The son of Hacaliah, he embarked on a project with the help of the king's forest keeper Asaph, though he was opposed by officials like Tobiah and Sanballat, who feared he was planning to revolt and attempted to stop him.
This man's final reforms include a law forbidding marriage of Jews to Ammonites and citizens of Ashdod and the delegation of power to his brother Hanani. The son of Hacaliah, he embarked on a project with the help of the king's forest keeper Asaph, though he was opposed by officials like Tobiah and Sanballat, who feared he was planning to revolt and attempted to stop him. His project was completed on the 25th of Elul, fifty-two days after Eliashib had repaired the Sheep Gate. For ten points, name this cupbearer to Artaxerxes and possible author of the Book of Ezra, which precedes his own book, who oversaw the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem.
This man's final reforms include a law forbidding marriage of Jews to Ammonites and citizens of Ashdod and the delegation of power to his brother Hanani.
Nehemiah