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Chapter 2
And
it
came
to
passe,
in
the
moneth
Nisan,
in
the
twentieth
yeere
of
Artaxerxes
the
king,
that
wine
was
before
him:
and
I
tooke
vp
the
wine,
and
gaue
it
vnto
the
King:
now
I
had
not
bene
beforetime
sad
in
his
presence.
2
Wherefore
the
king
said
vnto
me,
Why
is
thy
countenance
sadde,
seeing
thou
art
not
sicke?
this
is
nothing
else
but
sorrow
of
heart.
Then
I
was
very
sore
afraid,
3
And
said
vnto
the
king,
Let
the
king
liue
for
euer:
why
should
not
my
countenance
be
sad,
when
the
city,
the
place
of
my
fathers
Sepulchres,
lyeth
waste,
and
the
gates
thereof
are
consumed
with
fire?
4
Then
the
king
said
vnto
me,
For
what
doest
thou
make
request?
So
I
prayed
to
the
God
of
heauen.
5
And
I
said
vnto
the
king,
If
it
please
the
king,
and
if
thy
seruant
haue
found
fauour
in
thy
sight,
that
thou
wouldest
send
me
vnto
Iudah
vnto
the
City
of
my
fathers
sepulchres,
that
I
may
build
it.
6
And
the
king
saide
vnto
mee
(the
Queene
also
sitting
by
him)
For
how
long
shall
thy
iourney
bee?
and
when
wilt
thou
returne?
So
it
pleased
the
king
to
send
me,
and
I
set
him
a
time.
7
Moreouer
I
saide
vnto
the
king,
If
it
please
the
king,
let
letters
be
giuen
mee
to
the
gouernours
beyond
the
Riuer,
that
they
may
conuey
me
ouer,
till
I
come
into
Iudah;
8
And
a
letter
vnto
Asaph
the
keeper
of
the
kings
forrest,
that
he
may
giue
me
timber
to
make
beames
for
the
gates
of
the
palace
which
appertained
to
the
house,
and
for
the
wall
of
the
Citie,
and
for
the
house
that
I
shall
enter
into:
And
the
king
granted
me,
according
to
the
good
hand
of
my
God
vpon
me.
9
Then
I
came
to
the
gouernours
beyond
the
riuer,
and
gaue
them
the
kings
letters:
(now
the
king
had
sent
captaines
of
the
army,
and
horsemen
with
me.)
10
When
Sanballat
the
Horonite,
and
Tobiah
the
seruant,
the
Ammonite,
heard
of
it,
it
grieued
them
exceedingly,
that
there
was
come
a
man,
to
seeke
the
welfare
of
the
children
of
Israel.
11
So
I
came
to
Ierusalem,
and
was
there
three
dayes.
12
And
I
arose
in
the
night,
I,
and
some
few
men
with
mee,
neither
tolde
I
any
man
what
God
had
put
in
my
heart
to
doe
at
Ierusalem:
neither
was
there
any
beast
with
mee,
saue
the
beast
that
I
rode
vpon.
13
And
I
went
out
by
night,
by
the
gate
of
the
valley,
euen
before
the
dragon
well,
and
to
the
doung-port,
and
viewed
the
walls
of
Ierusalem,
which
were
broken
downe,
and
the
gates
thereof
were
consumed
with
fire.
14
Then
I
went
on
to
the
gate
of
the
fountaine,
and
to
the
kings
poole:
but
there
was
no
place
for
the
beast
that
was
vnder
me,
to
passe.
15
Then
went
I
vp
in
the
night
by
the
brooke,
and
viewed
the
wall,
and
turned
backe,
and
entred
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
tolde
it
to
the
Iewes,
nor
to
the
Priests,
nor
to
the
nobles,
nor
to
the
rulers,
nor
to
the
rest
that
did
the
worke.
17
Then
said
I
vnto
them,
Yee
see
the
distresse
that
we
are
in,
how
Ierusalem
lieth
waste,
and
the
gates
therof
are
burnt
with
fire:
come,
and
let
vs
builde
vp
the
wall
of
Ierusalem,
that
we
be
no
more
a
reproch.
18
Then
I
told
them
of
the
hand
of
my
God,
which
was
good
vpon
me;
as
also
the
kings
wordes
that
he
had
spoken
vnto
me.
And
they
said,
Let
vs
rise
vp
and
builde.
So
they
strengthened
their
hands
for
this
good
worke.
19
But
when
Sanballat
the
Horonite,
and
Tobiah
the
seruant
the
Ammonite,
and
Geshem
the
Arabian
heard
it,
they
laughed
vs
to
scorne,
and
despised
vs,
and
said,
What
is
this
thing
that
yee
doe?
will
ye
rebell
against
the
king?
20
Then
answered
I
them,
and
said
vnto
them,
The
God
of
heauen,
he
will
prosper
vs,
therefore
wee
his
seruants
will
arise
and
build:
But
you
haue
no
portion,
nor
right,
nor
memoriall
in
Ierusalem.
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