Nehemiah 2:7-8

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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) ^{Tools
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 I was graciously strengthened by my God.^(b)^(E)

Footnotes:

a. Nehemiah 2:8: Lit enter

b. Nehemiah 2:8: Lit for the gracious hand of my God was on me

Cross references:

A. Nehemiah 2:7: Ezra 4:8-9; Ezra 8:36

B. Nehemiah 2:7: Ezra 8:22

C. Nehemiah 2:8: Nehemiah 7:2

D. Nehemiah 2:8: Ezra 3:7

E. Nehemiah 2:8: Ezra 7:6; Nehemiah 2:18