Nehemiah 2:7
I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Beyond the River
- WHEN
- 445 BC
ON THE MAP
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
- Ezra 7:21 I, King Artaxerxes, decree to all the treasurers west of the Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, it must be…
- Ezra 8:36 They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates, who proceeded to assist the people and the house of God.
- Nehemiah 2:9 Then I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.
- Ezra 6:6 Therefore Darius decreed: To Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates and officials in the region: You must stay away from that…
- Ezra 8:22 For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all…
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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