Nehemiah 2:8
And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.
And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel by the temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house that I will occupy.” The king granted my requests, because of the good hand of my God on me.
and a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the castle which appertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the wall
- Nehemiah 2:17; Nehemiah 3:1–32
- the house
- Nehemiah 3:7; Nehemiah 7:2
- the king
- Nehemiah 2:18; Genesis 32:28; Ezra 5:5; Ezra 6:22; Ezra 7:6, 9, 27, 28; Proverbs 21:1; Isaiah 66:14; Daniel 1:9; Acts 7:10; Acts 26:22; 2 Corinthians 8:16