Nehemiah 2:3

I said to the king, "Let the king live forever. Why shouldn't my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?"

Nehemiah 1:3

They said to me, "The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire."

Daniel 2:4

Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, "O king, live forever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation."

1 Kings 1:31

Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, paying homage to the king, and said, "Let my lord king David live forever."

Psalm 137:6

Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you; if I do not prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Daniel 5:10

Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house. The queen spoke and said, "O king, live forever; do not let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your face be changed.

Daniel 6:6

Then these administrators and satraps assembled together to the king, and said this to him, "King Darius, live forever.

Daniel 6:21

Then said Daniel to the king, "O king, live forever.

2 Chronicles 21:20

Thirty-two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years: and he departed without being desired; and they buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

2 Chronicles 28:27

Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 32:33

Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the tombs of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

Psalm 102:14

For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.

Lamentations 2:9

Her gates are sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is no more, and her prophets find no vision from the LORD.

Daniel 3:9

They answered Nebuchadnezzar the king, "O king, live for ever.

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Summary

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?

General references

Bible References

Let the king

1 Kings 1:31
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, paying homage to the king, and said, "Let my lord king David live forever."
Daniel 2:4
Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, "O king, live forever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation."
Daniel 3:9
They answered Nebuchadnezzar the king, "O king, live for ever.
Daniel 5:10
Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house. The queen spoke and said, "O king, live forever; do not let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your face be changed.
Daniel 6:6
Then these administrators and satraps assembled together to the king, and said this to him, "King Darius, live forever.

The city

Nehemiah 1:3
They said to me, "The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire."
Psalm 102:14
For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.
Psalm 137:6
Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you; if I do not prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Lamentations 2:9
Her gates are sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is no more, and her prophets find no vision from the LORD.

The place

2 Chronicles 21:20
Thirty-two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years: and he departed without being desired; and they buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
2 Chronicles 28:27
Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
2 Chronicles 32:33
Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the tombs of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

General references

Genesis 47:30
but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place." He said, "I will do as you have said."
Psalm 102:14
For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.