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Nehemiah 1 : 1

 1  These are the memoirs of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah.

Nehemiah's Concern for Jerusalem
In late autumn, in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes' reign, [1]  I was at the fortress of Susa.
<<  1:1 Hebrew In the month of Kislev of the twentieth year. A number of dates in the book of Nehemiah can be cross-checked with dates in surviving Persian records and related accurately to our modern calendar. This month of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred within the months of November and December 446 <%=ftSC%>B.C. The twentieth year probably refers to the reign of King Artaxerxes I; compare 2:1; 5:14.