Nehemiah 6:15-Nehemiah 7:4 - The Wall Is Completed
15 And the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days. 16 And it happened when all our enemies heard, and all the nations around us saw, they were very much lowered in their own eyes. For they saw that this work was done by our God.
17 And in those days the nobles of Judah were increasing their letters going to Tobiah; and Tobiah's came to them. 18 For many in Judah were sworn to him because he was the son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah. 19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and told my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to make me afraid.
1 And it happened when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were chosen, 2 I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem. For he was a faithful man, and feared God above many. 3 And I said to them, Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot. And while they stand by, let them shut and bar the doors. And set guards from the people of Jerusalem, each one in his watch, and each one to be across from his house.
4 And the city was large and great, but the people in it were few, and the houses not built.