## Nehemiah...Hacaliah...Hanani ##

These are names of men. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

## in the month of Kislev ##

This is the Jewish name for the ninth month of their calendar year.

## in the twentieth year ##

AT: "in the twentieth year of the reign of Artaxerxes, King of Persia" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

## fortress city of Susa ##

This was a royal city of Persian kings, located in the country of Elam, far away from Judah. It was a large city with walls.

## one of my brothers ##

AT: "one of my fellow Jews"

## the Jews who had escaped ##

AT: "the Jews who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity"

## the remnant of the Jews ##

AT: "the Jews who had survived the Babylonian captivity"