Nehemiah:2:6-10
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And the king said to me (
the queen sitting beside him ), "
How long will you be gone ,
and when will you return ?"
So it pleased the king to send me ;
and I set him a time .
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And I said to the king , "
If it pleases the king ,
let letters be given me to the governors of the province Beyond the River ,
that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah ;
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and a letter to Asaph ,
the keeper of the king '
s forest ,
that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress of the temple ,
and for the wall of the city ,
and for the house which I shall occupy ."
And the king granted me what I asked ,
for the good hand of my God was upon me .
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Then I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River ,
and gave them the king '
s letters .
Now the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen .
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But when Sanbal '
lat the Hor '
onite and Tobi '
ah the servant ,
the Ammonite ,
heard this ,
it displeased them greatly that some one had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel .
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