Nehemiah 6:15 Meaning and Explanation
“So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Against all opposition, the wall is completed in just fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul.
What Does Nehemiah 6:15 Mean?
The narrative reaches its triumph in a single, understated sentence. The wall, the object of so much scorn, threat, and plotting, is finished. The narrator records the exact day, the twenty-fifth of Elul, and the astonishing span: fifty-two days from start to completion.
What seemed impossible at the beginning is now simply done. The plainness of the report magnifies the wonder, for so vast a work to be accomplished so quickly, through such resistance, points beyond human effort. The fifty-two days stand as a testimony that when God's people labor in unity and prayer, He can bring to swift completion what enemies labored long to prevent.
Nehemiah 6:15 in the Original Language
Elul (אֱלוּל) -- the sixth month of the Hebrew year, falling in late summer.
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What does Nehemiah 6:15 mean?
Against all opposition, the wall is completed in just fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul.