Nehemiah 6:15-Nehemiah 7:4 - The Wall Is Completed
15 The wall was complete on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul. It took fifty-two days. 16 When our enemies had news of this, all the nations round about us were full of fear and were greatly shamed. They saw that our God had done this work.
17 The leaders of Judah exchanged letters with Tobiah. 18 For in Judah there were a number of people who had made an agreement by oath with him. For he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, the son of Arah and his son Jehohanan had taken as his wife the daughter of Meshullam, the son of Berechiah. 19 They spoke a good deal about the good he had done in my presence, and reported what I said to him. Tobiah sent letters with the purpose of causing me fear.
1 When the building of the wall was complete I put up the doors. The doorkeepers and the music-makers and the Levites had been given their places, 2 I appointed my brother Hanani, and Hananiah, the ruler of the tower, responsible for the government of Jerusalem. For he was a man of good faith, respecting God more than most. 3 I said to them: Do not let the doors of Jerusalem be open till the sun is high and when the watchmen are in their places. Shut the doors and lock them. Let the people of Jerusalem be responsible for the watch, every one in his watch near his house.
4 The town was large and spacious. But the people in it were only a small number, and the houses had not been built.