Nehemiah 1:1
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| Overview - Nehemiah 1 | |
| 1 | Nehemiah, understanding by Hanani the misery of Jerusalem, mourns, fasts, and prays. |
| 5 | His prayer. |
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Nehemiah 1:1 (King James Version)
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
- Nehemiah
- 10:1
- in the month
- Ezra 10:9 ; Zechariah 7:1
- in the twentieth
- Ezra 7:7
- Shushan
- Shushan, or Susa, was the capital of Susiana, a province of Persia, and the winter residence of the Persian monarchs; situated about 252 miles east of Babylon, and the same distance south-south-east of Ecbatana, in lat. 32 degrees, long
- 49 degrees. The circumference of its walls was about 120 stadia
- Shouster is supposed to occupy its site.
- Esther 1:2 ; 3:15 Daniel 8:2