And it came to pass in the month (a) Nisan, in the twentieth year of (b) Artaxerxes the king, [that] wine [was] before him: and I took up the wine, and gave [it] unto the king. Now I had not been [beforetime] sad in his presence.
(a) Which was the first month of the year, and contains part of March and part of April.
(b) Who is also called Darius, (Ezra 7:1) and was the son of Hystaspis.