# Nehemiah 1:6

> let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.

— Nehemiah 1:6, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- 445 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Nehemiah 2:1 dates itself by the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, which is 445 BC by Persian chronology.

## Who ruled

- **Artaxerxes I**, king of Persia, 465-424 BC · Source: Herodotus VII; Thucydides I; the Elephantine papyri

## See also

- Daniel 9:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/9/20
- Daniel 9:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/9/4
- Psalms 34:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/34/15
- Psalms 106:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/106/6
- Daniel 9:17-18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/9/17
- 2 Chronicles 6:40 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/6/40
- 2 Chronicles 29:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/29/6
- Isaiah 6:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/6/5

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/1/6
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).