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Nehemiah 13:6
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
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,
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