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Ezra was presumably active during the time of Persian king Artaxerxes II, but some think he was active during the reign of Artaxerxes I which would make him a contemporary of Nehemiah. The Book of Ezra (7:1ff) gives Ezra the same genealogy as 1 Chronicles (5:34ff) gave Jesus ben Yehozedek 100 years earlier, apparently making them brothers in spite of the difference of so many years. There must at the very least have been some confusion about the historicity of Ezra. With the many parallels between the actions of Ezra and Nehemiah, some believe it is possible that Ezra was a priestly fiction.
Ezra 5:2 says that Zerubbabel began to build the Temple, completing it (Ezra 6:15) in the sixth year of the reign of Darius, obviously before the time of Nehemiah or Ezra. Nehemiah 6:15 says the city wall was completed by Nehemiah in 52 days.
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How many years was it between the first exodus from Babylon and Ezra's return to Jerusalem?
About twenty-four years.
How many troops protected Ezra during his travel to Jerusalem?
Apparently, zero. He was accompanied by Jewish exiles who returned with him, but not by troops (Ezra ch.8).
During the seventh year of reign of King Artaxerxes what did Ezra get permission to do?
return to Jerusalem with many of the exiles
How many years were the walls of Jerusalem down?
ninety years
What was the size of the Jerusalem wall when Nehemiah rebuilt it?
The 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.
Who was the prophet Nehemiah?
He was a prophet during the time of Persian rule over Judea who returned to Jerusalem from the exile into Babylon many years earlier to finish building the wall around the city. The Work had been started under Zerubbabel and Ezra years earlier but discouragement, poverty and adversity from the current inhabitants halted the work. Nehemiah came and finished the work on the wall in 52 days in spite of threats, accusations of treason and assassination attempts
Why had so many christian pilgrims traveled to Jerusalem over the years?
a better religious live in jerusalem
What do you think the books of Ezra and Nehemiah teach about restoration?
For me there is a duality in these two Books (considered as one book in the Masoretic tradition and in early Hebrew and Greek manuscripts) of Ezra/Nehemiah - a physical restoration as promised after 70 years of captivity in Babylon and a fuller, end-time restoration for both Israel and Judah (Isaiah 11, Jeremiah 23 and Ezekiel 36).Physical Restoration - Zerubbabel headed the first return, which was to rebuild the temple (Ezra 1-6; ca. 536-516). Ezra led a later group in 457. Nehemiah, Ezra's contemporary, returned to rebuild the shattered walls of Jerusalem in 444.Promised End-time Restoration by Christ: (one of many Scriptures pointing to this):Ezekiel 39:28-29New King James Version (NKJV)28 then they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who sent them into captivity among the nations, but also brought them back to their land, and left none of them captive any longer. 29 And I will not hide My face from them anymore; for I shall have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,' says the Lord God."
How many years did Solomon reign as King in Jerusalem?
Solomon reigned for 40 years.
How many years passed between the time Christians captured Jerusalem and lost it again?
The Crusaders took Jerusalem in 1099. They lost in 1187. (This is a total of 88 years.)
Solomon reigned in Jerusalem for how many years?
Just as his father David before him, Solomon reined in Jerusalem over the kingdom of Israel for 40 years. 1 Kings 11:42
What was the length of the Jerusalem walls Nehemiah had to rebuild?
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.
