Nehemiah 2:1-2
Evangelical Heritage Version
Nehemiah Receives a Commission From Artaxerxes
2 In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes,[a] wine was being served to the king, and I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence, 2 so the king said to me, “Why do you look sad, since you are not sick? This must be sadness in your heart.”
Then I was very much afraid.
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- Nehemiah 2:1 Hebrew Artachshasta. The EHV uses the names of the Persian kings that have become the standard English names. These names derive from the Greek versions of the names rather than directly from the Hebrew or Persian forms of the names.
Nehemiah 2:1-2
New International Version
Artaxerxes Sends Nehemiah to Jerusalem
2 In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes,(A) when wine was brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his presence before, 2 so the king asked me, “Why does your face look so sad when you are not ill? This can be nothing but sadness of heart.”
I was very much afraid,
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