Nehemiah Research

History

Violent destrution of the city in 586 B.C. by the Babylonians

Jerusalem in the Time of Nehemiah Historical Background to the Time of Nehemiah

Nehemiah was also a Jew, of distinguished merit and piety, and one of the cup-bearers to King Artaxerxes. This was a very considerable employment in the Persian court, because of the privilege annexed to it, of being often near the king’s person and of being allowed to speak to him in the most favourable moments.

Jerusalem in the Time of Nehemiah Historical Background to the Time of Nehemiah

538 B.C. Edict of Cyrus. King Cyrus II the Great (539–530 B.C.) permits the return to Jerusalem of the Jewish exiles in Babylon, thus defining the status of Judah as a province