Nehemiah 2:3
and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
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?”
And I said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Let the king
- Far from wishing ill to my master, I wish him to live for ever.
- 1 Kings 1:31; Daniel 2:4; Daniel 3:9; Daniel 5:10; Daniel 6:6, 21
- the city
- Nehemiah 1:3; Psalm 102:14; Psalm 137:6; Lamentations 2:9
- the place
- 2 Chronicles 21:20; 2 Chronicles 28:27; 2 Chronicles 32:33