Nehemiah 2 (kjv)

And it came to pass in the month^H2320 Nisan^H5212, in the twentieth^H6242 year^H8141 of Artaxerxes^H783 the king^H4428, that wine^H3196 was before^H6440 him: and I took up^H5375 the wine^H3196, and gave^H5414 it unto the king^H4428. Now I had not been beforetime sad^H7451 in his presence^H6440.²Wherefore the king^H4428 said^H559 unto me, Why is thy countenance^H6440 sad^H7451, seeing thou art not sick^H2470? this is nothing else but sorrow^H7455 of heart^H3820. Then I was very^H3966 sore^H7235 afraid^H3372,³And said^H559 unto the king^H4428, Let the king^H4428 live^H2421 for ever^H5769: why should not my countenance^H6440 be sad^H3415, when the city^H5892, the place^H1004 of my fathers^H1' sepulchres^H6913, lieth waste^H2720, and the gates^H8179 thereof are consumed^H398 with fire^H784?⁴Then the king^H4428 said^H559 unto me, For what dost thou make request^H1245? So I prayed^H6419 to the God^H430 of heaven^H8064.⁵And I said^H559 unto the king^H4428, If it please^H2895 the king^H4428, and if thy servant^H5650 have found favour^H3190 in thy sight^H6440, that thou wouldest send^H7971 me unto Judah^H3063, unto the city^H5892 of my fathers^H1' sepulchres^H6913, that I may build^H1129 it.

⁶And the king^H4428 said^H559 unto me, (the queen^H7694 also sitting^H3427 by him^H681,) For how long shall thy journey^H4109 be? and when wilt thou return^H7725? So it pleased^{H3190 H6440} the king^H4428 to send^H7971 me; and I set^H5414 him a time^H2165.⁷Moreover I said^H559 unto the king^H4428, If it please^H2895 the king^H4428, let letters^H107 be given^H5414 me to the governors^H6346 beyond^H5676 the river^H5104, that they may convey me over^H5674 till I come^H935 into Judah^H3063;⁸And a letter^H107 unto Asaph^H623 the keeper^H8104 of the king's^H4428 forest^H6508, that he may give^H5414 me timber^H6086 to make beams^H7136 for the gates^H8179 of the palace^H1002 which appertained to the house^H1004, and for the wall^H2346 of the city^H5892, and for the house^H1004 that I shall enter into^H935. And the king^H4428 granted^H5414 me, according to the good^H2896 hand^H3027 of my God^H430 upon me.

⁹Then I came^H935 to the governors^H6346 beyond^H5676 the river^H5104, and gave^H5414 them the king's^H4428 letters^H107. Now the king^H4428 had sent^H7971 captains^H8269 of the army^H2428 and horsemen^H6571 with me.¹⁰When Sanballat^H5571 the Horonite^H2772, and Tobiah^H2900 the servant^H5650, the Ammonite^H5984, heard^H8085 of it, it grieved^H3415 them exceedingly^{H7451 H1419} that there was come^H935 a man^H120 to seek^H1245 the welfare^H2896 of the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478.¹¹So I came^H935 to Jerusalem^H3389, and was there three^H7969 days^H3117.

¹²And I arose^H6965 in the night^H3915, I and some^H4592 few^H4592 men^H582 with me; neither told^H5046 I any man^H120 what my God^H430 had put^H5414 in my heart^H3820 to do^H6213 at Jerusalem^H3389: neither was there any beast^H929 with me, save the beast^H929 that I rode upon^H7392.¹³And I went out^H3318 by night^H3915 by the gate^H8179 of the valley^H1516, even before^H6440 the dragon^H8577 well^{H5869 H5886}, and to the dung^H830 port^H8179, and viewed^{H7663 H7665} the walls^H2346 of Jerusalem^H3389, which were broken down^H6555, and the gates^H8179 thereof were consumed^H398 with fire^H784.¹⁴Then I went on^H5674 to the gate^H8179 of the fountain^H5869, and to the king's^H4428 pool^H1295: but there was no place^H4725 for the beast^H929 that was under me to pass^H5674.¹⁵Then went I up^H5927 in the night^H3915 by the brook^H5158, and viewed^{H7663 H7665} the wall^H2346, and turned back^H7725, and entered^H935 by the gate^H8179 of the valley^H1516, and so returned^H7725.¹⁶And the rulers^H5461 knew^H3045 not whither I went^H1980, or what I did^H6213; neither had I as yet^H3651 told^H5046 it to the Jews^H3064, nor to the priests^H3548, nor to the nobles^H2715, nor to the rulers^H5461, nor to the rest^H3499 that did^H6213 the work^H4399.

¹⁷Then said^H559 I unto them, Ye see^H7200 the distress^H7451 that we are in, how Jerusalem^H3389 lieth waste^H2720, and the gates^H8179 thereof are burned^H3341 with fire^H784: come^H3212, and let us build up^H1129 the wall^H2346 of Jerusalem^H3389, that we be no more a reproach^H2781.¹⁸Then I told^H5046 them of the hand^H3027 of my God^H430 which was good^H2896 upon me; as also the king's^H4428 words^H1697 that he had spoken^H559 unto me. And they said^H559, Let us rise up^H6965 and build^H1129. So they strengthened^H2388 their hands^H3027 for this good^H2896 work.¹⁹But when Sanballat^H5571 the Horonite^H2772, and Tobiah^H2900 the servant^H5650, the Ammonite^H5984, and Geshem^H1654 the Arabian^H6163, heard^H8085 it, they laughed us to scorn^H3932, and despised^H959 us, and said^H559, What is this thing^H1697 that ye do^H6213? will ye rebel^H4775 against the king^H4428?²⁰Then answered^{H7725 H1697} I them, and said^H559 unto them, The God^H430 of heaven^H8064, he will prosper^H6743 us; therefore we his servants^H5650 will arise^H6965 and build^H1129: but ye have no portion^H2506, nor right^H6666, nor memorial^H2146, in Jerusalem^H3389.