Notice it went backwards in time? Since Ezra and Nehemyah were together in Yerushalayim at some point (Ezra 8:9) it is unlikely to have been a different Artakhashast in each story. 1 The words of () Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. Write "The people wanted to work!". 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. Your theory is very interesting, but based on these statements alone, I cannot justify the 70 weeks referring to 70 years (or 70 Shavuot). He also provided a place where the people could wait for God's salvation. Only four years later the Temple was completed in the 6th year of Darius. 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. Then Nehemiah asked Ezra to read the Law of Moses to the people. 4When I heard these words I sat down and wept, and mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven. 9So we prayed to our God, and set a guard as a protection against them day and night. Joshua & Zerubbabel restarted construction but their enemies lodge a protest with Darius Hystaspes. 10Moreover, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Your interpretation of a verse does not make it any more the word of God than does mine. He gathered his people together, he equipped them, and he led them in rebuilding the city walls of Jerusalem. So this is how it works Foto Marburg has plenty of Abrahams, Davids, Jesuses (Jesi?) You see, God is NOT against building walls! following the Babylonian exile. Write "Nehemiah and the people build the wall in 52 days!" in the middle of the yellow paper. It will represent the belief that He is alive, listening and able to respond. No power tools. A conquered people emerge from horrific suffering to reform their nation with the sanction of the conqueror to even rebuild their walls. 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). WHAT DID NEHEMIAH DO THAT ENABLED HIM TO ENJOY THE FAVOR AND THE HAND OF GOD IN HIS TASK OF RESTORING. 2. If you will read chapters six and seven in my book (link given above), you will see just how precisely the interpretation I have given fits recorded history and the Scriptures. Did the Ancient Israelites Think Children Were People. Why is this important? The book of Nehemiah records the rebuilding of Jerusalem's city wall in about 445BC. Each of them has a name and a biblical story. This is the command to return and build Jerusalem. 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. 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. 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. How about it? The KING is coming soon and HE IS A JEW, YESHUA HAMASHIACH/JESUS THE CHRIST! Nehemiah in Hebrew means: Jah is comfort. This then would naturally explain the chronological flow of Ezra. How difficult is it to build a wall? 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. 24After him Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the Angle and to the corner. 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. 3I said to the king, May the king live for ever! (Neh.8) This likely indicates this was a Sabbath year. Joiakim was the son of Jeshua the high priest. Accordingly, it can be seen that the time period covered by the prophecy of the seventy weeks is seventy years, not 490 years. I really like all of the points youve made. The prince to come is key to understanding these verses. Notice the context. 9Then I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River, and gave them the kings letters. 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. 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. Chapter 13 says Nehemiah 13:6 6 But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king: 7 And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. Very good study. Ironic, that the work of rebuilding the wall was done in a kind of sabbath [i.e. Within 52 days the walls were rebuilt and the gates restored in spite of intense internal and external opposition! 1Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he mocked the Jews. 11So I came to Jerusalem and was there for three days. 9Next to them Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs. YHWHs house is the heart of Jerusalem, without its completion nothing else matters. The wall had lain in rubble for 140 years waiting; when Nehemiah presented the need, forty-two families responded to help in the reconstruction of the wall. 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? 10One day when I went into the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house, he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you; indeed, tonight they are coming to kill you. 11But I said, Should a man like me run away? 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. Should you not walk in the fear of our God, to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies? After him Meshullam son of Berechiah made repairs opposite his living quarters. Even in the the 7th year of Daryavesh I he could be no younger than 70. None of the Persian-era decrees fit the text of Daniel 9. 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. It went from November in the 20th year in chapter 1 to April in the 20th year in chapter 2. After each failed attempt a new Artaxerxes was chosen in order to make the prophecy work. 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. If the Artaxerxes of Nehemiah references Darius son of Hystaspes their minimum age would have been 66 years. As the Bible describes it, he was so driven to erect that barrier to protect the Jews from their enemies that he motivated a crew to work nonstop. The walls were built between 1535 and 1538, when Jerusalem was part of the Ottoman Empire, by the order of Suleiman I. 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). Only this time the Christian chronologists have removed the contextual necessity of association between the command given by YHWH and the 2nd year of Darius even- Artaxerxes. [Nehemiah 5:14 - Governor for 12 years before returning to the palace.] Will you please drop me a mail? Now he could rebuild his beloved city of Jerusalem, its walls and gates. 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). The Bible doesn't say Nehemiah had wall-building experience or even leadership experience. 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. 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. Here is how I understand it. 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. 7Next to them repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothitethe men of Gibeon and of Mizpahwho were under the jurisdiction of the governor of the province Beyond the River. 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. Within three days of his arrival in Jerusalem he did a thorough inspection of the walls (Nehemiah 2:11-16). The wall is completed in a stunning 52 days. Nehemiah 12 identifies those chief of their fathers who went up with Jeshua and Zerubabbel in the 1st year of Cyrus. 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. Put in your recipe box or binder and keep the card template you used on In the twelfth chapter, the word days was used to indicate Day(s) of Atonement. I assume you are talking about Daniel 12:11-13, which says the following: 11 And from the time that the regular burnt offering is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be 1,290 days. When Daniel received the vision, the 70 years of the captivity period spoken of in Jeremiah 25 were just drawing to a close.