1The 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,[ † ]Nehemiah 10:1Nehemiah 2:1Esther 1:1-2, 5Daniel 8:2 2that 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.[ † ]Nehemiah 7:2 3And 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.[ † ]Nehemiah 7:6Nehemiah 2:172 Kings 25:10
4And 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, 5and 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:[ † ]Daniel 9:4Nehemiah 4:14Exodus 20:6Exodus 34:6-7Psalms 89:2-3 6let 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.[ † ]1 Kings 8:28-292 Chronicles 6:40Daniel 9:17-18Ezra 10:1Nehemiah 9:2Daniel 9:20 7We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.[ † ]Psalms 106:6Daniel 9:5Deuteronomy 28:15 8Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:[ † ]Leviticus 26:33Deuteronomy 4:25-27Deuteronomy 28:63-67 9but 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.[ † ]Leviticus 26:39Deuteronomy 4:29-31Deuteronomy 30:2-5Deuteronomy 30:4 10Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.[ † ]Exodus 32:11Deuteronomy 9:29Daniel 9:15 11O 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.[ † ]Nehemiah 1:6Isaiah 26:8Hebrews 13:18Genesis 40:21Nehemiah 2:1