Nehemiah 2:1-8 And it came to pass in the month Nisan , in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king , that wine was before him: and I took up the wine , and gave it to the king . Now I had not in times past been sad in his presence.

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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 [H8799] him: and I took up H3196 the wine H5414 [H8799] , and gave H4428 it to the king H7451 . Now I had not in times past been sad H6440 in his presence.

2 H4428 Therefore the king H559 [H8799] said H6440 to me, Why is thy countenance H7451 sad H2470 [H8802] , seeing thou art not sick H7455 ? this is nothing but sorrow H3820 of heart H3966 . Then I was very H7235 [H8687] greatly H3372 [H8799] afraid,

3 H559 [H8799] And said H4428 to the king H4428 , Let the king H2421 [H8799] live H5769 for ever H6440 : why should not my countenance H3415 [H8799] be sad H5892 , when the city H1004 , the place H1 of my fathers H6913 ' sepulchres H2720 , lieth waste H8179 , and its gates H398 [H8795] are consumed H784 with fire?

4 H4428 Then the king H559 [H8799] said H1245 [H8764] to me, For what dost thou make request H6419 [H8691] ? So I prayed H430 to the God H8064 of heaven.

5 H559 [H8799] And I said H4428 to the king H2895 [H8804] , If it should please H4428 the king H5650 , and if thy servant H3190 [H8799] hath found favour H6440 in thy sight H7971 [H8799] , that thou wouldest send H3063 me to Judah H5892 , to the city H1 of my fathers H6913 ' sepulchres H1129 [H8799] , that I may build it.

6 H4428 And the king H559 [H8799] said H7694 to me, (the queen H3427 [H8802] also sitting H681 by him H4109 ,) For how long shall thy journey H7725 [H8799] be? and when wilt thou return H3190 H6440 [H8799] ? So it pleased H4428 the king H7971 [H8799] to send H5414 [H8799] me; and I set H2165 him a time.

7 H559 [H8799] Moreover I said H4428 to the king H2895 [H8804] , If it should please H4428 the king H107 , let letters H5414 [H8799] be given H6346 me to the governors H5676 beyond H5104 the river H5674 [H8686] , that they may let me pass through H935 [H8799] till I come H3063 into Judah;

8 H107 And a letter H623 to Asaph H8104 [H8802] the keeper H4428 of the king's H6508 forest H5414 [H8799] , that he may give H6086 me timber H7136 [H8763] to make beams H8179 for the gates H1002 of the palace H1004 which is near to the house H2346 , and for the wall H5892 of the city H1004 , and for the house H935 [H8799] that I shall enter H4428 . And the king H5414 [H8799] granted H2896 me, according to the good H3027 hand H430 of my God upon me.