Nehemiah 6:15 (WEB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Nehemiah 6:13 He hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

Nehemiah 6:14 “Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also 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-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.

Nehemiah 6:16 When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they lost their confidence; for they perceived that this work was done by our God.

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "wall", "finished", "twenty-fifth", "elul", "fifty-two", 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 "Remember my God Tobiah and Sanballat according..." into verse 16's "When all our enemies heard of it...", 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.