KJV_Strongs(i)
1
H2320
And it came to pass in the month
H5212
Nisan
H6242
, in the twentieth
H8141
year
H783
of Artaxerxes
H4428
the king
H3196
, that wine
H6440
was before
H5375
him: and I took up
[H8799]
H3196
the wine
H5414
, and gave
[H8799]
H4428
it unto the king
H7451
. Now I had not been beforetime sad
H6440
in his presence.
2
H4428
Wherefore the king
H559
said
[H8799]
H6440
unto me, Why is thy countenance
H7451
sad
H2470
, seeing thou art not sick
[H8802]
H7455
? this is nothing else but sorrow
H3820
of heart
H3966
. Then I was very
H7235
sore
[H8687]
H3372
afraid
[H8799]
,
3
H559
And said
[H8799]
H4428
unto the king
H4428
, Let the king
H2421
live
[H8799]
H5769
for ever
H6440
: why should not my countenance
H3415
be sad
[H8799]
H5892
, when the city
H1004
, the place
H1
of my fathers
H6913
' sepulchres
H2720
, lieth waste
H8179
, and the gates
H398
thereof are consumed
[H8795]
H784
with fire?
4
H4428
Then the king
H559
said
[H8799]
H1245
unto me, For what dost thou make request
[H8764]
H6419
? So I prayed
[H8691]
H430
to the God
H8064
of heaven.
5
H559
And I said
[H8799]
H4428
unto the king
H2895
, If it please
[H8804]
H4428
the king
H5650
, and if thy servant
H3190
have found favour
[H8799]
H6440
in thy sight
H7971
, that thou wouldest send
[H8799]
H3063
me unto Judah
H5892
, unto the city
H1
of my fathers
H6913
' sepulchres
H1129
, that I may build
[H8799]
it.
6
H4428
And the king
H559
said
[H8799]
H7694
unto me, (the queen
H3427
also sitting
[H8802]
H681
by him
H4109
,) For how long shall thy journey
H7725
be? and when wilt thou return
[H8799]
H3190
? So it pleased
[H8799]
H6440
H4428
the king
H7971
to send
[H8799]
H5414
me; and I set
[H8799]
H2165
him a time.
7
H559
Moreover I said
[H8799]
H4428
unto the king
H2895
, If it please
[H8804]
H4428
the king
H107
, let letters
H5414
be given
[H8799]
H6346
me to the governors
H5676
beyond
H5104
the river
H5674
, that they may convey me over
[H8686]
H935
till I come
[H8799]
H3063
into Judah;
8
H107
And a letter
H623
unto Asaph
H8104
the keeper
[H8802]
H4428
of the king's
H6508
forest
H5414
, that he may give
[H8799]
H6086
me timber
H7136
to make beams
[H8763]
H8179
for the gates
H1002
of the palace
H1004
which appertained to the house
H2346
, and for the wall
H5892
of the city
H1004
, and for the house
H935
that I shall enter into
[H8799]
H4428
. And the king
H5414
granted
[H8799]
H2896
me, according to the good
H3027
hand
H430
of my God upon me.
9
H935
Then I came
[H8799]
H6346
to the governors
H5676
beyond
H5104
the river
H5414
, and gave
[H8799]
H4428
them the king's
H107
letters
H4428
. Now the king
H7971
had sent
[H8799]
H8269
captains
H2428
of the army
H6571
and horsemen with me.
10
H5571
When Sanballat
H2772
the Horonite
H2900
, and Tobiah
H5650
the servant
H5984
, the Ammonite
H8085
, heard
[H8799]
H3415
of it, it grieved
[H8799]
H7451
them exceedingly
H1419
H935
that there was come
[H8804]
H120
a man
H1245
to seek
[H8763]
H2896
the welfare
H1121
of the children
H3478
of Israel.
12
H6965
And I arose
[H8799]
H3915
in the night
H4592
, I and some
H4592
few
H582
men
H5046
with me; neither told
[H8689]
H120
I any man
H430
what my God
H5414
had put
[H8802]
H3820
in my heart
H6213
to do
[H8800]
H3389
at Jerusalem
H929
: neither was there any beast
H929
with me, save the beast
H7392
that I rode upon
[H8802]
.
13
H3318
And I went out
[H8799]
H3915
by night
H8179
by the gate
H1516
of the valley
H6440
, even before
H8577
the dragon
H5869
well
[H8677]
H5886
H830
, and to the dung
H8179
port
H7663
, and viewed
[H8802]
[H8675]
H7665
[H8799]
H2346
the walls
H3389
of Jerusalem
H6555
, which were broken down
[H8803]
H8179
, and the gates
H398
thereof were consumed
[H8795]
H784
with fire.
14
H5674
Then I went on
[H8799]
H8179
to the gate
H5869
of the fountain
H4428
, and to the king's
H1295
pool
H4725
: but there was no place
H929
for the beast
H5674
that was under me to pass
[H8800]
.
15
H5927
Then went I up
[H8802]
H3915
in the night
H5158
by the brook
H7663
, and viewed
[H8802]
[H8675]
H7665
[H8799]
H2346
the wall
H7725
, and turned back
[H8799]
H935
, and entered
[H8799]
H8179
by the gate
H1516
of the valley
H7725
, and so returned
[H8799]
.
16
H5461
And the rulers
H3045
knew
[H8804]
H1980
not whither I went
[H8804]
H6213
, or what I did
[H8802]
H3651
; neither had I as yet
H5046
told
[H8689]
H3064
it to the Jews
H3548
, nor to the priests
H2715
, nor to the nobles
H5461
, nor to the rulers
H3499
, nor to the rest
H6213
that did
[H8802]
H4399
the work.
17
H559
Then said
[H8799]
H7200
I unto them, Ye see
[H8802]
H7451
the distress
H3389
that we are in, how Jerusalem
H2720
lieth waste
H8179
, and the gates
H3341
thereof are burned
[H8738]
H784
with fire
H3212
: come
[H8798]
H1129
, and let us build up
[H8799]
H2346
the wall
H3389
of Jerusalem
H2781
, that we be no more a reproach.
18
H5046
Then I told
[H8686]
H3027
them of the hand
H430
of my God
H2896
which was good
H4428
upon me; as also the king's
H1697
words
H559
that he had spoken
[H8804]
H559
unto me. And they said
[H8799]
H6965
, Let us rise up
[H8799]
H1129
and build
[H8804]
H2388
. So they strengthened
[H8762]
H3027
their hands
H2896
for this good work .
19
H5571
But when Sanballat
H2772
the Horonite
H2900
, and Tobiah
H5650
the servant
H5984
, the Ammonite
H1654
, and Geshem
H6163
the Arabian
H8085
, heard
[H8799]
H3932
it, they laughed us to scorn
[H8686]
H959
, and despised
[H8799]
H559
us, and said
[H8799]
H1697
, What is this thing
H6213
that ye do
[H8802]
H4775
? will ye rebel
[H8802]
H4428
against the king?
20
H7725
Then answered
[H8686]
H1697
H559
I them, and said
[H8799]
H430
unto them, The God
H8064
of heaven
H6743
, he will prosper
[H8686]
H5650
us; therefore we his servants
H6965
will arise
[H8799]
H1129
and build
[H8804]
H2506
: but ye have no portion
H6666
, nor right
H2146
, nor memorial
H3389
, in Jerusalem.