⁹ From Rehum^[a] the chief deputy, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues—the judges and magistrates^[b] from Tripolis, Persia, Erech, Babylon, Susa^(A) (that is, the people of Elam),^[c]

1 The words of Nehemiah^(A) son of Hacaliah:

News from Jerusalem

During the month of Chislev^(B) in the twentieth year,^(C) when I was in the fortress city of Susa,^(D)

² I saw the vision, and as I watched, I was in the fortress city of Susa,^(A) in the province of Elam.^(B) I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.