Nehemiah 2:1

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Nehemiah Sent to Jerusalem

2 During the month of Nisan^[a] in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes,^(A) when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,

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Footnotes

Nehemiah 2:1 = March–April; called Abib in the pre-exilic period; Ex 13:4; Dt 16:1

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Nehemiah 5:14

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Good and Bad Governors

¹⁴Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes^(A) appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah—from the twentieth year until his thirty-second year, 12 years^(B)—I and my associates never ate from the food allotted to the governor.

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