The words of Nehemiah(A) son of Hacaliah:

News from Jerusalem

During the month of Chislev[a](B) in the twentieth year,[b](C) when I was in the fortress city of Susa,(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 1:1 = November–December
  2. Nehemiah 1:1 Artaxerxes reigned 465-425 b.c.

Nehemiah’s Prayer

The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah:

In the month of Kislev(A) in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,(B)

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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,

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Vashti Angers the King

These events took place during the days of Ahasuerus,[a](A) who ruled 127 provinces(B) from India[b] to Cush.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 1:1 = Xerxes; he reigned 486-465 b.c.
  2. Esther 1:1 = modern Pakistan

Queen Vashti Deposed

This is what happened during the time of Xerxes,[a](A) the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces(B) stretching from India to Cush[b]:(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 1:1 Hebrew Ahasuerus; here and throughout Esther
  2. Esther 1:1 That is, the upper Nile region

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

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I saw the vision, and as I watched, I was in the fortress city of Susa,(A) in the province of Elam.(B) I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.

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In my vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa(A) in the province of Elam;(B) in the vision I was beside the Ulai Canal.

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And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.

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