# Nehemiah 2:4

> “What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven

— Nehemiah 2:4, 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

- Philippians 4:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/philippians/4/6
- Proverbs 3:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/3/6
- Nehemiah 1:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/1/4
- Nehemiah 1:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/1/11
- 1 Kings 3:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/3/5
- Mark 10:51 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/10/51
- Esther 5:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/esther/5/6
- Esther 7:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/esther/7/2

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2/4
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).