Neh 1:1 | TSK | STEP | Nehemiah, understanding by Hanani the misery of Jerusalem, mourns, fasts, and prays. His prayer. Nehemiah. in the month. in the twentieth. 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.

Nehemiah 1:1

1 Nehemiah, understanding by Hanani the misery of Jerusalem, mourns, fasts, and prays.

5 His prayer.

Nehemiah.

10:1

in the month.

Ezr 10:9; Zec 7:1

in the twentieth.

Ezr 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.

Es 1:2; 3:15; Da 8:2