Nehemiah Sent to Judah
1 And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of aKing Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, that bI took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never been sad in his presence before.
2 Therefore the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing but asorrow of heart.” So I became dreadfully afraid,
3 and said to the king, a“May the king live forever! Why should my face not be sad, when bthe city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates are burned with cfire?”
4 Then the king said to me, “What do you request?” So I aprayed to the God of heaven.
5 And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may rebuild it.”
6 Then the king said to me (the queen also sitting beside him), “How long will your journey be? And when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him aa time.
7 Furthermore I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given to me for the agovernors of the region beyond1 the River, that they must permit me to pass through till I come to Judah,
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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No entry exists in Barnes' Notes for Nehemiah 2:3.
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