Nehemiah 2:5
Nehemiah's Request to King Artaxerxes
Nehemiah 2:5
And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
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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.
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Nehemiah 2:6
And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.