Charles Ellicott Commentary Nehemiah 9:1

"Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them." — Nehemiah 9:1 (ASV)

In the twenty and fourth day. —After one day of rest, the people assembled with all the tokens of sorrow, even to dust on the head (1 Samuel 4:12): the external signs and the internal spirit were one.