He rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem
Nehemiah built the wall 542 B.C
The walls surrounding the old city of Jerusalem.
Nehemiah supervised the building of the city walls. The second Temple, built by many of the people at roughly the same time, took some five years to build.
Nehemiah
The word 'Nehemiah' is a Hebrew word. It means 'Comfort of the Lord'. In the bible, Nehemiah was a leader who helped to rebuild the walls of Jerusalam.
Get the Walls of Jerusalem built after the Captivity
Nehemiah is traditionally believed to be the author of the Bible book that bears his name, the Book of Nehemiah. It records his efforts to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile.
Jerusalem's walls.
Nehemiah (Nehemiah, chapters 1 to 3).See also the Related Link.More about the Book of Nehemiah
AnswerThe best answer is actually from a quote by Josephus which states the circumference of Jerusalem in his day as 33 stadia, which equals 4.5 English miles. That would make the area within the walls of Jerusalem about 960 acres, 1.5 sq mi. Many archeologists believe that the walls of Jerusalem were about the same in both Nehemiah's day and Jesus' day.
The walls of Jerusalem had been broken down for approximately 141 years before Nehemiah began the rebuilding efforts around 445 BC. The destruction occurred in 586 BC when the Babylonians conquered the city. Nehemiah's mission to restore the walls was motivated by the dire state of Jerusalem, as reported by his brother in the book of Nehemiah.