Nehemiah 2:2-4

Jubilee Bible 2000

² the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? This is nothing else but brokenness of heart. Then I was very sore afraid

³ and said unto the king, Let the king live for ever; why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the house of my fathers’ sepulchres, lies waste, and its gates are consumed with fire?

⁴ Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of the heavens.