Nehemiah 2:1

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It happened in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been [before] sad in his presence.

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The Babylonian and Persian EmpiresThe Babylonian and Persian empires that carried Judah into exile and later allowed the return.

Historical maps are public-domain atlas plates, digitized by Wikimedia Commons.

“Beyond the River” was Persia’s province west of the Euphrates, while Jerusalem’s Valley, Dung, and Fountain

Places in this passage

Nehemiah 2:1 mentions Beyond the River, Dung Gate, Fountain Gate, Jerusalem, Kidron, Siloam and Valley Gate.

Beyond the River · Bazminbaz
Jerusalem · Godot13
Kidron · Chris Yunker
Siloam · Tamar Hayardeni

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