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Nehemiah 6:15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Nehemiah 6:15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Completion of the Work. 15 The wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of Elul;[a] the work had taken fifty-two days.
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- 6:15 Elul: the sixth month (August–September). Fifty-two days: according to Josephus (Ant. 11:174–183), the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem by Nehemiah took two years and four months.
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