Nehemiah 2:3

Nehemiah's Request to King Artaxerxes

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Nehemiah 2:3

And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

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Nehemiah 2:2

Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,

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Nehemiah 2:4

Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.