Nehemiah 2:4-5

New American Standard Bible

⁴ Then the king said to me, “^[a]What would you request?” ^(A)So I prayed to the God of heaven. ⁵ Then I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor before you, I request that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may rebuild it.”