Nehemiah 2 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Nehemiah’s Prayer Answered

And it came^H1961 about^H1961 in the month^H2320 Nisan^H5212, in the twentieth^H6242 year^H8141 of King^H4428 Artaxerxes^H783, that wine^H3196 was before^H6440 him, and I picked^H5375 up^H5375 the wine^H3196 and gave^H5414 it to the king^H4428. Now I had not been^H1961 sad^H7451 in his presence^H6440.

Neh 2:2

Neh 2:2So the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This is nothing but sadness of heart.” Then I was very much afraid.

Neh 2:3

Neh 2:3And I said to the king, “May the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad when the city, the [fn]site of my fathers’ tombs, is desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire?”

Neh 2:4

Neh 2:4Then the king said to me, “[fn]What would you request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.

Neh 2:5

Neh 2:5Then I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor before you, I request that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may rebuild it.”

Neh 2:6

Neh 2:6Then the king said to me, with the queen sitting beside him, “How long will your journey be, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I gave him a definite time.

Neh 2:7

Neh 2:7And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me for the governors of the provinces beyond the River, so that they will allow me to pass through until I come to Judah,

Neh 2:8

Neh 2:8and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel which is by the [fn]temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house to which I will go.” And the king granted them to me because the good hand of my God was on me.

Neh 2:9

Then I came^H935 to the governors^H6346 of the provinces beyond^H5676 the Euphrates River^H5104 and gave^H5414 them the king’s^H4428 letters^H107. Now the king^H4428 had sent^H7971 with me officers^H8269 of the army^H2428 and horsemen^H6571.

Neh 2:10

Neh 2:10And when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite [fn]official heard about it, it was very displeasing to them that someone had come to seek the welfare of the sons of Israel.

Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem’s Walls

Neh 2:11

So I came^H935 to Jerusalem^H3389 and was there^H8033 for three^H7969 days^H3117.

Neh 2:12

Neh 2:12And I got up in the night, I and a few men with me. I did not tell anyone what my God was putting into my [fn]mind to do for Jerusalem, and there was no animal with me except the animal on which I was riding.

Neh 2:13

Neh 2:13So I went out at night by the Valley Gate in the direction of the Dragon’s Spring and on to the Dung Gate, and I was inspecting the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and its gates which had been consumed by fire.

Neh 2:14

Neh 2:14Then I passed on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was no place for [fn]my mount to pass.

Neh 2:15

Neh 2:15So I was going up at night by the ravine and inspecting the wall. Then I entered the Valley Gate again and returned.

Neh 2:16

Neh 2:16However, the officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing; nor had I as yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, or the rest who were doing the work.

Neh 2:17

Then I said^H559 to them, “You see^H7200 the bad^H7451 situation^H7451 we are in, that Jerusalem^H3389 is desolate^H2720 and its gates^H8179 have been burned^H3341 by fire^H784. Come^H1980, let’s rebuild^H1129 the wall^H2346 of Jerusalem^H3389 so that we will no^H3808 longer^H5750 be a disgrace^H2781.”

Neh 2:18

Neh 2:18And I told them how the hand of my God had been favorable to me and also about the king’s words which he had spoken to me. Then they said, “Let’s arise and build.” So they put their hands to the good work.

Neh 2:19

Neh 2:19But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite [fn]official, and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they mocked us and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

Neh 2:20

Neh 2:20So I answered them and said to them, “The God of heaven will make us successful; therefore we His servants will arise and build, but you have no part, right, or memorial in Jerusalem.”

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NASB20 Footnotes

(2:3)

Lit house

(2:4)

Lit For what is this you

Lit house

Lit servant

Lit heart

Lit the animal under me

(2:19)

Lit servant

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Nehemiah’s Prayer Answered

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