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Chapter 2
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
month
Nisan,
in
the
twentieth
year
of
Artaxerxes
the
king,
that
wine
was
before
him:
and
I
took
up
the
wine,
and
gave
it
unto
the
king.
Now
I
had
not
been
beforetime
sad
in
his
presence.
2
Wherefore
the
king
said
unto
me,
Why
is
thy
countenance
sad,
seeing
thou
art
not
sick?
this
is
nothing
else
but
sorrow
of
heart.
Then
I
was
very
sore
afraid,
3
And
said
unto
the
king,
Let
the
king
live
for
ever:
why
should
not
my
countenance
be
sad,
when
the
city,
the
place
of
my
fathers’
sepulchres,
lieth
waste,
and
the
gates
thereof
are
consumed
with
fire?
4
Then
the
king
said
unto
me,
For
what
dost
thou
make
request?
So
I
prayed
to
the
God
of
heaven.
5
And
I
said
unto
the
king,
If
it
please
the
king,
and
if
thy
servant
have
found
favour
in
thy
sight,
that
thou
wouldest
send
me
unto
Judah,
unto
the
city
of
my
fathers’
sepulchres,
that
I
may
build
it.
6
And
the
king
said
unto
me,
(the
queen
also
sitting
by
him,)
For
how
long
shall
thy
journey
be?
and
when
wilt
thou
return?
So
it
pleased
the
king
to
send
me;
and
I
set
him
a
time.
7
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;
8
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.
9
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.
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.
11
So
I
came
to
Jerusalem,
and
was
there
three
days.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
17
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.
18
Then
I
told
them
of
the
hand
of
my
God
which
was
good
upon
me;
as
also
the
king’s
words
that
he
had
spoken
unto
me.
And
they
said,
Let
us
rise
up
and
build.
So
they
strengthened
their
hands
for
this
good
work.
19
But
when
Sanballat
the
Horonite,
and
Tobiah
the
servant,
the
Ammonite,
and
Geshem
the
Arabian,
heard
it,
they
laughed
us
to
scorn,
and
despised
us,
and
said,
What
is
this
thing
that
ye
do?
will
ye
rebel
against
the
king?
20
Then
answered
I
them,
and
said
unto
them,
The
God
of
heaven,
he
will
prosper
us;
therefore
we
his
servants
will
arise
and
build:
but
ye
have
no
portion,
nor
right,
nor
memorial,
in
Jerusalem.
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