# Nehemiah 1:3

> And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”

— Nehemiah 1:3, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem

## When

- 445 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Nehemiah 2:1 dates itself by the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, which is 445 BC by Persian chronology.

## Who ruled

- **Artaxerxes I**, king of Persia, 465-424 BC · Source: Herodotus VII; Thucydides I; the Elephantine papyri

## See also

- Nehemiah 2:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2/17
- 2 Kings 25:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/25/10
- Ezra 5:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/5/8
- Nehemiah 2:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2/3
- Nehemiah 2:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2/13
- Nehemiah 7:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/7/6
- Nehemiah 9:36-37 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/9/36

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/1/3
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).