Nehemiah 2:3
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?
Context
This verse from Nehemiah Chapter 2 connects to 10 cross-references. Artaxerxes notices Nehemiah's sorrow and asks the cause; Nehemiah prays silently, then requests permission and letters to travel to Judah to rebuild Jerusalem's walls—the king grants all his requests. Arriving in Jerusalem, Nehemiah secretly inspects the ruined walls at night …
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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?
and say to the king, `Let the king to the age live! wherefore should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of the graves of my fathers, <FI>is<Fi> a waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?'
And said to the king, May the king be living for ever: is it not natural for my face to be sad, when the town, the place where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, has been made waste and its doorways burned with fire?
Références croisées
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And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great …
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
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Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are …
Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and …
They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.