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 1 lies desolate and its gates destroyed 2 by fire?”
[2:3] 1 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 5).
[2:3] 2 tn Heb “devoured” or “eaten” (so also in Neh 2:13).
