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And it came to pass in the month of Nisan ,
in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king :
that wine was before him ,
and I took up the wine ,
and gave it to the king :
and I was as one languishing away before his face .
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And the king said to me :
Why is thy countenance sad ,
seeing thou dost not appear to be sick ?
this is not without cause ,
but some evil ,
I know not what ,
is in thy heart .
And I was seized with an exceeding great fear :
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And I said to the king :
O king ,
live for ever :
why should not my countenance be sorrowful ,
seeing the city of the place of the sepulchres of my fathers is desolate ,
and the gates thereof are burnt with fire ?
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Then the king said to me :
For what dost thou make request ?
And I prayed to the God of heaven ,
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And I said to the king :
If it seem good to the king ,
and if thy servant hath found favour in thy sight ,
that thou wouldst send me into Judea to the city of the sepulchre of my father ,
and I will build it .
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And the king said to me ,
and the queen that sat by him :
For how long shall thy journey be ,
and when wilt thou return ?
And it pleased the king ,
and he sent me :
and I fixed him a time .
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And I said to the king :
If it seem good to the king ,
let him give me letters to the governors of the country beyond the river ,
that they convey me over ,
till I come into Judea :
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And a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king '
s forest ,
to give me timber that I may cover the gates of the tower of the house ,
and the walls of the city ,
and the house that I shall enter into .
And the king gave me according to the good hand of my God with me .
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And I came to the governors of the country beyond the river ,
and gave them the king '
s letters .
And the king had sent wish me captains of soldiers ,
and horsemen .
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And Sanaballat the Horonite ,
and Tobias the servant ,
the Ammonite ,
heard it ,
and it grieved them exceedingly ,
that a man was come ,
who sought the prosperity of the children of Israel .