Nehemiah 1:1-3

1The words of 1Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah.

Now it happened in 2the month Chislev, 3in the twentieth year, while I was in 4Susa the 5capitol, 2that 6Hanani, one of my brothers, and 7some men from Judah came; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped and had survived the captivity, and about Jerusalem. 3They said to me, “The remnant there in the 8province who survived the captivity are in great distress and 9reproach, and 10the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and 11its gates are burned with fire.”