# 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.

— Nehemiah 2:9, 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 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/2/9
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).