Nehemiah 2:4
“What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- 445 BC
WHEN
445 BC
dated by the text itself
WHO RULED
- Artaxerxes I king of Persia 465-424 BC
MEANWHILE
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447-432 BC Greece
Building of the Parthenon
While Nehemiah rebuilds the wall of Jerusalem, Athens builds the Parthenon.
SOURCES
- date — Nehemiah 2:1 dates itself by the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, which is 445 BC by Persian chronology.
- Artaxerxes I — Herodotus VII; Thucydides I; the Elephantine papyri
- Building of the Parthenon — Plutarch, Pericles 13
SEE ALSO
- Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
- Proverbs 3:6 in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
- Nehemiah 1:4 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
- Nehemiah 1:11 O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy…
- 1 Kings 3:5 One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
- Mark 10:51 “What do you want Me to do for you?” Jesus asked. “Rabboni,” said the blind man, “let me see again.”
- Esther 5:6 And as they drank their wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”
- Esther 7:2 and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the…
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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