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Nehemiah 13:6

King James Version (1769 Blayney revision, with Apocrypha) · Berean Standard Bible

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 (note: Heb. at the end of days) obtained I leave (note: Or, I earnestly requested) of the king:
While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon (note: Artaxerxes king of Persia is identified here as the king of Babylon because Persia had conquered the Babylonian Empire.) in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king