Nehemiah 6:15

Modern

So the wall was completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul.

Traditional

So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.

Literal

And the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth of Elul, on the fifty-second day.

Latin

Completus est autem murus vigesimo quinto die mensis Elul, quinquaginta duobus diebus.

Hebrew

English

So the wall was completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul.

in fifty-two days: Everyone understood that God's help made this success possible (see also Nehemiah 1:11; 2:8, 18, 20; 4:15, 20).

After solving the financial crisis (see Nehemiah 5), the story shifts back to how those against rebuilding tried to scare or stop Nehemiah.

Theme notes and profiles

Nehemiah 4:1–2
Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews
Psalm 1:3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
Daniel 9:25
Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress.
Ezra 6:15
And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

Elul: The sixth month in the ancient Hebrew calendar