13:6 During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, 3 for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time 4 I had requested leave of the king,
1 tn Heb “my words.”
2 tn Or “to intimidate” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT).
3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
4 tn Heb “to the end of days.”
5 tn On the usage of this Hebrew word see HALOT 478-79 s.v. כְּלִי.