Nehemiah · נְחֶמְיָה

Nehemiah 13:6

וּבְכָ֣ל זֶה֩ לֹ֨א הָיִ֜יתִי בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֗ם כִּ֣י בִשְׁנַ֣ת שְׁלֹשִׁ֡ים וּשְׁתַּ֡יִם לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּ֡א מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֡ל בָּ֣אתִי אֶ֣ל הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ וּלְקֵ֡ץ יָמִ֡ים נִשְׁאַ֡לְתִּי מִן הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
vbkal zeh loʾ hayiytiy biyrvshaliam kiy bishnat shloshiym vshtayim lʾartaḥshastʾ melek babel baʾtiy ʾel hamelek vlqeṣ yamiym nishʾaltiy min hamelek
King James Version (KJV)

But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:

Modern English

While this was taking place, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king. And after some time I asked leave of the king

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