The entry belongs to the renewed numbering of the Jews given in the seventh chapter, made after the wall was finished in fifty-two days. That counting followed the appointment of proper officers and watches over Jerusalem. Its setting is B.C. 444.
The entry belongs to the Bible narrative of Babylonian life in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah. That narrative is confirmed by discoveries in ancient lands adjoining Israel and having dealings with Israel. Archaeology gives information and illumination concerning that life.
The entry belongs to the renewed numbering of the Jews given in the seventh chapter, made after the wall was finished in fifty-two days. That counting followed the appointment of proper officers and watches over Jerusalem. Its setting is B.C. 444.
The entry belongs to the Bible narrative of Babylonian life in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah. That narrative is confirmed by discoveries in ancient lands adjoining Israel and having dealings with Israel. Archaeology gives information and illumination concerning that life.