kjv Nehemiah:2:1-10 SEEK
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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 :
and I took up the wine ,
and gave it unto the king .
Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence .
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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 ,
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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 ?
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Then the king said unto me ,
For what dost thou make request ?
So I prayed to the God of heaven .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ;
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And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king '
s 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 .
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Then I came to the governors beyond the river ,
and gave them the king '
s letters .
Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me .
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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 .