George Leo Haydock, on Neh 2:6

“And the king said to me, and the queen that sat by him: For how long shall thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? And it pleased the king, and he sent me: and I fixed him a time.”

“And, &c. In private the queen might dine with her husband, but not in public, Esther i. (Calmet) — Queen; probably Esther, if she were married to this king. (Menochius) — But this is uncertain. (Haydock) — Usher thinks it was Damaspia, mentioned by Ctesias. (Calmet) — Time, when I should return. Some say a year (Tirinus) or two afterwards; but it is generally believed that he begged to be absent twelve years. He then waited on the king eight or ten years, and returned into Judea towards the end of the reign of Artaxerxes, chap. xiii. 6. (Calmet) — He perhaps asked permission to visit Jerusalem for only a short period, at first, but his presence being deemed necessary, he was permitted to continue there as governor full twelve years. (Menochius)”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.