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15So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.

Nehemiah 6:15

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 15-19)

Nehemiah is here finishing the wall of Jerusalem, and yet still has trouble created him by his enemies. I. Tobiah, and the other adversaries of the Jews, had the mortification to see the wall built up, notwithstanding all their attempts to hinder it. The wall was begun and finished in fifty-two days , and yet we have reason to believe they rested on the sabbaths, Neh. 6:15. Many were employed, and...

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