<P> In the 20th year of Artaxerxes , king of Persia , ( 445 / 444 BC ) , Nehemiah was cup - bearer to the king . Learning that the remnant of Jews in Judah were in distress and that the walls of Jerusalem were broken down , he asked the king for permission to return and rebuild the city . Artaxerxes sent him to Judah as governor of the province with a mission to rebuild , letters explaining his support for the venture , and provision for timber from the king 's forest . Once there , Nehemiah defied the opposition of Judah 's enemies on all sides -- Samaritans , Ammonites , Arabs and Philistines -- and rebuilt the walls within 52 days , from the Sheep Gate in the North , the Hananeel Tower at the North West corner , the Fish Gate in the West , the Furnaces Tower at the Temple Mount 's South West corner , the Dung Gate in the South , the East Gate and the gate beneath the Golden Gate in the East . </P>
<P> In the 20th year of Artaxerxes , king of Persia , ( 445 / 444 BC ) , Nehemiah was cup - bearer to the king . Learning that the remnant of Jews in Judah were in distress and that the walls of Jerusalem were broken down , he asked the king for permission to return and rebuild the city . Artaxerxes sent him to Judah as governor of the province with a mission to rebuild , letters explaining his support for the venture , and provision for timber from the king 's forest . Once there , Nehemiah defied the opposition of Judah 's enemies on all sides -- Samaritans , Ammonites , Arabs and Philistines -- and rebuilt the walls within 52 days , from the Sheep Gate in the North , the Hananeel Tower at the North West corner , the Fish Gate in the West , the Furnaces Tower at the Temple Mount 's South West corner , the Dung Gate in the South , the East Gate and the gate beneath the Golden Gate in the East . </P>
who led the rebuilding of the walls of jerusalem
who led the rebuilding of the walls of jerusalem
Nehemiah
Nehemiah