Nehemiah 6:15 (KJV)

Passage

So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.

Nearby Context

Nehemiah 6:13 Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

Nehemiah 6:14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

Nehemiah 6:15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.

Nehemiah 6:16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.

Nehemiah 6:17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "wall", "finished", "twenty", "fifth", "month", "elul", "fifty", and "days". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "wall" and "finished", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "My God think thou upon Tobiah and..." into verse 16's "And it came to pass that when...", so "wall" and "finished" belong inside that flow. In Nehemiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "wall" and "finished" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.