Ezra’s Arrival

7 After these events, during the reign of King Artaxerxes^(A) of Persia, Ezra –

⁸ Ezra^[a] came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, during the seventh year of the king.

Nehemiah Sent to Jerusalem

2 During the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes,^(A) when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,