和合本
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Nehemiah
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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.
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2
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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# ,
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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?
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4
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Then the king said# unto me, For what dost thou make request# ? So I prayed# to the God of heaven.
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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.
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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.
[queen: Heb. wife]
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7
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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;
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8
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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.
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9
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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.
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10
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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.
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11
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So I came# to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
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12
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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# .
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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.
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14
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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# .
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15
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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# .
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16
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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.
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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.
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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 .
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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?
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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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