Report from Jerusalem
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The words of a Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah.
It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the b twentieth year, as I was in c Shushan the citadel,
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that d Hanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
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And they said to me, "The survivors who are left from the captivity in the e province are there in great distress and f reproach. g The wall of Jerusalem h is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire."
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Nehemiah 10:1
Now those who placed their seal on the document were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah.
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Nehemiah 2:1
And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, that I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never been sad in his presence before.
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Esther 1:1
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this was the Ahasuerus who reigned over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India to Ethiopia).
Esther 1:2
In those days when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the citadel.
Esther 1:5
And when these days were completed, the king made a feast lasting seven days for all the people who were present in Shushan the citadel, from great to small, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.
Daniel 8:2
I saw in the vision, and it so happened while I was looking, that I was in Shushan, the citadel, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision that I was by the River Ulai.
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Nehemiah 7:2
That I gave the charge of Jerusalem to my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the leader of the citadel, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many.
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Nehemiah 7:6
These are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city.
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Nehemiah 2:17
Then I said to them, "You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach.
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Nehemiah 2:17
Then I said to them, "You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach.
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2 Kings 25:10
And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down the walls of Jerusalem all around.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.