Nehemiah 2
King James Version with Strongs Numbers - Nehemiah 2 << | >> 12345678910111213 2:1 And it came to pass in the month2320 Nisan5212, in the twentieth6242 year8141 of Artaxerxes0783 the king4428, {that} wine3196 {was} before6440 him: and I took up5375 the wine3196, and gave5414 {it} unto the king4428. Now I had not been {beforetime} sad7451 in his presence6440. 2:2 Wherefore the king4428 said0559 unto me, Why {is} thy countenance6440 sad7451, seeing thou {art} not sick2470? this {is} nothing {else} but sorrow7455 of heart3820. Then I was very3966 sore7235 afraid3372, 2:3 And said0559 unto the king4428, Let the king4428 live2421 for ever5769: why should not my countenance6440 be sad3415, when the city5892, the place1004 of my fathers'0001 sepulchres6913, {lieth} waste2720, and the gates8179 thereof are consumed0398 with fire0784? 2:4 Then the king4428 said0559 unto me, For what dost thou make request1245? So I prayed6419 to the God0430 of heaven8064. 2:5 And I said0559 unto the king4428, If it please2895 the king4428, and if thy servant5650 have found favour3190 in thy sight6440, that thou wouldest send7971 me unto Judah3063, unto the city5892 of my fathers'0001 sepulchres6913, that I may build1129 it. 2:6 And the king4428 said0559 unto me, (the queen7694 also sitting3427 by him0681,) For how long shall thy journey4109 be? and when wilt thou return7725? So it pleased3190-6440 the king4428 to send7971 me; and I set5414 him a time2165. 2:7 Moreover I said0559 unto the king4428, If it please2895 the king4428, let letters0107 be given5414 me to the governors6346 beyond5676 the river5104, that they may convey me over5674 till I come0935 into Judah3063; 2:8 And a letter0107 unto Asaph0623 the keeper8104 of the king's4428 forest6508, that he may give5414 me timber6086 to make beams7136 for the gates8179 of the palace1002 which {appertained} to the house1004, and for the wall2346 of the city5892, and for the house1004 that I shall enter into0935. And the king4428 granted5414 me, according to the good2896 hand3027 of my God0430 upon me. 2:9 Then I came0935 to the governors6346 beyond5676 the river5104, and gave5414 them the king's4428 letters0107. Now the king4428 had sent7971 captains8269 of the army2428 and horsemen6571 with me. 2:10 When Sanballat5571 the Horonite2772, and Tobiah2900 the servant5650, the Ammonite5984, heard8085 {of it}, it grieved3415 them exceedingly7451-1419 that there was come0935 a man0120 to seek1245 the welfare2896 of the children1121 of Israel3478. 2:11 So I came0935 to Jerusalem3389, and was there three7969 days3117. 2:12 And I arose6965 in the night3915, I and some4592 few4592 men0582 with me; neither told5046 I {any} man0120 what my God0430 had put5414 in my heart3820 to do6213 at Jerusalem3389: neither {was there any} beast0929 with me, save the beast0929 that I rode upon7392. 2:13 And I went out3318 by night3915 by the gate8179 of the valley1516, even before6440 the dragon8577 well5869-5886, and to the dung0830 port8179, and viewed7663-7665 the walls2346 of Jerusalem3389, which were broken down6555, and the gates8179 thereof were consumed0398 with fire0784. 2:14 Then I went on5674 to the gate8179 of the fountain5869, and to the king's4428 pool1295: but {there was} no place4725 for the beast0929 {that was} under me to pass5674. 2:15 Then went I up5927 in the night3915 by the brook5158, and viewed7663-7665 the wall2346, and turned back7725, and entered0935 by the gate8179 of the valley1516, and {so} returned7725. 2:16 And the rulers5461 knew3045 not whither I went1980, or what I did6213; neither had I as yet3651 told5046 {it} to the Jews3064, nor to the priests3548, nor to the nobles2715, nor to the rulers5461, nor to the rest3499 that did6213 the work4399. 2:17 Then said0559 I unto them, Ye see7200 the distress7451 that we {are} in, how Jerusalem3389 {lieth} waste2720, and the gates8179 thereof are burned3341 with fire0784: come3212, and let us build up1129 the wall2346 of Jerusalem3389, that we be no more a reproach2781. 2:18 Then I told5046 them of the hand3027 of my God0430 which was good2896 upon me; as also the king's4428 words1697 that he had spoken0559 unto me. And they said0559, Let us rise up6965 and build1129. So they strengthened2388 their hands3027 for {this} good2896 {work}. 2:19 But when Sanballat5571 the Horonite2772, and Tobiah2900 the servant5650, the Ammonite5984, and Geshem1654 the Arabian6163, heard8085 {it}, they laughed us to scorn3932, and despised0959 us, and said0559, What {is} this thing1697 that ye do6213? will ye rebel4775 against the king4428? 2:20 Then answered7725-1697 I them, and said0559 unto them, The God0430 of heaven8064, he will prosper6743 us; therefore we his servants5650 will arise6965 and build1129: but ye have no portion2506, nor right6666, nor memorial2146, in Jerusalem3389.