# Nehemiah 2:19

> But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

— Nehemiah 2:19, 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

- Nehemiah 6:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/6/6
- Nehemiah 6:1-2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/6/1
- Psalms 44:13-14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/44/13
- Mark 5:40 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/5/40
- Psalms 80:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/80/6

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2/19
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).