⁶^*But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the ^ktwo and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes ^lking of Babylon came I unto the king, and ^†after certain days ^||obtained I leave of the king:

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kch. 5:14.
lComp. Ezra 6:22.
†Heb. at the end of days.
||Or, I earnestly requested. 1 Sam. 20:6, 28 (Heb.).

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*About B.C. 434.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

While this was taking place, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king. And after some time I asked leave of the king

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But while all this was going on, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had returned to the king. Some time later I asked his permission

While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to King Artaxerxes of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. It was only later that I asked the king for a leave of absence

NLTNew Living Translation

I was not in Jerusalem at that time, for I had returned to King Artaxerxes of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign, though I later asked his permission to return.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

During all of this, I was not in Jerusalem because in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king. At the end of some days I asked permission from the king to leave.

Nehemiah 13:6

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