# Nehemiah 2:8

> And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.

— Nehemiah 2:8, 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

- Ezra 7:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/7/6
- Isaiah 66:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/66/14
- Nehemiah 7:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/7/2
- Daniel 1:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/1/9
- Nehemiah 2:17-18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2/17
- Genesis 32:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/32/28
- Ezra 5:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/5/5

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2/8
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).