Neh 1:1, Est 1:2-5 | ESV | STEP | The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah . Now it happened in the month of Chislev , in the twentieth year , as I was in Susa the citadel ,

Nehemiah 1:1

Report from Jerusalem

1 The words of ^aNehemiah the son of Hacaliah.

Now it happened in the month of ^bChislev, ^cin the twentieth year, as I was in ^dSusa the citadel,

Esther 1:2-5

2 in those days when King Ahasuerus ^esat on his royal throne in ^fSusa, the citadel, 3 in the third year of his reign ^ghe gave a feast for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces were before him, 4 while he showed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor and pomp of his greatness for many days, 180 days. 5 And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of ^hthe garden of the king’s palace.