Nehemiah was the “cupbearer” (Nehemiah 1:1, 11) to the Persian king Artaxerxes I (r. 465-425 B.C.) Nehemiah 2:1 (RSV) In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was ...
This is the depiction on an artifact called the Zvenigorodsky Seal of King Artaxerxes I defeating an enemy. Artaxerxes ruled the Achaemenid Empire from 465 to 424 B.C. (Courtesy Photo) Known as “The ...
A team of archaeologists in Jerusalem claims to have discovered part of a wall described in the book of Nehemiah. The discovery in Jerusalem's ancient City of David resulted from a rescue to save a ...
Steps lead down to a well below ground level. The photograph is in a book with a typed description. The description: "(Nehemiah, ii:13.)--'And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even ...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Archaeologists have finished uncovering the longest continuous remains of an ancient wall that encircled Jerusalem, including possible evidence of a 2,100-year-old ceasefire between ...
Nehemiah 13Reading of the Law; separation from the heathen; tithes given; Sabbath-breaking forbidden; mixed marriages condemnedDuring Nehemiah s absence, the Israelites worship of God and the Sabbath ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Jerusalem Regional Archaeologist for the Israel Antiquities Authority, Dr. Amit Re'im, walks in a section of an excavation ...
As the Judean army struggled, Jewish king John Hyrcanus I decided to strike a deal with Antiochus. He raided King David’s tomb for 3,000 talents of silver and offered 500 hostages, including his own ...