# 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.

— Nehemiah 2:7, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Beyond the River** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/beyond-the-river

## 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 7:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/7/21
- Ezra 8:36 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/8/36
- Nehemiah 2:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2/9
- Ezra 6:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/6/6
- Ezra 8:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/8/22

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2/7
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).