2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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## Nehemiah...Hacaliah...Hanani ##
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These are names of men. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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## in the month of Kislev ##
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This is the Jewish name for the ninth month of their calendar year.
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## in the twentieth year ##
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AT: "in the twentieth year of the reign of Artaxerxes, King of Persia" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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## fortress city of Susa ##
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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.
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## one of my brothers ##
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AT: "one of my fellow Jews"
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## the Jews who had escaped ##
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AT: "the Jews who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity"
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## the remnant of the Jews ##
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AT: "the Jews who had survived the Babylonian captivity"
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