Nehemiah:2:1-10

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* And it came to pass , in the month Nisan , in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king , that , wine , was before him , so I took up the wine , and gave unto the king , and I had never been sad before him . * Then said the king unto me , Wherefore is thy countenance sad , seeing that , thou , art not sick ? this is nothing else , but sadness of heart . Then feared I exceedingly , * and said unto the king Let the , king , unto times age-abiding , live ! Wherefore should my countenance , not be sad , when , the citythe place of the sepulchres of my fathers , lieth waste , and the gates thereof are consumed with fire ? * Then the king said to me , Concerning what , is it , thou , wouldst make request ? So I prayed unto the God of the heavens , * and then said unto the king , If , unto the king , it seemeth good , and if thy servant might find favour before thee , That thou wouldst send me unto Judah , unto the city of the sepulchres of my fathers , that I might build it . * And the king said unto me , the queen , also sitting beside him , For how long would be thy journey ? and when wouldst thou return ? So it seemed good before the king to send me , and I set him a time . * Then said I unto the king , If , unto the king , it seemeth good , may , letters , be given me , unto the pashas Beyond the River , that they may convey me over , until I come into Judah ; * also a letter unto Asaph , keeper of the park that belongeth unto the king , that he may give me timber to build up the gates of the fortress which pertaineth to the house , and for the wall of the city , and for the house whereinto I shall enter . And the king gave me , according to the good hand of my God upon me . * Then came I unto the pashas Beyond the River , and gave them the letters of the king , now the king , had sent with me , captains of the army , and horsemen . * And , when Sanballat the Horonite , and Tobiah the servant the Ammonite , heard of it , it vexed them , with a great vexation , that there had come a man , to seek welfare , for the sons of Israel .

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