Nehemiah 1:2

Hanani. Shortened form of Hananiah. Compare Nehemiah 7:2 . See note above, and compare Daniel 1:3 , Daniel 1:6 .

I asked. Not about Ezra, and the 42,360 who are supposed to have been already in the Province of Judah: this Nehemiah would surely have done if they had really been there.

the Jews. Mentioned eleven times in this book (Nehemiah 1:2 ; Nehemiah 2:16 ; Nehemiah 4:1 , Nehemiah 4:2 , Nehemiah 4:12 ; Nehemiah 5:1 , Nehemiah 5:8 , Nehemiah 5:17 ; Nehemiah 6:6 ; Nehemiah 13:23 , Nehemiah 13:24 ).

escaped: i.e. from the lands of their captivity. See Jeremiah 44:13 , Jeremiah 44:14 . Why escape if already set free (Ezra 1:3 )?