Les Feldick Bible Study

When did Nehemiah get permission to go back and rebuild the city wall?

Nehemiah received permission to return and rebuild the city wall on April 14th, approximately 445 B.C., according to the decree archaeologists have found. This was not for rebuilding the temple, which Ezra had already done, but specifically for the city wall, and Daniel's prophecy dates from this event.

Les teaches that Nehemiah received permission to go back specifically to rebuild the city wall, not the temple; the temple had already been rebuilt under Ezra. The date was April 14th, approximately 445 B.C., a decree that archaeologists have found. Les emphasizes that Daniel's prophecy in Daniel 9 is based on the day Nehemiah returned, not Ezra. From that date until Christ's triumphal entry on Palm Sunday was fulfilled to the exact day.