“So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days” (Nehemiah 6:15). We are well acquainted with this story in the Old Testament when Nehemiah worked to rebuild ……
Nehemiah had an important position in the court of Artaxerxes I (465-424 BC), king of Persia: “I was cupbearer to the king” (Nehemiah 1:11). As a Jew who was born in exile, he had a good life, enjo……