My brother Hanani - See Nehemiah 1:2.

The ruler of the palace - Or, “the governor of the fortress.” See the marginal reference…

Measures were taken for the security of the city, now made a complete fortress. The relatively small size of the population strained the governor’s…

That I gave my brother Hanani
Who first brought him the melancholy account of the state of Jerusalem, ([Reference Ne…

Nehemiah, having finished the wall, returned to the Persian court, and came to Jerusalem again with a new commission. The public safety depends on …