Thematic Bible: Of artaxerxes to nehemiah

and said unto the king, "If it please the king, let him give me letters to the captains beyond the water, that they may convey me over, till I come into Judah: And letters unto Asaph the lord of the king's wood, that he may give me wood for beams to the gates of the palace, which are hard on the house and hard on the walls of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into." And the king gave me according to the good hand of God upon me. And when I came to the captains beyond the water, I gave them the king's letters. And the king sent captains and horsemen with me.