Nehemiah 1:2 meaning and explanation

Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 1:2, Berean Standard Bible

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Nehemiah, a Jew serving at the Persian court in Susa, receives his brother Hanani and other men who have come from Judah. The exile had ended decades earlier, yet Nehemiah asks specifically about the remnant, those who survived and returned, and about Jerusalem itself.

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