Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation During all the twelve years that I was governor of the land of Judah, from the twentieth year that Artaxerxes was emperor until his thirty-second year, neither my relatives nor I ate the food I was entitled to have as governor. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And from the day, in which the king commanded me to be governor in the land of Juda, from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I and my brethren did not eat the yearly allowance that was due to the governors. from the twentieth Nehemiah 2:1 And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king: that wine was before him, and I took up the wine, and gave it to the king: and I was as one languishing away before his face. Nehemiah 13:6 But in all this time I was not in Jerusalem, because in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I went to the king, and after certain days I asked the king: I and my 1 Corinthians 9:4-15,18 Have not we power to eat and to drink? . . . 2 Thessalonians 3:8,9 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing: but in labour and in toil we worked night and day, lest we should be chargeable to any of you. . . . the bread Ezra 4:13,14 And now be it known to the king, that if this city be built up, and the walls thereof repaired, they will not pay tribute nor toll, nor yearly revenues, and this loss will fall upon the kings. . . . Romans 13:6,7 For therefore also you pay tribute. For they are the ministers of God, serving unto this purpose. . . . Context Nehemiah's Generosity14And from the day, in which the king commanded me to be governor in the land of Juda, from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I and my brethren did not eat the yearly allowance that was due to the governors.15But the former governors that had been before me, were chargeable to the people, and took of them in bread, and wine, and in money every day forty sicles: and their officers also oppressed the people. But I did not so for the fear of God.… Cross References Nehemiah 1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Helchias. And it came to pass in the month of Casleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in the castle of Susa, Nehemiah 13:6 But in all this time I was not in Jerusalem, because in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I went to the king, and after certain days I asked the king: Jump to Previous Appointed Artaxerxes Bread Eaten Food Governor Governor's Judah Moreover Thirtieth Thirty-Second Time Twelve TwentiethJump to Next Appointed Artaxerxes Bread Eaten Food Governor Governor's Judah Moreover Thirtieth Thirty-Second Time Twelve TwentiethLinks Nehemiah 5:14 NIVNehemiah 5:14 NLT Nehemiah 5:14 ESV Nehemiah 5:14 NASB Nehemiah 5:14 Bible Apps Nehemiah 5:14 Biblia Paralela Nehemiah 5:14 Chinese Bible Nehemiah 5:14 French Bible Nehemiah 5:14 German Bible Alphabetical: allotted allowance appointed Artaxerxes ate be brothers day eaten food for from governor governor's have his I in Judah King kinsmen land Moreover my neither nor of that the their thirty-second to twelve twentieth until was when year years OT History: Nehemiah 5:14 Moreover from the time that I was (Neh Ne) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |