Nehemiah’s Grief for the Exiles

The words of (A)Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah.

Now it happened in (B)the month Chislev, (C)in the twentieth year, while I was in (D)Susa the [a]capitol,

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 1:1 Or palace or citadel

in those days as King Ahasuerus (A)sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in (B)Susa,

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Esther Finds Favor

So it came about when the command and decree of the king were heard and (A)many young ladies were gathered to the citadel of Susa into the custody of (B)Hegai, that Esther was taken to the king’s [a]palace into the custody of Hegai, who was in charge of the women.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 2:8 Lit house