Neh 2:1 | HCSB | STEP | During the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes , when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king . I had never been sad in his presence ,

‏ Nehemiah 2:1

1 During the month of Nisan ^{▼▼= March-April; called Abib in the pre-exilic period; Ex 13:4; Dt 16:1} in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, ^b when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,