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3 and say to the king, “Let the king live for all time! Why should my face not be sad, when the city, the place of the graves of my fathers, [is] a desolation, and its gates have been consumed with fire?” 4 And the king says to me, “For what are you seeking?” And I pray to the God of the heavens, 5 and say to the king, “If [it is] good to the king, and if your servant is pleasing before you, that you send me to Judah, to the city of the graves of my fathers, and I have built it.” Nehemiah 2:3-5, Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press.
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