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1 It came about in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes, during the month of Nissan, the king was about to drink some wine that I was preparing for him. Now I had never looked troubled in his presence. 2 The king asked me, |Why do you look so troubled, since you're not ill? This cannot be anything else but troubles of the heart.| Then I was filled with fear. 3 I replied to the king, |May the king live forever. Why shouldn't I be troubled, since the city where my ancestral sepulchers are located lies waste, with its gates burned by fire?| Nehemiah 2:1-3, Intl. Standard Version. Copyright © 1995-2014 by ISV Foundation.
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