Neemia 6:15

15 Or le mura furono finite al venticinquesimo giorno di Elul, nello spazio di cinquantadue giorni.

Neemia 6:15 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 6:15

So the wall was finished in the twenty fifth day of the month
Elul
The sixth month, answering to part of August and part of September:

in fifty and two days;
which Aben Ezra reckons from the time that Sanballat sent his letter to Nehemiah, when no more were wanting than to set the doors upon the gates, ( Nehemiah 6:1 ) , but rather these, with Jarchi, must be reckoned from the time the building was begun; which, reckoning back from the twenty fifth of Elul, it will appear it was begun the third day of the fifth month Ab; nor need this be thought incredible, considering the number of workmen, their ardour and diligence in building, and that the walls were not wholly built all around, only repaired, and breaches made up, and much of the old materials were made use of, which were at hand, and stone unhewed, and especially being attended with the blessing of God, which succeeded the undertaking: nor are there wanting examples similar to this; and as it is observed by many from Curtius ^F24, the walls of new Alexandria, which were sixty furlongs in length, or more than seven miles, were finished in seventeen days; if Nicephorus ^F25 is to be credited, the high walls which surrounded Constantinople, and were twenty miles in circumference, were finished in two months time. Josephus is not to be regarded, who, contrary to the Scriptures says ^F26, this wall of Jerusalem was two years and four months in building.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Hist. l. 7. c. 6. Justin e Trogo, l. 12. c. 5.
F25 Hist. l. 14. c. 1.
F26 Antiqu. l. 11. c. 5. sect. 8.

Neemia 6:15 In-Context

13 acciocchè fosse loro pensionario, per fare che io mi spaventassi, e facessi così come egli diceva, e commettessi peccato; onde avessero alcun soggetto di spargere alcuna cattiva fama, per vituperarmi.

14 Ricordati, o Dio mio, di Tobia, e di Sanballat, secondo quest’opere di ciascun di loro. Ricordati anche della profetessa Noadia, e degli altri profeti che hanno cercato di spaventarmi.

15 Or le mura furono finite al venticinquesimo giorno di Elul, nello spazio di cinquantadue giorni.

16 E, quando tutti i nostri nemici ebbero ciò inteso, e tutte le nazioni ch’erano d’intorno a noi l’ebber veduto, si videro grandemente scaduti; e riconobbero che quest’opera era stata fatta dall’Iddio nostro.

17 A que’ dì ancora andavano e venivano lettere di molti notabili di Giuda a Tobia, e di esso a loro.