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\v 10 We are your servants. We are the people whom you have delivered from slavery by your very great power. You did that because you are able to do whatever you desire.
\v 11 Yahweh, please hear my prayer, I who am your servant. Please hear the prayers of all of your people who have great joy when they honor you for who you are and what you do. Now I pray you would give me success when I go to the king, and protect me as I make a request of the king that could put my life in jeopardy. Give me mercy."
\v 11 Yahweh, please hear my prayer, I who am your servant. Please hear the prayers of all of your people who have great joy when they honor you for who you are and what you do. Now I pray you would give me success when I go to the king and protect me as I make a request of the king that could put my life in jeopardy. Give me mercy."
\p I was serving as one of the most trusted servants to the king.
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\v 1 In the month of Nisan during the twentieth year of the rule of King Artaxerxes, it was time to serve wine to him during a feast. I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never looked sad when I was before the king.
\v 1 In the month of Nisan, during the twentieth year of the rule of King Artaxerxes, it was time to serve wine to him during a feast. I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never looked sad when I was before the king.
\v 2 But that day, the king looked at me and he said to me, "Why are you so sad? You do not look sick. Perhaps your spirit is troubled?" Then I was very afraid.
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\p And before I answered him, I prayed to God in heaven.
\v 5 Then I replied, "If you are willing to do it, and if I have pleased you, then you could send me to Jerusalem, where my ancestors are buried, so that I may rebuild the city."
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\v 6 The king (with queen sitting beside him) asked me, "If I allow you to go, how long will you be gone? And when will you return?" He gave me permisson to go as soon as I gave him the dates of my going there and coming back again.
\v 6 The king (with the queen sitting beside him) asked me, "If I allow you to go, how long will you be gone? And when will you return?" He gave me permission to go as soon as I gave him the dates of my going there and coming back again.
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\v 7 I also said to the king, "As a reward for my faithful service to you, please give me letters addressed to the governors who oversee the area beyond the Euphrates River. Please give them orders to allow me to travel safely through their province on my way to and from Judah.
\v 8 Also, please write a letter to Asaph, who manages all the timber in your forest, and tell him to make beams to repair the gates of the fortress next to the temple, and to repair the walls of the city, and the house in which I will live." The king did what I requested him to do, because God was helping me get what I needed for these repairs.
\v 8 Also, please write a letter to Asaph, who manages all the timber in your forest, and tell him to make beams to repair the gates of the fortress next to the temple and to repair the walls of the city and the house in which I will live." The king did what I requested him to do because God was helping me get what I needed for these repairs.
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\v 14 Then I went to the Fountain Gate and to the pool called the King's Pool, but my donkey could not get through the narrow opening.
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\v 15 So I turned back and went along the Kidron Valley and I inspected the wall there before I turned back and entered the city again at the Valley Gate.
\v 16 The city officials did not know where I had gone, or what I had done. I had not said anything about it to the Jewish leaders or the officials or the priests or any of the others who would do the repair work.
\v 15 So I turned back and went along the Kidron Valley, and I inspected the wall there before I turned back and entered the city again at the Valley Gate.
\v 16 The city officials did not know where I had gone or what I had done. I had not said anything about it to the Jewish leaders or the officials or the priests or any of the others who would do the repair work.
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\v 17 I said, "You all know very well the terrible things that have happened to our city. The city is lies in ruins, and even the gates are burned down. Come, let us do the work to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem. If we do that, we will no longer be ashamed of our city."
\v 18 Then I told them about how God had kindly helped me when I talked to the king, and what the king had said to me.
\v 17 I said, "You all know very well the terrible things that have happened to our city. The city is in ruins and even the gates are burned down. Come, let us do the work to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem. If we do that, we will no longer be ashamed of our city."
\v 18 Then I told them about how God had kindly helped me when I talked to the king and what the king had said to me.
\p They replied, "Let us get up and build!" So they got ready to do this good work.
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\v 19 But Sanballat, Tobiah the Ammonite servant, and Geshem the Arabian, heard about what we planned to do. They mocked and made fun of us. They said, "What is this work that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?"
\v 19 But Sanballat, Tobiah the Ammonite servant, and Geshem the Arabian heard about what we planned to do. They mocked and made fun of us. They said, "What is this work that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?"
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\v 20 But I replied, "The God who is in heaven will give us success. But you have no right to this city, you have no deed, you have no lawful claim to it, and you have no historic connection to the city of Jerusalem."
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\v 1 Then Eliashib, the high priest of Israel, working with the other priests, rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They set it apart for the honor of Yahweh, and set the doors of the gate in place. Then they rebuilt the wall as far as the Tower of the Hundred, and they set it apart to honor Yahweh. They also rebuilt the Tower of Hananel.
\v 2 Next to them, men from Jericho were rebuilding. Next to them, Zaccur son of Imri, was rebuilding.
\v 1 Then Eliashib, the high priest of Israel, working with the other priests, rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They set it apart for the honor of Yahweh and set the doors of the gate in place. Then they rebuilt the wall as far as the Tower of the Hundred, and they set it apart to honor Yahweh. They also rebuilt the Tower of Hananel.
\v 2 Next to them, men from Jericho were rebuilding. Next to them, Zakkur son of Imri was rebuilding.
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\v 3 The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They laid in the wooden beams above the gates, and also set the doors in place. Then they affixed the bolt and the bars for a strong lock.
\v 4 Next to them, Meremoth, the son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz, repaired the walls to make them strong. Next to him, Meshullam son of Berekiah and grandson of Meshezabel, repaired part of the wall. Next to him, Zadok son of Baana repaired part of the wall.
\v 3 The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They laid the wooden beams above the gates and also set the doors in place. Then they fastened the bolt and the bars for a strong lock.
\v 4 Next to them, Meremoth son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz repaired the walls to make them strong. Next to him, Meshullam son of Berekiah and grandson of Meshezabel repaired part of the wall. Next to him, Zadok son of Baana repaired part of the wall.
\v 5 Next to him, Tekoites repaired part of the wall, but the leaders of Tekoa refused to do the work that their supervisors assigned to them.
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\v 6 Joiada son of Paseah, and Meshullam son of Besodeiah, repaired the Old Gate. They also put in their places the beams above the gate and put in the bolts and the bars for locking the gate.
\v 7 Next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, who were men from Gibeon and Mizpah, made repairs on the portion where the governor of the province beyond the River lived.
\v 6 Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate. They also put in their places the beams above the gate and put in the bolts and the bars for locking the gate.
\v 7 Next to them, Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, who were men from Gibeon and Mizpah, made repairs on the portion where the governor of the province beyond the River lived.
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\v 8 Next to him, Uzziel son of Harhaiah, and Hananiah, but they worked on a section of the wall as far as the Broad Wall. Harhaiah made things from gold, and Hananiah made perfumes.