Nehemiah 2:1 And it came to pass in the month2320 Nisan,5212 in the twentieth6242 year8141 of Artaxerxes783 the king,4428 that wine3196 was before6440 him: and I took up5375 the wine,3196 and gave5414 it unto the king.4428 Now I had not been beforetime sad7451 in his presence.6440 cr 2 Wherefore the king4428 said559 unto me, Why is thy countenance6440 sad,7451 seeing thou art not sick?2470 this is nothing else but sorrow7455 of heart.3820 Then I was very3966 sore7235 afraid,3372 cr 3 And said559 unto the king,4428 Let the king4428 live2421 for ever:5769 why should not my countenance6440 be sad,3415 when the city,5892 the place1004 of my fathers'1 sepulchres,6913 lieth waste,2720 and the gates8179 thereof are consumed398 with fire?784 cr 4 Then the king4428 said559 unto me, For what dost thou make request?1245 So I prayed6419 to the God430 of heaven.8064 cr 5 And I said559 unto the king,4428 If it please2895 the king,4428 and if thy servant5650 have found favour3190 in thy sight,6440 that thou wouldest send7971 me unto Judah,3063 unto the city5892 of my fathers'1 sepulchres,6913 that I may build1129 it. cr 6 And the king4428 said559 unto me, (the queen7694{Heb. wife} also sitting3427 by him,)681 For how long shall thy journey4109 be? and when wilt thou return?7725 So it pleased3190 6440 the king4428 to send7971 me; and I set5414 him a time.2165 cr 7 Moreover I said559 unto the king,4428 If it please2895 the king,4428 let letters107 be given5414 me to the governors6346 beyond5676 the river,5104 that they may convey me over5674 till I come935 into Judah;3063 cr 8 And a letter107 unto Asaph623 the keeper8104 of the king's4428 forest,6508 that he may give5414 me timber6086 to make beams7136 for the gates8179 of the palace1002 which appertained to the house,1004 and for the wall2346 of the city,5892 and for the house1004 that I shall enter into.935 And the king4428 granted5414 me, according to the good2896 hand3027 of my God430 upon me. cr

Nehemiah 2:9 Then I came935 to the governors6346 beyond5676 the river,5104 and gave5414 them the king's4428 letters.107 Now the king4428 had sent7971 captains8269 of the army2428 and horsemen6571 with me. cr 10 When Sanballat5571 the Horonite,2772 and Tobiah2900 the servant,5650 the Ammonite,5984 heard8085 of it, it grieved3415 them exceedingly7451 1419 that there was come935 a man120 to seek1245 the welfare2896 of the children1121 of Israel.3478 cr

Nehemiah 2:11 So I came935 to Jerusalem,3389 and was there three7969 days.3117 cr 12 And I arose6965 in the night,3915 I and some4592 few4592 men582 with me; neither told5046 I any man120 what my God430 had put5414 in my heart3820 to do6213 at Jerusalem:3389 neither was there any beast929 with me, save the beast929 that I rode upon.7392 cr 13 And I went out3318 by night3915 by the gate8179 of the valley,1516 even before6440 the dragon8577 well,5869 5886 and to the dung830 port,8179 and viewed7663 7665 the walls2346 of Jerusalem,3389 which were broken down,6555 and the gates8179 thereof were consumed398 with fire.784 cr 14 Then I went on5674 to the gate8179 of the fountain,5869 and to the king's4428 pool:1295 but there was no place4725 for the beast929 that was under me to pass.5674 cr 15 Then went I up5927 in the night3915 by the brook,5158 and viewed7663 7665 the wall,2346 and turned back,7725 and entered935 by the gate8179 of the valley,1516 and so returned.7725 cr 16 And the rulers5461 knew3045 not whither I went,1980 or what I did;6213 neither had I as yet3651 told5046 it to the Jews,3064 nor to the priests,3548 nor to the nobles,2715 nor to the rulers,5461 nor to the rest3499 that did6213 the work.4399 cr

Nehemiah 2:17 Then said559 I unto them, Ye see7200 the distress7451 that we are in, how Jerusalem3389 lieth waste,2720 and the gates8179 thereof are burned3341 with fire:784 come,3212 and let us build up1129 the wall2346 of Jerusalem,3389 that we be no more a reproach.2781 cr 18 Then I told5046 them of the hand3027 of my God430 which was good2896 upon me; as also the king's4428 words1697 that he had spoken559 unto me. And they said,559 Let us rise up6965 and build.1129 So they strengthened2388 their hands3027 for this good2896 work. cr 19 But when Sanballat5571 the Horonite,2772 and Tobiah2900 the servant,5650 the Ammonite,5984 and Geshem1654 the Arabian,6163 heard8085 it, they laughed us to scorn,3932 and despised959 us, and said,559 What is this thing1697 that ye do?6213 will ye rebel4775 against the king?4428 cr 20 Then answered7725 1697 I them, and said559 unto them, The God430 of heaven,8064 he will prosper6743 us; therefore we his servants5650 will arise6965 and build:1129 but ye have no portion,2506 nor right,6666 nor memorial,2146 in Jerusalem.3389 cr