Discovery BoxNehemiah 13:6 
Context13:6 During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, 1 for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time 2 I had requested leave of the king,
Nehemiah 5:14
Context5:14 From the day that I was appointed 3 governor 4 in the land of Judah, that is, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes – twelve years in all – neither I nor my relatives 5 ate the food allotted to the governor. 6
1 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
2 tn Heb “to the end of days.”
3 tc The BHS editors suggest reading צֻוֵּאתִי (tsuvve’ti, “and I was appointed”) rather than the reading of the MT, אֹתִי צִוָּה (tsivvah ’oti, “he appointed me”).
4 tc The translation reads with one medieval Hebrew
5 tn Heb “brothers.”
