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But in all this, I was not at Jerusalem; for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king; and after some days I asked leave of the king,
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Verse 6. Days. Prefixed (Calmet. 2:6.) I asked. Hebrew “was required to attend by the king,” for about ten years. After which period, I returned and found such disorders. Some believe that Nehemias had been at Babylon, a long while before the 32d year of the king.
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