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Nehemiah 13:6

ArtaxerxesBabylonJerusalem

4 Now before this, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God

5 and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.

While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king

7 to return to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of the house of God.

8 And I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.

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BSB
While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king
KJV
But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:
WEB
But in all this, I was not at Jerusalem; for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king; and after some days I asked leave of the king,
ASV
But in all this [time] I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went unto the king: and after certain days asked I leave of the king,
DARBY
And during all that [time] I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two-and-thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I came to the king; and after some time I obtained leave of the king.
BLB
And in all this I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had come to the king, and at the end of [some] days I asked from the king,
ÅB
Under alt dette var jeg ikke i Jerusalem; for i Babels konge Artaxerxes' to og trettiende år var jeg kommet tilbake til kongen. Men da en tid var gått, ba jeg igjen kongen om lov til å reise,
OTB
Men under alt dette var jeg ikke i Jerusalem, for i det trettitoende året av Artaxerxes, kongen av Babylon, hadde jeg vendt tilbake til kongen. Senere ba jeg om permisjon fra kongen
B1930
Under alt dette var jeg ikke i Jerusalem; for i Babels konge Artaxerxes' to og trettiende år var jeg kommet tilbake til kongen. Men da nogen tid var gått, bad jeg igjen kongen om lov til å reise,

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  • Nehemiah 5:14

    Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.

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  • Nehemiah 2:5–6

    and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”

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  • Ezra 6:22

    For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.

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  • 2 Chronicles 24:17–18

    After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.

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  • Matthew 13:25

    But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.

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  • Exodus 32:1

    Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”

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  • Nehemiah 2:1

    Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,

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