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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;
tw{r.Giat0107 bw{j .$,l,M;ht04428 -l;[ -mia .$,l,M;lt04428 r;mw{a'w ? r,v]a r'h'N;ht05104 r,be[t05676 tw{w]x;Pt05414 -l;[ yil -.Wn.TIy ? h'd.Wh.yt03063 -l,a aw{b'a -r,v]a d;[ yin.Wryib][;y
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And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
.$,l,M;lt04428 r,v]a seD.r;P;ht06508 rem{vt08104 @'s'at0623 -l,a t,r,Gia.wt0107 ? yer][;vt08179 -t,a tw{r'q.l ~yice[ yil -n,TIy r,v]a ? tIy;B;l.wt01004 ryi['ht05892 t;mw{x.l.W tIy;B;lt01004 -r,v]a h'ryiB;ht01002 ? y;h{l/a -d;y.Kt03027 .$,l,M;ht04428 yil -n,TiY;wt05414 wy'lea aw{b'at0935 -r,v]a ? y'l'[ h'bw{J;h
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Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
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10
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
yin{M;['ht05984 d,b,['ht05650 h'Yibw{j.wt02900 yin{r{x;ht02772 j;L;b.n;st05571 [;m.viY;wt08085 ? veQ;b.lt01245 ~'d'at0120 a'B -r,v]a h'l{d.gt01419 h'['rt07451 ~,h'l [;reY;wt03415 ? lea'r.fIy yen.bil h'bw{j
11
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
~yim'y ~'v -yih/a'w ~i'l'v.Wr.yt03389 -l,a aw{b'a'wt0935 ? h'v{l.v
12
And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
yiT.d;Gih -a{l.w yiMi[ j;[.mt04592 ~yiv'n]a;wt0582 yin]a h'l.y;lt03915 ~.Wq'a'wt06965 ? tw{f][;l yiBilt03820 -l,a !et{n y;h{l/a h'm ~'d'a.lt0120 ? h'meh.B;ht0929 -mia yiK yiMi[ !yea h'meh.b.Wt0929 ~i'l'v.Wryilt03389 ? H'B bek{rt07392 yin]a r,v]a
13
And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well*, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
yen.Pt06440 -l,a.w h'l.y;lt03915 ay;G;ht01516 -r;[;v.bt08179 h'a.cea'wt03318 ? reb{ft07663 yih/a'w t{P.v;a'ht0830 r;[;vt08179 -l,a.w !yiN;T;ht08577 !ye[ ? 'hy,r'[.v.Wt08179 ~yic'wr{p.m;h -r,v]at0784 ~i;l'v.Wr.yt03389 t{mw{x.Bt02346 ? vea'b .Wl.KUat0398
14
Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
.$,l,M;ht04428 t;ker.Bt01295 -l,a.w !Iy;['h r;[;vt08179 -l,a r{b/[,a'wt05674 ? y'T.x;T r{b][;lt05674 h'meh.B;lt0929 ~w{q'mt04725 -nyea.w
15
Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
h'mw{x;Bt02346 reb{ft07663 yih/a'w h'l.y;lt03915 l;x;N;bt05158 h,l{[ yih/a'w ? b.Wv'a'wt07725 a.y;G;ht01516 r;[;v.Bt08179 aw{b'a'wt0935 b.Wv'a'wt07725
16
And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
yin]a h'm.W yiT.k;l'ht04399 h'n'a .W[.d'y a{l ~yin'g.S;h.w ? ~yin'g.S;l.w ~yir{x;l.wt02715 ~yin]h{K;l.w ~yid.Wh.Y;l.wt03064 h,f{[t06213 ? yiT.d;Gih a{l !eK -d;[ h'ka'l.M;h hef{[ r,t,y.l.Wt03499
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Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
.Wn.x;n]a r,v]at0784 h'['r'ht07451 ~yia{r ~,T;a ~,hel]a r;mw{a'w ? .Wt.Cin 'hy,r'[.v.Wt08179 h'ber]xt02720 ~i;l'v.Wr.yt03389 r,v]a H'b ? h,y.hin -a{l.w ~i;l'v.Wr.yt03389 t;mw{xt02346 -t,a h,n.bin.wt01129 .Wk.l vea'b ? h'P.r,xt02781 dw{[