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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Nehemiah 1:1 - 1:1
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Neh 1:1-3. Nehemiah, understanding by Hanani the afflicted state of Jerusalem, mourns, fasts and prays.
Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah - This eminently pious and patriotic Jew is to be carefully distinguished from two other persons of the same name - one of whom is mentioned as helping to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem (Neh 3:16), and the other is noticed in the list of those who accompanied Zerubbabel in the first detachment of returning exiles (Ezr 2:2; Neh 7:7). Though little is known of his genealogy, it is highly probable that he was a descendant of the tribe of Judah and the royal family of David.
in the month Chisleu - answering to the close of November and the larger part of December.
Shushan the palace - the capital of ancient Susiana, east of the Tigris, a province of Persia. From the time of Cyrus it was the favorite winter residence of the Persian kings.