3. c586 BC Solomon’s Temple Destroyed –
Exile to Babylon
c70 years later – Return under
Zerubbabel
c60 years later – Priest called Ezra
c7 years later – Nehemiah
The Story of Nehemiah
4. Lived in Susa (800 miles from
Jerusalem)
Cupbearer to Persian King Artaxerxes
Diaspora Jew
Heart to rebuild the broken walls of
Jerusalem
King Artaxerxes grants him
permission
The Prophet Nehemiah