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Nehemiah...Hacaliah...Hanani

These are names of men. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)

in the month of Kislev

This is the Jewish name for the ninth month of their calendar year.

in the twentieth year

AT: "in the twentieth year of the reign of Artaxerxes, King of Persia" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)

fortress city of Susa

This was a royal city of Persian kings, located in the country of Elam, far away from Judah. It was a large city with walls.

one of my brothers

AT: "one of my fellow Jews"

the Jews who had escaped

AT: "the Jews who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity"

the remnant of the Jews

AT: "the Jews who had survived the Babylonian captivity"