Nehemiah 5:14 meaning and explanation
Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.
Nehemiah 5:14, Berean Standard Bible
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Nehemiah is writing his memoir, and here he turns from the people's outcry to his own conduct as governor. Artaxerxes, the Persian king, appointed him to govern Judah, and he served twelve years, from the king's twentieth year to his thirty-second.
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