Neh 1:1, Est 1:2, 2:3, 3:15, Dan 8:2 | 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

‏ Esther 1:2

sat.

2Sa 7:1; 1Ki 1:46; Da 4:4

Shushan.

2:3; 3:15; 4:16; 9:12-15; Ne 1:1; Da 8:2

‏ Esther 2:3

in all the provinces.

1:1,2

that they may gather.This was the usual way in which the harem, or {seraglio,} was furnished; the finest women in the land, whether of high or low birth, were sought out and brought to the harem. They all became the king's concubines; but one was raised as chief wife, or sultana, to the throne; and her issue was especially entitled to inherit.

the custody. Heb. the hand. Hege.

Hegai. the king's chamberlain.{Saris hammelech,} "the king's eunuch:" so the LXX., Vulgate, Targum, and Syriac.

their things.

12-14; Isa 3:18-23