--- title: "Nehemiah 1 - Study King James Bible with bullingers companion bible notes" description: "Read Nehemiah 1 with bullingers companion bible notes commentary. 1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, 2 That Hana" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/nehemiah/1" --- [ Read](/kjv/nehemiah/1)[ Commentary](/study/nehemiah/1)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/nehemiah/1) Audio 1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, 2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and *certain* men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. 3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province *are* in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also *is* broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. 4 ¶ And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned *certain* days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, 5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments: 6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned. 7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses. 8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, *If* ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations: 9 But *if* ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, *yet* will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there. 10 Now these *are* thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. 11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer. [Ezra 10](/study/ezra/10) [Nehemiah 2](/study/nehemiah/2) ## Commentary To verse 1 **The words.** Divine revelation in writing must be made up of words (see App-47 ). The "words" here were written, *chronologically,* long before the book of Ezra. See the Structures (pp 616, 617, notes on p. 618; also App-50 , App-57 , and App-58 ). **Nehemiah** = comforter of (= appointed by) Jehovah. From [Nehemiah 10:1](/kjv/nehemiah/10/1) he was one of the "princes" ([Nehemiah 9:38](/kjv/nehemiah/9/38) ) who signed the Solemn Covenant: a prince of Judah, for the "king's seed" and "princes" were taken to Babylon ([Daniel 1:3](/kjv/daniel/1/3) ), according to the prophecy in [2 Kings 20:17](/kjv/2-kings/20/17) , [2 Kings 20:18](/kjv/2-kings/20/18) . The next who signed was Zidkijah, a son of king Jehoiakim ([1 Chronicles 3:16](/kjv/1-chronicles/3/16) ). Hanani ([Nehemiah 1:2](/kjv/nehemiah/1/2) ), his brother or near kinsman (a shortened form of Hananiah, Compare [Nehemiah 1:2](/kjv/nehemiah/1/2) , and [Nehemiah 7:2](/kjv/nehemiah/7/2) ), was another "prince", renamed Shadrach ([Daniel 1:3-6](/kjv/daniel/1/3-6) ), Nehemiah was the Sheshbazzar of [Ezra 1:8](/kjv/ezra/1/8) . Five parties seen in action in this book: Nehemiah, Ezra, the People, their enemies, and the God of heaven, **Chisleu.** The ninth month. See App-51 . **twentieth year.** See App-50 . Compare [Nehemiah 2:1](/kjv/nehemiah/2/1) . Forty-two years from the beginning of the Babylonian *Servitude,* thirty-five years from Jehoiachin's captivity, and twenty-three years from the destruction of Jerusalem, and the beginning of the *Desolations.* See special note on [2 Chronicles 36:21](/kjv/2-chronicles/36/21) **I was in Shushan.** Like Joseph in Egypt, Obadiah in Samaria, Daniel in Babylon, and the saints in Caesar's household ([Philippians 1:4](/kjv/philippians/1/4) , [Philippians 1:22](/kjv/philippians/1/22) ). **was** = came to be. **Shushan.** He had been there about sixteen years, and was removed thither from Babylon. Excavations in 1909 by M. de Morgan, at Susa, exposed the remains of three cities. Among them, four black stone pillars, with the Code of Khammurabi (see App-15 ). Bricks of his palace or temple were also found. 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