one and all. One of the signers of the sealed document (Nehemiah 10:23). The traditional Bible chronology based on Thieles harmonization of the Hebrew kings and the Rohl chronology that shortens the chronology of Egypt are incorrect. 1Then the high priest Eliashib set to work with his fellow-priests and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. 1st century BCE Jewish messianic expectants considered the prophecy so important that today over 2000 years later we have a Rabbinic chronology which leaves out over 120 year of Persian chronology. Copy. See http://www.prophecysociety.org for a fuller explanation than can be provided in this forum. Notice the context. (who came up with Zerubabbel) Talmon and Akkub were porters who kept the gates during the time Nehemiah was in Jerusalem. WebHe died on 12 March 1802, in Kingwood Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Old Bethlehem Presbyterian Churchyard, Grandin, Union, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States. 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? Capt Nehemiah Stone was b 25 Oct 1793, North Haven, the s/o Benjamin Stone, Sr & Sarah "Sally" Hilton. There is a way to solve these problems but they do not wish to handle it that way. 20. Now the 70 is a dual prophecy and the 2nd part is due to be fulfilled soon!! Note: I would like to make a clarification to my other post. In the eighth chapter of Daniel, the phrase evening-morning(s) was used to indicate Passovers. Because Haggai and Zechariah prophesied due to the command of YHWH. 1The words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah. and Artaxerxes comes from the waw proceeding Artaxerxes. How about it? 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. After him Meshullam son of Berechiah made repairs opposite his living quarters. North Haven's Mortality Schedule: Nehemiah Stone, age 96, he born Maine, father in Mass, mother in Maine, farmer, died Feb 1880 of old age. 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. Ok here is Nehemiah chapter 1 says, 1The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah: In the month of Kislevin the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa. 5In the same way Sanballat for the fifth time sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand. Then after the 62 7- sevens the Messiah is cut off. 3So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Then they said, Let us start building! So they committed themselves to the common good. 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. 13 But go your way till the end. Some scholars assume that Jesus was referencing another Zechariah, who, Scripture says, was killed 300 years prior to the prophet Zechariah in the temple environs. 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. This divine anger ended in the 2nd year of Darius. Our God will fight for us.. 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. We know he survived the conquest of Babylon by Cyrus in 538 BC. Thats too big a price to pay, and unnecessary. Israel became a nation 69 years ago!! 8Next to them Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. Ok kislev is November, and notice it says the 20th year of the king? 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 Book of Nehemiah is usually read together with the Book of Ezra as one long book. 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.. Nehemiah Knight of Suffolk, Suffolk City County, Virginia was born on January 15, 1931, and died at age 54 years old in October 1985. 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? 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). 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. Your email address will not be published. There is certainly a lot to learn about this subject. Respectfully, Nathaniel, you are incorrect in your interpretation. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh 26and the temple servants living on Ophel made repairs up to a point opposite the Water Gate on the east and the projecting tower. Will they finish it in a day? YHWHs house is the heart of Jerusalem, without its completion nothing else matters. This is where I admittedly find it frustrating when discussing this subject. 3. Even in the the 7th year of Daryavesh I he could be no younger than 70. 1Now when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arab and to the rest of our enemies that I had built the wall and that there was no gap left in it (though up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates), 2Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come and let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they intended to do me harm. * Both men worked together to restore the city and rededicate its people to God. Nehemiahs reconstructive work in Palestine was subsequently continued by the religious leader Ezra. 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 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). However, one Jewish tradition claims that, when Nebuchadnezzar invaded Egypt around 569 BC, he took Jeremiah from Egypt to Babylon, where Jeremiah died. 5Next to them the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work of their Lord. Thus, the time periods being designated in verse 25 are seven Pentecosts and sixty-two Pentecosts. So about 444 bce Nehemiah journeyed to Jerusalem and aroused the people there to the necessity of repopulating the city and rebuilding its walls. 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. During this time according to Haggai 1 the people were busy working on their own houses. i found map of 12 gates of jerusalem according to nehemiah. 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. And the plot thickens interesting question, Wasen,t Nehemiah considered an eunich? 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. 6So we rebuilt the wall, and all the wall was joined together to half its height; for the people had a mind to work. So I embarked on a little detective work. 18And each of the builders had his sword strapped at his side while he built. WebNehemiah Persoff's who died at the age of 102.was quoted as saying, "It's about damn time.". The KING is coming soon and HE IS A JEW, YESHUA HAMASHIACH/JESUS THE CHRIST! 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. I really like all of the points youve made. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). He was governor of Persian Judea under Artaxerxes I of Persia (465424 BC). 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. The word restore is shuwb- its primary meaning is to return or turn back. The prince to come is key to understanding these verses. A race of slaves emerge from slavery to become a nation. 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. 12 Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days. They make their money by licensing temporary rights for a specific use to newspapers, magazines and other media. 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? 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. 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. The traditional Bible chronology based on Thieles harmonization of the Hebrew kings and the Rohl chronology for Egypt are incorrect. 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. Again I ask you to consider. Access to 50+ curated Special Collections. The prince (lowercase p) is not Jesus Christ. 9So I said, The thing that you are doing is not good. 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. The prophecy fits his advent exactly. 10Moreover, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Only four years later the Temple was completed in the 6th year of Darius. 7:7. 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). In the reign of King Artaxerxes, Scribe Ezra, was authorised to take charge of the Jewish nation. Moving on to the 62 sevens they have nothing to do with the original command to return and build Jerusalem. Accordingly, it can be seen that the time period covered by the prophecy of the seventy weeks is seventy years, not 490 years. It also has nothing to do with feasts of weeks, nor does Daniel say anything at all about seventy weeks.. 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. But thats not when he built the walls, its only when he inspected it for 3 days!! 20Rally to us wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet. So from the restoring of the wall in 492BCE to messiah the Prince in 2BCE, that equals 490. Notice the verse again. Dig into more than 9,000 articles in the Biblical Archaeology Societys vast library plus much morewith an All-Access pass. It would mean they would have to admit the redactions. This company acts as an image bank/agency they own, or represent photographers (and artists, if recent), with regard to copyright. YHWH was telling the people to shuwb or return and build His house that they were neglecting. 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. 4When I heard these words I sat down and wept, and mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven. I think he has placed Israel History in proper date chronology. WebNehemiah [EBD] comforted by Jehovah. 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. Here is how I understand it. 24After him Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the Angle and to the corner. Nehemiah is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which describes his work in rebuilding Jerusalem during the Second Temple period. Nehemiah 10 identified many of those same men as being sealed with Nehemiah in the 20th year of Artaxerxes. (Neh.12:25-26.) 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. The Assam Rifles - Friends of the Hill People? 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.. 16 Therefore thus saith YHWH; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith YHWH of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. Nehemiah's older brother told authorities during an interview that his mother said Nehemiah had died. Notice the common names are in the same order in both lists. He was rebuked by the prophet Jeremiah, and he died within a year (Jeremiah 28:1-17). Nehemiah 12 states Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam(Shallum), Talmon and Akkub all lived in the days of Joiakim, Nehemiah and Ezra. Your theory is very interesting, but based on these statements alone, I cannot justify the 70 weeks referring to 70 years (or 70 Shavuot). No one has made it fit the biblical text that way. 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. 7After thinking it over, I brought charges against the nobles and the officials; I said to them, You are all taking interest from your own people. And I called a great assembly to deal with them, 8and said to them, As far as we were able, we have bought back our Jewish kindred who had been sold to other nations; but now you are selling your own kin, who must then be bought back by us! They were silent, and could not find a word to say. 19Also they spoke of his good deeds in my presence, and reported my words to him. By submitting above, you agree to our privacy policy. Israel is not serving God as of now and so time is not calculated because of that. 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). Thus may they be shaken out and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised the Lord. That is to steep a cost and it would make them question why they hold the Babylonian traditions alive. 32And between the upper room of the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs. According to Haggai 1, YHWH then spoke to Haggai and asked him why the people were building their own houses when the Temple was not completed. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God. This is my understanding. Next to them Meshullam son of Berechiah son of Meshezabel made repairs. Daniyel 9:25 says that the first seven shavuim begin min motsa davar in Daniyels own lifetime, whenever his supplications began (naturally, when the Temple was destroyed). In the past 2000 years, no one else has. In it, Nehemiah describes his efforts to rebuild the city, even in the face of hostile neighbors. 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. Sift through the storied history of ancient Israel. If you count the years backwards you will find the 70 years of divine anger began at the departure of the Shekinah from the temple as described in Ezekiel. 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. At the 70 year time, we go into great tribulation, the final 3 and a half years. Give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man! This printer even prints a color photo in black and white or 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 11Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and the Tower of the Ovens. The picture of a statue of Nehemiah in this Bible History Daily article caused me to be suspicious. The following text is the first portion of the Nehemiah Memoir (1:17:4) from the New Revised Standard Version. Based on Ezra 6:14 this was none other than Darius son of Hystaspes. 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. 17Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiahs letters came to them. 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. 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. Noah's father, Lamech, was born about eighty years before Adam died. .but I remind you that that is not what God said through the prophet Daniel in verse 25. Read Did I Find King Davids Palace? by Eilat Mazar as it appeared in the September/October 2012 issue of BAR for free in Bible History Daily. If building the temple (YHWH house) in Jerusalem does not qualify as the de facto event in building Jerusalem then nothing does. Although there is no consensus about the relative chronologies of the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah (the Biblical dates are unclear), Nehemiahs return to Jerusalem probably preceded Ezras by a couple years. Four months later, they arrived in Jerusalem. And the people did as they had promised. Biblical Archaeology Review is the guide on that fascinating journey. 492BCE minus 490 years leaves us at the Birth of Christ at 2BCE!! WebNehemiah, also spelled Nehemias, (flourished 5th century bc ), Jewish leader who supervised the rebuilding of Jerusalem in the mid-5th century bc after his release from 9:1-19) They were also present at the completion and dedication of the wall. Of weeks, nor does Daniel say anything about restoring Jerusalem to a Messiah of Judea! 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