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3 I said to the king, |Let the king live forever. Why shouldn't my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?| 4 Then the king said to me, |For what do you make request?| So I prayed to the God of heaven. 5 I said to the king, |If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' tombs, that I may build it.| Nehemiah 2:3-5, New Heart English Bible. Public domain.
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