Verse 1
Nehemiah 1:1
New Living Translation
1
These are the memoirs of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah. <b>Nehemiah’s Concern for Jerusalem</b> In late autumn, in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes’ reign, I was at the fortress of Susa.
Original Language Text
hebrew
דִּבְרֵ֥י נְחֶמְיָ֖ה בֶּן חֲכַלְיָ֑ה וַ/יְהִ֤י בְ/חֹֽדֶשׁ כסלו כִּסְלֵיו֙ שְׁנַ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וַ/אֲנִ֥י הָיִ֖יתִי בְּ/שׁוּשַׁ֥ן הַ/בִּירָֽה
English Translation
The words of Nehemiah son of Hachaliah, and it came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, I was in Shushan the citadel.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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