# Nehemiah 2:20

> So I answered them and said, “The God of heaven is the One who will grant us success. We, His servants, will start rebuilding, but you have no portion, right, or claim in Jerusalem.”

— Nehemiah 2:20, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem

## 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

- Ezra 4:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/4/3
- Acts 8:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8/21
- Nehemiah 2:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2/4
- Isaiah 56:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/56/5
- Acts 10:31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/31
- Psalms 35:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/35/27
- Ecclesiastes 7:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/18
- Psalms 20:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/20/5

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2/20
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).