Bible Question: Nehemiah had a privileged position that gave him access and in fnfluence in order to build the wall.Describe nehemiah's worldy profession and who he worked for? |
Bible Answer: Let me give you some historical background before I answer this. You may know that the Northern Kingdom of Israel fell to Assyria in about 722 BC. There were 19 kings and they either reigned wickedly or in their end, became wicked, but some started out good. As for Judah, there were 19 kings too. About half were good. Judah fell in about 586 BC to Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia. About 50 years later the combined kingdom of Medes and Persia, Medo-Persia, defeated Babylonia and became the reigning world power. Persian King Cyrus had faith in Judah's God and so let many Jews return to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple. A jew in the king's service named Zerubabbel was sent to be its Governor. Then about 460 BC, the next king of Medo-Persia sent Ezra as a priest to call the Jews back to the Law of Moses. Nehemiah was cupbearer to King Artaxerxes of Persia. He was later sent to Jerusalem, asfter pleading to do so, to call the people to rebuild the great wall around Jerusalem. He called the rich to stop exhorting their poorer brothers. He soon became governor there. This was about 440 BC. |
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