Nehemiah 1:1-3

Nehemiah’s Prayer

1 The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah: In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,
2 Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant that had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.
3 They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”

Cross References 5

  • 1. Nehemiah 10:1; Zechariah 7:1
  • 2. S Ezra 4:9; S Esther 2:8
  • 3. Nehemiah 7:2
  • 4. S 2 Kings 21:14; Nehemiah 7:6; Jeremiah 52:28
  • 5. S Leviticus 26:31; 2 Kings 25:10; Ne 2:3,13,17; Isaiah 22:9; Jeremiah 39:8; Jeremiah 52:14; Lamentations 2:9
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