After the Jews came back to Israel after the 70 year captivity a few attempts were made to rebuild the Temple. Progress was nullified by the fact the wall was in very bad shape. So Nehemiah was in charge of rebuilding the wall against great pushback. Lessons learned, build the wall and have weapons at hand if need be.
Nehemiah and the men working on rebuilding the wall and the gates pretty much worked with a tool in one hand and a sword in the other. Nehemiah 4:17, “They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.” So some stood guard as others work and the men slept where they worked. Nehemiah worked out a system such that should a work area be under attack a warning would be sounded and those in other work areas would join in their defense.
Remarkably the wall be finished in less than two months. Nehemiah 6:15, “So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.”
So where am I going with this... fast forward about two and a half millenniums. Descendants of Nehemiah were eliminated like fish in a barrel.
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