וַיָּבֹ֥א יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַחֲמִישִׁ֑י הִ֛יא שְׁנַ֥ת הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖ית לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
И он пришел в Иерусалим на пятом месяце, который был на седьмом году правления царя.
Rosh Hashanah
Do not think this, for it is taught [in a baraita]: The things that Chanani said to Nechemiah in Kislev, Nechemiah said to the king in Nissan.
Rosh Hashanah
Rav Yosef attacked [with a logical question]: Firstly, if this is so, the verses are difficult with each other, for it is written (Ezra 6:15) "The Temple was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Daryavesh." And it is taught [in a baraita]: That same time, the next year, [Adar in the 7th year,] Ezra and his exile with him came up from Babylonia. And it is written, (Ezra 7:8) "And Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king." If [our suggestion that Nissan starts the year count for Daryavesh] is correct, it should have been the "8th year" [when Ezra had gone to Jerusalem]!