CHISLEV kĭz’ lĕv (כִּסְלֵו, H4075; LXX Χασελευ, KJV CHISLEU). Akkadian name of the month before the winter solstice (Neh 1:1; Zech 7:1; and in Maccabees). According to the Babylonian Chronicle, Nebuchadnezzar’s march on Jerusalem (598 b.c.) began in Chislev. See Calendar.