But in all this time I was not 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:
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Days. Prefixed (chap. ii. 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.
