He supervised the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls and the defense of the cityHe commanded that debts be forgiven, in order to ease the difficulties of the poor
He contended with the enemies of the Jews
He took a census
He renewed the covenant with the people, to keep the Torah
He urged the people to keep the Sabbath and not to take foreign wives.
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One of his major projects was to rebuild portions of Jerusalem, especially the city wall.
Jerusalem's walls.
He rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem
The best answer is actually from a quote by Josephus which states the circumference of Jerusalem in his day as 33 stadia, which equals 4.5 English miles. That would make the area within the walls of Jerusalem about 960 acres, 1.5 sq mi. Many archeologists believe that the walls of Jerusalem were about the same in both Nehemiah's day and Jesus' day.
Sanballat tried to stop the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem.
Nehemiah built the wall 542 B.C
Nehemiah
Get the Walls of Jerusalem built after the Captivity
Nehemiah's first governorship in Jerusalem began in 445 or 444 BC.
Nehemiah (Nehemiah, chapters 1 to 3).See also the Related Link.More about the Book of Nehemiah
Nehemiah supervised the building of the city walls. The second Temple, built by many of the people at roughly the same time, took some five years to build.
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