IN the moneth Nisan] Which was the first moneth of the yeer to the Jews, and seventh to the Chaldans and Persians: It contained part of March, and part of April. The news came to him three moneths before, chap. 1. 1. but he staid till his office brought him into the kings presence, and till the king spoke to him. of Artaxerxes the king] Artaxerxes Memor, mentioned Ezra 7:1. Others think him to be Artaxerxes Longimanus.