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Nehemiah 2

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And it came to pass in the monthh2320 Nisanh5212, in the twentiethh6242 yearh8141 of Artaxerxesh783 the kingh4428, that wineh3196 was beforeh6440 him: and I took uph5375h8799 the wineh3196, and gaveh5414h8799 it unto the kingh4428. Now I had not been beforetime sadh7451 in his presenceh6440.

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Wherefore the kingh4428 saidh559h8799 unto me, Why is thy countenanceh6440 sadh7451, seeing thou art not sickh2470h8802? this is nothing else but sorrowh7455 of hearth3820. Then I was veryh3966 soreh7235h8687 afraidh3372h8799,

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And saidh559h8799 unto the kingh4428, Let the kingh4428 liveh2421h8799 for everh5769: why should not my countenanceh6440 be sadh3415h8799, when the cityh5892, the placeh1004 of my fathersh1' sepulchresh6913, lieth wasteh2720, and the gatesh8179 thereof are consumedh398h8795 with fireh784?

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Then the kingh4428 saidh559h8799 unto me, For what dost thou make requesth1245h8764? So I prayedh6419h8691 to the Godh430 of heavenh8064.

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And I saidh559h8799 unto the kingh4428, If it pleaseh2895h8804 the kingh4428, and if thy servanth5650 have found favourh3190h8799 in thy sighth6440, that thou wouldest sendh7971h8799 me unto Judahh3063, unto the cityh5892 of my fathersh1' sepulchresh6913, that I may buildh1129h8799 it.

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And the kingh4428 saidh559h8799 unto me, (the queenh7694 also sittingh3427h8802 by himh681,) For how long shall thy journeyh4109 be? and when wilt thou returnh7725h8799? So it pleasedh3190h8799h6440 the kingh4428 to sendh7971h8799 me; and I seth5414h8799 him a timeh2165. queen: Heb. wife

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Moreover I saidh559h8799 unto the kingh4428, If it pleaseh2895h8804 the kingh4428, let lettersh107 be givenh5414h8799 me to the governorsh6346 beyondh5676 the riverh5104, that they may convey me overh5674h8686 till I comeh935h8799 into Judahh3063;

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And a letterh107 unto Asaphh623 the keeperh8104h8802 of the king'sh4428 foresth6508, that he may giveh5414h8799 me timberh6086 to make beamsh7136h8763 for the gatesh8179 of the palaceh1002 which appertained to the househ1004, and for the wallh2346 of the cityh5892, and for the househ1004 that I shall enter intoh935h8799. And the kingh4428 grantedh5414h8799 me, according to the goodh2896 handh3027 of my Godh430 upon me.

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Then I cameh935h8799 to the governorsh6346 beyondh5676 the riverh5104, and gaveh5414h8799 them the king'sh4428 lettersh107. Now the kingh4428 had senth7971h8799 captainsh8269 of the armyh2428 and horsemenh6571 with me.

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When Sanballath5571 the Horoniteh2772, and Tobiahh2900 the servanth5650, the Ammoniteh5984, heardh8085h8799 of it , it grievedh3415h8799 them exceedinglyh7451h1419 that there was comeh935h8804 a manh120 to seekh1245h8763 the welfareh2896 of the childrenh1121 of Israelh3478.

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So I cameh935h8799 to Jerusalemh3389, and was there threeh7969 daysh3117.

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And I aroseh6965h8799 in the nighth3915, I and someh4592 fewh4592 menh582 with me; neither toldh5046h8689 I any manh120 what my Godh430 had puth5414h8802 in my hearth3820 to doh6213h8800 at Jerusalemh3389: neither was there any beasth929 with me, save the beasth929 that I rode uponh7392h8802.

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And I went outh3318h8799 by nighth3915 by the gateh8179 of the valleyh1516, even beforeh6440 the dragonh8577 wellh5869h8677h5886, and to the dungh830 porth8179, and viewedh7663h8802h8675h7665h8799 the wallsh2346 of Jerusalemh3389, which were broken downh6555h8803, and the gatesh8179 thereof were consumedh398h8795 with fireh784.

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Then I went onh5674h8799 to the gateh8179 of the fountainh5869, and to the king'sh4428 poolh1295: but there was no placeh4725 for the beasth929 that was under me to passh5674h8800.

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Then went I uph5927h8802 in the nighth3915 by the brookh5158, and viewedh7663h8802h8675h7665h8799 the wallh2346, and turned backh7725h8799, and enteredh935h8799 by the gateh8179 of the valleyh1516, and so returnedh7725h8799.

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And the rulersh5461 knewh3045h8804 not whither I wenth1980h8804, or what I didh6213h8802; neither had I as yeth3651 toldh5046h8689 it to the Jewsh3064, nor to the priestsh3548, nor to the noblesh2715, nor to the rulersh5461, nor to the resth3499 that didh6213h8802 the workh4399.

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Then saidh559h8799 I unto them, Ye seeh7200h8802 the distressh7451 that we are in, how Jerusalemh3389 lieth wasteh2720, and the gatesh8179 thereof are burnedh3341h8738 with fireh784: comeh3212h8798, and let us build uph1129h8799 the wallh2346 of Jerusalemh3389, that we be no more a reproachh2781.

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Then I toldh5046h8686 them of the handh3027 of my Godh430 which was goodh2896 upon me; as also the king'sh4428 wordsh1697 that he had spokenh559h8804 unto me. And they saidh559h8799, Let us rise uph6965h8799 and buildh1129h8804. So they strengthenedh2388h8762 their handsh3027 for this goodh2896 work .

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But when Sanballath5571 the Horoniteh2772, and Tobiahh2900 the servanth5650, the Ammoniteh5984, and Geshemh1654 the Arabianh6163, heardh8085h8799 it , they laughed us to scornh3932h8686, and despisedh959h8799 us, and saidh559h8799, What is this thingh1697 that ye doh6213h8802? will ye rebelh4775h8802 against the kingh4428?

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Then answeredh7725h8686h1697 I them, and saidh559h8799 unto them, The Godh430 of heavenh8064, he will prosperh6743h8686 us; therefore we his servantsh5650 will ariseh6965h8799 and buildh1129h8804: but ye have no portionh2506, nor righth6666, nor memorialh2146, in Jerusalemh3389.



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