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, 7and some men from Judah came; and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped 8and had survived the captivity, and about Jerusalem. 3And they said to me, “The remnant there in the 9province who survived the captivity are in great distress and 10disgrace, and 11the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and 12its gates have been burned with fire.”