1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Nehemiah 13:6 | But in all this time I was not in Jerusalem, because in the two and thirtieth year* of Artaxerxes, king of Babylon, I went to the king, and after certain days I asked the king: | Year of the World 3562, Year before Christ 442. Days. Prefixed (chap. 2:6.) I asked. Hebrew, "was required to attend by the king," for about ten years. After which period, I returned and found such disorders. Some believe that Nehemias had been at Babylon, a long while before the 32d year of the king. |