Nehemiah 1:1-8

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Nehemiah <05166> [Nehemiah.]

month <02320> [in the month.]

twentieth <06242> [in the twentieth.]

Susa <07800> [Shushan.]

Shushan, or Susa, was the capital of Susiana, a province of Persia, and the winter residence of the Persian monarchs; situated about 252 miles east of Babylon, and the same distance south-south-east of Ecbatana, in lat. 32 degrees, long. 49 degrees. The circumference of its walls was about 120 stadia. Shouster is supposed to occupy its site.

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Hanani <02607> [Hanani.]

asked <07592> [I asked.]

escaped <06413> [that had escaped.]

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province <04082> [the province.]

considerable <01419> [in great.]

reproach <02781> [reproach.]

wall <02346> [the wall.]

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sat down <03427> [I sat down.]

God <0430> [the God.]

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great <01419> [the great.]

keeps ........... obey <08104> [keepeth.]

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ear <0241> [thine ear.]

day ... night <03119 03915> [day and night.]

confessing <03034> [confess.]

family <01> [both I.]

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behaved corruptly against <02254> [dealt.]

behaved corruptly against <02254> [corruptly.]

commandments <04687> [the commandments.]

commanded <06680> [which thou.]

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recall <02142> [Remember.]

unfaithfully <04603> [If ye transgress.]