the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,

the twentieth to Eliathah and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,

In the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became the king of Judah.

¹ These are the words of Nehemiah ²  son of Hacaliah: It so happened that in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year, ³  I was in Susa ⁴  the citadel.

¹ On the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle of the testimony. ² 

Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He assassinated him ¹  and took his place as king, in the twentieth year of the reign of Jotham son of Uzziah.

Then in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought to me, ¹  I took the wine and gave it to the king. Previously ²  I had not been depressed ³  in the king’s presence. ⁴ 

From the day that I was appointed ¹  governor ²  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 ³  ate the food allotted to the governor. ⁴ 

All the men of Judah and Benjamin were gathered in Jerusalem within the three days. (It was in the ninth month, on the twentieth day of that month.) All the people sat in the square at the temple of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the rains.

the twenty-first to Jakin, the twenty-second to Gamul,

the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.

And by the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth ¹  was dry.

the twenty-first to Hothir and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,

the twenty-second to Giddalti and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,

the twenty-third to Mahazioth and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,

By the twenty-third year of King Jehoash’s reign the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple.

Everyone who crosses over to those numbered, from twenty years old and up, is to pay an offering to the Lord.

the twenty-fourth to Romamti-Ezer and his sons and relatives – twelve in all.

On the twenty-fourth day of the first month ¹  I was beside the great river, the Tigris. ² 

This took place on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month of King Darius’ second year. ¹