# Nehemiah 2:1

> Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,

— Nehemiah 2:1, 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, named in the text · Source: Herodotus VII; Thucydides I; the Elephantine papyri

## See also

- Ezra 7:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/7/1
- Nehemiah 1:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/1/11
- Nehemiah 1:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/1/1

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

## Questions linked to this verse

- Nehemiah, the cupbearer, took the wine and gave it to which king? — https://scriptoria.digital/en/questions/01a151d8-1aae-70aa-ae99-2732cd52da34

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2/1
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).