Nehemiah 2:7

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.

Nehemiah 2:7  (King James Version)
Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;