12:22 As for the Levites, 1 in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua the heads of families were recorded, as were the priests during the reign of Darius the Persian.
13:6 During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, 2 for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time 3 I had requested leave of the king,
1 tn Some scholars delete these words, regarding them as a later scribal addition to the text.
2 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
3 tn Heb “to the end of days.”