Nehemiah 2:17
Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Jerusalem
- WHEN
- 445 BC
ON THE MAP
WHEN
445 BC
dated by the text itself
WHO RULED
- Artaxerxes I king of Persia 465-424 BC
MEANWHILE
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447-432 BC Greece
Building of the Parthenon
While Nehemiah rebuilds the wall of Jerusalem, Athens builds the Parthenon.
SOURCES
- date — Nehemiah 2:1 dates itself by the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, which is 445 BC by Persian chronology.
- Artaxerxes I — Herodotus VII; Thucydides I; the Elephantine papyri
- Building of the Parthenon — Plutarch, Pericles 13
SEE ALSO
- Ezekiel 5:14 I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.
- Isaiah 35:3-4 Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees! …
- Nehemiah 1:3 And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with…
- Psalms 79:4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
- Lamentations 3:45-46 You have made us scum and refuse among the nations. …
- Lamentations 3:51 My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.
- Psalms 89:50-51 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people— …
- Lamentations 2:8-9 The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls…
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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