In 445 B.C., Nehemiah came up from Babylon to be the governor of the restored remnant. During his twelve years’ governorship, 445–433 B.C., he rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem, repopulated Jerusalem, carried out certain civil and social reforms and helped Ezra in carrying out the religious and moral reforms that he (Ezra) had begun several years earlier. In 433 B.C., Nehemiah returned to Babylon and the reforms that he and Ezra had promoted in Jerusalem and Judah were soon forgotten and the Jewish