Nehemiah 2:7-9
English Standard Version Anglicised
7 And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given to me (A)for the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah, 8 and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of (B)the fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy.” And the king granted me what I asked, (C)for the good hand of my God was upon me.
Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem's Walls
9 Then I came to (D)the governors of the province Beyond the River and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen.
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