Nehemiah 2:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Nehemiah 2:1

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.

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Interlinear Bible for Nehemiah 2:1:

And it came to pass
hayah (#1961) in the month
chodesh (#2320) Nisan,
Niycan (#5212) in the twentieth
`esriym (#6242) year
shaneh (#8141) of Artaxerxes
'Artachshashta' (#783) the king,
melek (#4428) that wine
yayin (#3196) was before
paniym (#6440) him: and I took up
nasa' (#5375)
'eth (#853) the wine,
yayin (#3196) and gave
nathan (#5414) it unto the king.
melek (#4428) Now I had not
lo' (#3808) been
hayah (#1961) formerly sad
ra` (#7451) in his presence.
paniym (#6440)

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