Nehemiah 2:3
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| Overview - Nehemiah 2 | |
| 1 | Artaxerxes, understanding the cause of Nehemiah's sadness, sends him with letters and commission to Jerusalem. |
| 9 | Nehemiah, to the grief of the enemies, comes to Jerusalem. |
| 12 | He views secretly the ruins of the walls. |
| 17 | He incites the Jews to build. |
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Nehemiah 2:3 (King James Version)
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
- Let the king
- Far from wishing ill to my master, I wish him to live for ever.
- 1 Kings 1:31 ; Daniel 2:4 ; 3:9 5:10 Daniel 6:6 Daniel 6:21
- the city
- 1:3 Psalms 102:14 ; 137:6 Lamentations 2:9
- the place
- 2 Chronicles 21:20 ; 28:27 32:33