Neh 5:14-15 | ESV | STEP | Moreover , from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah , from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king , twelve years , neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor .

Nehemiah 5:14-15

Nehemiah’s Generosity

14 Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from ^athe twentieth year to ^bthe thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, ^cneither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor. 15 The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration ^{▼▼Compare Vulgate; Hebrew took from them with food and wine afterward} forty shekels ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, ^fbecause of the fear of God.