Nehemiah's Wall is built in 444 BCE, in 52 Days by 41 Teams

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Despite heavy physical and political resistance, the Jews pressed forward with 41 teams building unceasingly. The wall was completed in 52 days, finishing on the twenty-fifth of Elul in the year 444 BCE.

Nehemiah 6:15

And so the wall was completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul. When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and disheartened, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our G-d.

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Nehemiah 6:15

So the wall was completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul. When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and disheartened, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our G-d.

נְחֶמְיָה ו', ט"ו-ט"ז:

"וַתִּשְׁלַם֙ הַֽחוֹמָ֔ה בְּעֶשְׂרִ֥ים וַֽחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה לֶֽאֱל֑וּל לַֽחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וּשְׁנַ֖יִם יֽוֹם: וַיְהִ֗י כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֤ר שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ כָּל־א֣וֹיְבֵ֔ינוּ וַיִּֽרְא֗וּ כָּל־הַגּוֹיִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר סְבִֽיבֹתֵ֔ינוּ וַיִּפְּל֥וּ מְאֹ֖ד בְּעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם וַיֵּ֣דְע֔וּ כִּ֚י מֵאֵ֣ת אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ נֶֽעֶשְׂתָ֖ה הַמְּלָאכָ֥ה הַזֹּֽאת."

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