Nehemiah 2:7-8
Christian Standard Bible
7 I also said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let me have letters written to the governors of the region west of the Euphrates River,(A) so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.(B) 8 And let me have a letter written to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to rebuild the gates of the temple’s fortress,(C) the city wall, and the home where I will live.”[a](D) The king granted my requests, for the gracious hand of my God was on me.(E)
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Nehemiah 5:14
Christian Standard Bible
Good and Bad Governors
14 Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes(A) appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah—from the twentieth year until his thirty-second year, twelve years(B)—I and my associates never ate from the food allotted to the governor.
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