2nd Revised Edition of Jerusalem in the Time of Nehemiah Jerusalem in the Time of Nehemiah shows maps of Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity was all but destroyed. It was in the time of Nehemiah, governor of the province of Judah or Yehud, that the grand reconstruction of the city took place. Jerusalem in the Time of Nehemiah takes readers on an archaeological tour of Nehemiah's Jerusalem illuminating all the sites, gates and walls of the city. It is richly illustrated with models of reconstructions, photographs, drawings and illustrative maps.