Nehemiah 6:15

So the wall was finished, on the twenty-fifth of Elul,—in fifty-two days.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.

In Context

14Have remembrance, O my God, of Tobiah and of Sanballat, according to these their doings,—moreover also, of Noadiah the prophetess, and of the rest of the prophets, who would have put me in fear.

16And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard, and all the nations that were round about us saw, that they fell greatly in their own eyes, and took knowledge that, from God, had this work been wrought.

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Cross References

Ezra 6:14And, the elders of the Jews, went on building and prospering, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo,—they both built and finished, owing to the edict of the God of Israel, and owing to the edict of Cyrus and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

Nehemiah 4:1But it came to pass, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, it angered him, and he was greatly displeased,—and mocked the Jews;

Psalms 147:2Yahweh, is building Jerusalem, The outcasts of Israel, will he gather together.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 6:11-15

Shemaiah's Plot Defeated. ( b. c. 445.) 10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee. 11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in. 12 And, lo, I perceived that God… Read the whole commentary →

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