Nehemiah 2:3-5

Jubilee Bible 2000

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.

⁵ And I said unto the king, If it pleases the king, and if thy slave has found favour in thy sight, that thou would send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may rebuild it.