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Nehemiah 1

Neh. 1:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The words
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
of Nehemiah
Nchemyah (Hebrew #5166)
consolation of Jah; Nechemjah, the name of three Israelites
KJV usage: Nehemiah.
Pronounce: nekh-em-yaw'
Origin: from 5162 and 3050
a the son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Hachaliah
Chakalyah (Hebrew #2446)
darkness of Jah; Chakaljah, an Israelite
KJV usage: Hachaliah.
Pronounce: khak-al-yaw'
Origin: from the base of 2447 and 3050
. And it came to pass in the month
chodesh (Hebrew #2320)
the new moon; by implication, a month
KJV usage: month(-ly), new moon.
Pronounce: kho'-desh
Origin: from 2318
Chisleu
Kiclev (Hebrew #3691)
Kisleu, the 9th Heb. month
KJV usage: Chisleu.
Pronounce: kis-lave'
Origin: probably of foreign origin
, in the twentieth
`esriym (Hebrew #6242)
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
KJV usage: (six-)score, twenty(-ieth).
Pronounce: es-reem'
Origin: from 6235
year
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
, as I was in Shushan
Shuwshan (Hebrew #7800)
Shushan, a place in Persia
KJV usage: Shushan.
Pronounce: shoo-shan'
Origin: the same as 7799
the palace
biyrah (Hebrew #1002)
a castle or palace
KJV usage: palace.
Pronounce: bee-raw'
Origin: of foreign origin
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Neh. 10:1• 1And at the head of those that sealed were Nehemiah the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zedekiah. (Neh. 10:1)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-4:  Nehemiah, understanding by Hanani the misery of Jerusalem, mourns, fasts, and prays.
5-11:  His prayer.
Nehemiah.
Neh. 10:1• 1And at the head of those that sealed were Nehemiah the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zedekiah. (Neh. 10:1)
in the month.
Ezra 10:9• 9Then were all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month; and all the people sat in the open space of the house of God, trembling because of the matter, and because of the pouring rain. (Ezra 10:9)
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Zech. 7:1• 1And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chislev, (Zech. 7:1)
in the twentieth.
Ezra 7:7• 7(And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the doorkeepers, and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.) (Ezra 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.
Esther 1:2• 2in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the fortress, (Esther 1:2)
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Esther 3:15• 15The couriers went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the fortress. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was in consternation. (Esther 3:15)
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Dan. 8:2• 2And I saw in the vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was in the fortress of Shushan, which is in the province of Elam. And I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai. (Dan. 8:2)
• The book of Nehemiah is closely tied to the book of Ezra; in fact, the two form a single book in the Hebrew Scriptures. (“Nehemiah - Neh. 1:1” by N. Simon)
• In comparing the individuals — Ezra and Nehemiah — we find them to be quite different in temperament. Ezra seems more subdued; he was the ready scribe and the priest of God. Ezra was sent to Jerusalem to restore things ecclesiastically....Nehemiah, on the other hand, was a man of action and, it would appear, a natural leader....One should be careful in elevating the one over the other; each walked according to the measure of faith that they had received. Why was it necessary for God to send Nehemiah to Jerusalem when Ezra was already there? Had Ezra failed? No, each had a role that the other could not fulfill. (“Nehemiah - Neh. 1:1” by N. Simon)
• Scarcely thirteen years had passed since Ezra had gone up to Jerusalem, armed with royal authority and impelled by his godly zeal for the glory of Jehovah in the welfare of His people, "to teach in Israel statutes and judgments." (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 1” by E. Dennett)
• (Compare Ezra 8:21-23 with Neh. 2:7-9; Ezra 9:3 with Neh. 13:25.) Yet, though Ezra was still at Jerusalem, it was Nehemiah who was sent at this special moment. Happy is it when the servant receives his work from the hands of the Lord, and, discerning when his mission for any particular purpose is ended, can retire. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 1” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The words of Nehemiahc the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth yeard, as I was in Shushane the fortressf,

JND Translation Notes

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c
Meaning, "Comfort of Jehovah."
d
That is, of Artaxerxes Longimanus; see ch. 2.1; Ezra 7.1.
e
The capital of Elam.
f
Or "palace."