Neh 1:1

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Neh 1:1 Nehemiah, understanding by Hanani the misery of Jerusalem, mourns, fasts, and prays.

Neh 1:5 His prayer.

Nehemiah.

Neh 10:1

in the month.

Ezra 10:9; Zech 7:1

in the twentieth.

Ezr 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.

Esth 1:2; Esth 3:15; Dan 8:2