Text -- Nehemiah 2:3 (NET)

2:3 I replied to the king, “O king, live forever! Why would I not appear dejected when the city with the graves of my ancestors lies desolate and its gates destroyed by fire?”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Neh 2:3

¹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 5).

² tn Heb “devoured” or “eaten” (so also in Neh 2:13).