¹² “^[a]Artaxerxes, ^(A)king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace. And now

²¹ “I, even I, King Artaxerxes, issue a decree to all the treasurers who are in the provinces beyond the ^[a]River, that whatever Ezra the priest, ^(A)the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, may require of you, it shall be done diligently,

Nehemiah’s Prayer Answered

2 And it came about in the month Nisan, ^(A)in the twentieth year of King ^(B)Artaxerxes, that wine was before him, and ^(C)I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence.