Commentaries:Barnes' Notes
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Nehemiah 2:6
The queen - Though the Persian kings practiced polygamy, they always had one chief wife, who alone was recognized as "queen." The chief wife of Longimanus was Damaspia.
I set him a time - Nehemiah appears to have stayed at Jerusalem twelve years from his first arrival Nehemiah 5:14; but he can scarcely have mentioned so long a term to the king. Probably his leave of absence was prolonged from time to time.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Nehemiah 2:6:
1 Kings 8:50
Nehemiah 2:18
Ecclesiastes 3:1
Daniel 7:23-27
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