strkjv@Nehemiah:2:1
@ And it came to pass in the
month
Nisan
, in the
twentieth
year
of
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
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:2:2
@ Wherefore the
king
said
unto me, Why is thy
countenance
sad
, seeing thou art not
sick
? this is nothing else but
sorrow
of
heart
. Then I was
very
sore
afraid
,
strkjv@Nehemiah:2:3
@ And
said
unto the
king
, Let the
king
live
for
ever
: why should not my
countenance
be
sad
, when the
city
, the
place
of my
fathers
sepulchres
, lieth
waste
, and the
gates
thereof are
consumed
with
fire
?
strkjv@Nehemiah:2:4
@ Then the
king
said
unto me, For what dost thou make
request
? So I
prayed
to the
God
of
heaven
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:2:5
@ And I
said
unto the
king
, If it
please
the
king
, and if thy
servant
have found
favour
in thy
sight
, that thou wouldest
send
me unto
Judah
, unto the
city
of my
fathers
sepulchres
, that I may
build
it.
strkjv@Nehemiah:2:6
@ And the
king
said
unto me, (the
queen
also
sitting
by
him
, ) For how long shall thy
journey
be? and when wilt thou
return
? So it
pleased
the
king
to
send
me; and I
set
him a
time
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:2:7
@ Moreover I
said
unto the
king
, If it
please
the
king
, let
letters
be
given
me to the
governors
beyond
the
river
, that they may convey me
over
till I
come
into
Judah
;
strkjv@Nehemiah:2:8
@ And a
letter
unto
Asaph
the
keeper
of the
kings
forest
, that he may
give
me
timber
to make
beams
for the
gates
of the
palace
which appertained to the
house
, and for the
wall
of the
city
, and for the
house
that I shall enter
into
. And the
king
granted
me, according to the
good
hand
of my
God
upon me.
strkjv@Nehemiah:2:9
@ Then I
came
to the
governors
beyond
the
river
, and
gave
them the
kings
letters
. Now the
king
had
sent
captains
of the
army
and
horsemen
with me.
strkjv@Nehemiah:2:10
@ When
Sanballat
the
Horonite
, and
Tobiah
the
servant
, the
Ammonite
,
heard
of it, it
grieved
them
exceedingly
that there was
come
a
man
to
seek
the
welfare
of the
children
of
Israel
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:2:11
@ So I
came
to
Jerusalem
, and was there
three
days
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:2:12
@ And I
arose
in the
night
, I and
some
few
men
with me; neither
told
I any
man
what my
God
had
put
in my
heart
to
do
at
Jerusalem
: neither was there any
beast
with me, save the
beast
that I rode
upon
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:2:13
@ And I went
out
by
night
by the
gate
of the
valley
, even
before
the
dragon
well
Eyn, and to the
dung
port
, and
viewed
the
walls
of
Jerusalem
, which were broken
down
, and the
gates
thereof were
consumed
with
fire
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:2:14
@ Then I went
on
to the
gate
of the
fountain
, and to the
kings
pool
: but there was no
place
for the
beast
that was under me to
pass
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:2:15
@ Then went I
up
in the
night
by the
brook
, and
viewed
the
wall
, and turned
back
, and
entered
by the
gate
of the
valley
, and so
returned
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:2:16
@ And the
rulers
knew
not whither I
went
, or what I
did
; neither had I as
yet
told
it to the
Jews
, nor to the
priests
, nor to the
nobles
, nor to the
rulers
, nor to the
rest
that
did
the
work
m@.
strkjv@Nehemiah:2:17
@ Then
said
I unto them, Ye
see
the
distress
that we are in, how
Jerusalem
lieth
waste
, and the
gates
thereof are
burned
with
fire
:
come
, and let us build
up
the
wall
of
Jerusalem
, that we be no more a
reproach
.
strkjv@Nehemiah:2:18
@ Then I
told
them of the
hand
of my
God
which was
good
upon me; as also the
kings
words
that he had
spoken
unto me. And they
said
, Let us rise
up
and
build
. So they
strengthened
their
hands
for this
good
work.
strkjv@Nehemiah:2:19
@ But when
Sanballat
the
Horonite
, and
Tobiah
the
servant
, the
Ammonite
, and
Geshem
the
Arabian
,
heard
it, they laughed us to
scorn
, and
despised
us, and
said
, What is this
thing
that ye
do
? will ye
rebel
against the
king
?
strkjv@Nehemiah:2:20
@ Then
answered
I them, and
said
unto them, The
God
of
heaven
, he will
prosper
us; therefore we his
servants
will
arise
and
build
: but ye have no
portion
, nor
right
, nor
memorial
, in
Jerusalem
.
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