Nehemiah 2:2-5

2:2

Wherefore the king
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said
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unto me, Why [is] thy countenance
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sad
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seeing thou [art] not sick
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this [is] nothing [else] but sorrow
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of heart
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Then I was very
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sore
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afraid
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2:3

And said
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unto the king
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Let the king
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live
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for ever
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why should not my countenance
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be sad
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when the city
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the place
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of my fathers
<01>_'

sepulchres
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[lieth] waste
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and the gates
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thereof are consumed
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with fire
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2:4

Then the king
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said
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unto me, For what dost thou make request
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So I prayed
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to the God
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of heaven
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2:5

And I said
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unto the king
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If it please
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the king
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and if thy servant
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have found favour
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in thy sight
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that thou wouldest send
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me unto Judah
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unto the city
<05892>

of my fathers
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sepulchres
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that I may build
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it.