Nehemiah 2:3-5 and I said to the king, Let the king live forever. Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, even the home of the tombs of my fathers, has been laid waste, and her gates have been devoured with fire?

CAB⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ and I said to the king, Let the king live forever. Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, even the home of the tombs of my fathers, has been laid waste, and her gates have been devoured with fire? ⁴ And the king said to me, For what do you ask thus? So I prayed 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 would send him into Judah, to the city of the tombs of my fathers; then will I rebuild it.