Nehemiah 2:3-5

Evangelical Heritage Version

³ I said to the king, “May the king live forever! Why shouldn’t I look sad when the city, the place of my ancestors’ tombs, lies in ruins, and its gates have been consumed by fire?”

⁴ Then the king said to me, “What do you want?”

So I prayed to the God of Heaven, ⁵ and I said to the king, “If it seems good to the king, and if you look upon your servant with favor, then send me to Judah, to the city where my ancestors’ tombs are, and let me rebuild it.”