When Did Nehemiah Build the Wall?

So about 444 bc Nehemiah journeyed to Jerusalem and aroused the people there to the necessity of repopulating the city and rebuilding its walls.

How many years did it take Nehemiah to build the wall?

You see, God is NOT against building walls! And the Old Testament book of Nehemiah records how Nehemiah completed that massive project in record time — just 52 days. Why was Nehemiah so successful in building the wall and rebuilding the nation?

When were the walls of Jerusalem first built?

The Walls of Jerusalem surround the old city of Jerusalem (approx. 1 km²). The walls were built between 1535 and 1538, when Jerusalem was part of the Ottoman Empire, by the order of Suleiman I.