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"I said to the king, "Let the king live forever! Why shouldn't my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?" "
Rebuilding Jerusalem's walls and spiritual renewal under Nehemiah.
Old Testament • Book #16
It happened in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before h...
Nehemiah 2:2The king said to me, "Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow ...
Nehemiah 2:4Then the king said to me, "For what do you make request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Nehemiah 2:5I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that...
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