Nehemiah 2:3-5 And said to the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchers, lies waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

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3 H559 And said H4428 to the king, H4428 Let the king H2421 live H5769 for ever: H4069 why H6440 should not my countenance H7489 be sad, H834 when H5892 the city, H1004 the place H1 of my fathers’ H6913 sepulchers, H2720 lies waste, H8179 and the gates H398 thereof are consumed H784 with fire?

4 H4428 Then the king H559 said H4100 to me, For what H1245 do you make request? H6419 So I prayed H430 to the God H8064 of heaven.

5 H559 And I said H4428 to the king, H518 If H2895 it please H4428 the king, H518 and if H5650 your servant H3190 have found favor H6440 in your sight, H7971 that you would send H3063 me to Judah, H5892 to the city H1 of my fathers’ H6913 sepulchers, H1129 that I may build it.