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2. Nehemiah - Wikipedia

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   The Rebuilding of Jerusalem. In the 20th year of Artaxerxes I (445 or 444 BC), [7] Nehemiah was cup-bearer to the king. [8] 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, [9] around 13 years after Ezra's arrival in Jerusalem in ca. 458 BC. [10]

3. Return to Zion - Wikipedia

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   The Neo-Babylonian Empire under the rule of Nebuchadnezzar II occupied the Kingdom of Judah between 597–586 BCE and destroyed the First Temple in Jerusalem. [3] According to the Hebrew Bible, the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, was forced to watch his sons put to death, then his own eyes were put out and he was exiled to Babylon (2 Kings 25).

4. Eliashib (High Priest) - Wikipedia

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   He helped with the refortification of this wall (Neh 3:1). The size of his house indicated his wealth and high socio-economic status (Neh 3:23-21). This places him as someone who lived during the time of Nehemiah. In the year 445 BCE, Eliashib was the high priest when Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem in the 20th year of Artaxerxes I (Nehemiah 1:1 ...

5. Sanballat the Horonite - Wikipedia

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   Nehemiah replies, "None of these things you mention has occurred; they are figments of your imagination." According to Nehemiah 6:10, Sanballat and local allies in Jerusalem attempt to entrap Nehemiah in the Second Temple, but the scheme fails. Sanballat's allies keep Sanballat and Tobiah informed about the progress of the reconstruction of ...

6. Timeline of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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   Jerusalem becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Judah and, according to the Bible, for the first few decades even of a wider united kingdom of Judah and Israel, under kings belonging to the House of David. c. 1010 BCE: biblical King David attacks and captures Jerusalem. Jerusalem becomes City of David and capital of the United Kingdom of Israel ...

7. Great Assembly - Wikipedia

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   Various sources specify Nehemiah 9:5, [14] 9:6, [15] 9:7, [16] and 9:18 [17] as being spoken by the Great Assembly, while in the Bible these verses refer to a ceremony led by Ezra. Nehemiah was considered to have been a member of the Great Assembly. [18] Since Nehemiah himself was a member, Samuel b.

8. Nehemiah 1 - Wikipedia

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   The news of the state of Jerusalem troubled Nehemiah partly because of the 'shame' (reproach; herpa) of this circumstance ("on taunts of foreigners", Psalm 69:20, 21; 71:13; 89:51; 119:22; Isaiah 51:7; Jeremiah 51:51; Lamentations 3:61; Zephaniah 2:8), but perhaps because he is surprised that 'the walls are still down, even after the temple has ...

9. Jewish revolt against Heraclius - Wikipedia

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   After only a few months a Christian revolt occurred. Nehemiah ben Hushiel and his council of sixteen righteous were killed along with many other Jews, some throwing themselves off the city walls. [6]: 69–71 [8] [9]: 169 Following the outburst of violence in Jerusalem, the surviving Jews fled to Shahrbaraz's encampment at Caesarea. Christians ...