Tour · c. 458 BC

The return: Ezra and Nehemiah

Ahava Ezra 8:15–30
Leaving Babylon, Ezra and the exiles gather by the river that runs to Ahava, fast and pray for a safe journey.
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Jerusalem Ezra 8:31–32 · ≈ 870 km in a straight line
They reach Jerusalem and rest three days.
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Susa Neh 1:1–4 · ≈ 1,230 km in a straight line
At Susa Nehemiah hears that the walls of Jerusalem lie broken.
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Jerusalem Neh 2:11–18 · ≈ 1,230 km in a straight line
Nehemiah inspects the walls by night and the rebuilding begins.
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Ono Neh 6:1–4 · ≈ 44 km in a straight line
Sanballat and Geshem call him to meet them in the plain of Ono, meaning him harm; he answers: "I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down."
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Water Gate Neh 8:1–8 · ≈ 44 km in a straight line
In the seventh month all the people gather in the street before the Water Gate; Ezra reads the book of the law from morning until midday, the Levites give the sense, and the people understand the reading.
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Jerusalem Neh 12:27–43
At the dedication of the wall two great choirs go along it in opposite directions, "so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off."
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