# Nehemiah 2:6

> Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.

— Nehemiah 2:6, 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 13:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/13/6
- Nehemiah 5:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/5/14
- Isaiah 65:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/65/24
- Nehemiah 2:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2/4
- Isaiah 58:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/58/12

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2/6
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).