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I replied to the king, “O king, live forever! Why would I not appear dejected when the city with the graves of my ancestors[a] lies desolate and its gates destroyed[b] by fire?”

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 2:3 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 5).
  2. Nehemiah 2:3 tn Heb “devoured” or “eaten” (so also in Neh 2:13).