14 Moreover, from the day that he commissioned me to become their governor+ in the land of Judah, from the 20th year+ to the 32nd year+ of King Ar·ta·xerxʹes,+ 12 years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance due the governor.+

6 And during all this time I was not in Jerusalem, for I went to the king in the 32nd year+ of King Ar·ta·xerxʹes+ of Babylon; and sometime later I asked the king for a leave of absence.