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The Rebuilding of Jerusalem. In the 20th year of Artaxerxes I (445 or 444 BC), [5] Nehemiah was cup-bearer to the king. [6] Learning that the remnant of Jews in Judah were in distress and that the walls of Jerusalem were broken down, he asked the king for permission to return and rebuild the city, [7] around 13 years after Ezra's arrival in Jerusalem in ca. 458 BC. [8]
The Walls of Jerusalem (Hebrew: חומות ירושלים, Arabic: أسوار القدس) surround the Old City of Jerusalem (approx. 1 km 2). In 1535, when Jerusalem was part of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent ordered the ruined city walls to be rebuilt. The walls were constructed between 1537 and 1541.
"The sheep gate": was the starting place of the wall rebuilding account (Nehemiah 3:1). [11] "The goldsmiths and the merchants": represented communities that 'largely and closely interested in the transactions connected with Temple offerings', indicated by the mention of their working in proximity to repair the wall.
Building the Wall of Jerusalem. The Book of Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible, largely takes the form of a first-person memoir by Nehemiah, a Jew who is a high official at the Persian court, concerning the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile and the dedication of the city and its people to God's laws ().
Nehemiah is the appointed governor of Judah, and rebuilds the Old City walls. 410 BCE: The Great Assembly is established in Jerusalem. 365/364-362 and c. 347 BCE: Judea participates in Egyptian-inspired and Sidonian -led revolts against the Achaemenids, and coins minted in Jerusalem are reflecting the short-lived autonomy.
The fourth migration was led by Nehemiah, who was granted a leave of absence to rebuild Jerusalem and repair its city walls in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes I (445 or 444 BC). [13] He was given permission to cut down woods and was escorted by Persian troops. [16]
In Nehemiah 6, Sanballat and his confederates challenge Nehemiah and his army to meet them in the villages of the Ono four times. However, Nehemiah only replies that he is busy rebuilding. Sanballat sends another message, stating that Nehemiah was making alliances against Assyria and planning a rebellion. Nehemiah replies, "None of these things ...
As long as the wall was attributed to Hezekiah, the motivation for building it was believed to have been Sennacherib's campaign in Judah, and the presumption was that it might be referred to in Nehemiah 3:8 and Isaiah 22:9–10. Uzziah's motivation, however, was to rebuild the city after the damage brought about by a strong earthquake. [1]