1;  Artaxerxes, understanding the cause of Nehemiah's sadness,
     sends him with letters and commission to Jerusalem.
  9;  Nehemiah, to the grief of the enemies, comes to Jerusalem.
 12;  He views secretly the ruins of the walls.
 17;  He incites the Jews to build.

 * Nisan.
  Es 3:7 
 * the twentieth.
  1:1  Ezr 7:1,7 
 * I took up.
  1:11  Ge 40:11,21