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Nehemiah 2:9-20

2:9

Then I came
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to the governors
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beyond
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the river
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and gave
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them the king's
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letters
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Now the king
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had sent
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captains
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of the army
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and horsemen
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with me.

2:10

When Sanballat
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the Horonite
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and Tobiah
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the servant
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the Ammonite
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heard
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[of it], it grieved
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them exceedingly
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that there was come
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a man
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to seek
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the welfare
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of the children
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of Israel
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2:11

So I came
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to Jerusalem
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and was there three
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days
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2:12

And I arose
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in the night
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I and some
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few
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men
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with me; neither told
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I [any] man
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what my God
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had put
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in my heart
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to do
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at Jerusalem
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neither [was there any] beast
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with me, save the beast
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that I rode upon
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2:13

And I went out
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by night
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by the gate
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of the valley
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even before
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the dragon
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well
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and to the dung
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port
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and viewed
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the walls
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of Jerusalem
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which were broken down
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and the gates
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thereof were consumed
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with fire
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2:14

Then I went on
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to the gate
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of the fountain
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and to the king's
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pool
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but [there was] no place
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for the beast
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[that was] under me to pass
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2:15

Then went I up
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in the night
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by the brook
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and viewed
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the wall
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and turned back
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and entered
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by the gate
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of the valley
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and [so] returned
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2:16

And the rulers
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knew
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not whither I went
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or what I did
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neither had I as yet
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told
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[it] to the Jews
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nor to the priests
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nor to the nobles
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nor to the rulers
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nor to the rest
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that did
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the work
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2:17

Then said
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I unto them, Ye see
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the distress
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that we [are] in, how Jerusalem
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[lieth] waste
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and the gates
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thereof are burned
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with fire
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come
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and let us build up
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the wall
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of Jerusalem
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that we be no more a reproach
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2:18

Then I told
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them of the hand
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of my God
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which was good
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upon me; as also the king's
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words
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that he had spoken
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unto me. And they said
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Let us rise up
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and build
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So they strengthened
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their hands
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for [this] good
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[work].

2:19

But when Sanballat
<05571>

the Horonite
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and Tobiah
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the servant
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the Ammonite
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and Geshem
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the Arabian
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heard
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[it], they laughed us to scorn
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and despised
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us, and said
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What [is] this thing
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that ye do
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will ye rebel
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against the king
<04428>_?

2:20

Then answered
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I them, and said
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unto them, The God
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of heaven
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he will prosper
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us; therefore we his servants
<05650>

will arise
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and build
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but ye have no portion
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nor right
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nor memorial
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in Jerusalem
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