CKJV_Strongs(i)
1
H2320
And it came to pass in the month
H5212
Nisan,
H6242
in the twentieth
H8141
year
H783
of Artaxerxes
H4428
the king,
H3196
that wine
H6440
was before
H5375
him: and I took up
H3196
the wine,
H5414
and gave
H4428
it unto the king.
H7451
Now I had not been previously sad
H6440
in his presence.
2
H4428
Therefore the king
H559
said
H6440
unto me, Why is your favor
H7451
sad,
H2470
seeing you are not sick?
H7455
this is nothing else but sorrow
H3820
of heart.
H3966
Then I was very
H7235
severely
H3372
afraid,
3
H559
And said
H4428
unto the king,
H4428
Let the king
H2421
live
H5769
for ever:
H6440
why should not my favor
H3415
be sad,
H5892
when the city,
H1004
the place
H1
of my fathers'
H6913
tombs,
H2720
lies waste,
H8179
and the gates
H398
there are consumed
H784
with fire?
4
H4428
Then the king
H559
said
H1245
unto me, For what do you make request?
H6419
So I prayed
H430
to the God
H8064
of heaven.
5
H559
And I said
H4428
unto the king,
H2895
If it please
H4428
the king,
H5650
and if your servant
H3190
have found favor
H6440
in your sight,
H7971
that you would send
H3063
me unto Judah,
H5892
unto the city
H1
of my fathers'
H6913
tombs,
H1129
that I may build it.
6
H4428
And the king
H559
said
H7694
unto me, (the queen
H3427
also sitting
H681
by him,)
H4109
For how long shall your journey
H7725
be? and when will you return?
H3190
So it pleased
H4428
the king
H7971
to send
H5414
me; and I set
H2165
him a time.
7
H559
Moreover I said
H4428
unto the king,
H2895
If it please
H4428
the king,
H107
let letters
H5414
be given
H6346
me to the governors
H5676
beyond
H5104
the river,
H5674
that they may convey me over
H935
until I come
H3063
into Judah;
8
H107
And a letter
H623
unto Asaph
H8104
the keeper
H4428
of the king's
H6508
forest,
H5414
that he may give
H6086
me timber
H7136
to make beams
H8179
for the gates
H1002
of the palace
H1004
which appertained to the house,
H2346
and for the wall
H5892
of the city,
H1004
and for the house
H935
that I shall enter into.
H4428
And the king
H5414
granted
H2896
me, according to the good
H3027
hand
H430
of my God upon me.
9
H935
Then I came
H6346
to the governors
H5676
beyond
H5104
the river,
H5414
and gave
H4428
them the king's
H107
letters.
H4428
Now the king
H7971
had sent
H8269
captains
H2428
of the army
H6571
and horsemen with me.
10
H5571
When Sanballat
H2772
the Horonite,
H2900
and Tobiah
H5650
the servant,
H5984
the Ammonite,
H8085
heard
H3415
of it, it grieved
H7451
them exceedingly
H935
that there was come
H120
a man
H1245
to seek
H2896
the welfare
H1121
of the sons
H3478
of Israel.
12
H6965
And I arose
H3915
in the night,
H4592
I and some
H4592
few
H582
men
H5046
with me; neither told
H120
I any man
H430
what my God
H5414
had put
H3820
in my heart
H6213
to do
H3389
at Jerusalem:
H929
neither was there any animal
H929
with me, save the animal
H7392
that I rode upon.
13
H3318
And I went out
H3915
by night
H8179
by the gate
H1516
of the valley,
H6440
even before
H8577
the dragon
H5869
well,
H830
and to the dung
H8179
port,
H7663
and viewed
H2346
the walls
H3389
of Jerusalem,
H6555
which were broken down,
H8179
and the gates
H398
there were consumed
H784
with fire.
14
H5674
Then I went on
H8179
to the gate
H5869
of the fountain,
H4428
and to the king's
H1295
pool:
H4725
but there was no place
H929
for the animal
H5674
that was under me to pass.
15
H5927
Then went I up
H3915
in the night
H5158
by the brook,
H7663
and viewed
H2346
the wall,
H7725
and turned back,
H935
and entered
H8179
by the gate
H1516
of the valley,
H7725
and so returned.
16
H5461
And the rulers
H3045
knew
H1980
not where I went,
H6213
or what I did;
H3651
neither had I as yet
H5046
told
H3064
it to the Jews,
H3548
nor to the priests,
H2715
nor to the nobles,
H5461
nor to the rulers,
H3499
nor to the rest
H6213
that did
H4399
the work.
17
H559
Then said
H7200
I unto them, You see
H7451
the distress
H3389
that we are in, how Jerusalem
H2720
lies waste,
H8179
and the gates
H3341
there are burned
H784
with fire:
H3212
come,
H1129
and let us build up
H2346
the wall
H3389
of Jerusalem,
H2781
that we be no more a reproach.
18
H5046
Then I told
H3027
them of the hand
H430
of my God
H2896
which was good
H4428
upon me; as also the king's
H1697
words
H559
that he had spoken
H559
unto me. And they said,
H6965
Let us rise up
H1129
and build.
H2388
So they strengthened
H3027
their hands
H2896
for this good work.
19
H5571
But when Sanballat
H2772
the Horonite,
H2900
and Tobiah
H5650
the servant,
H5984
the Ammonite,
H1654
and Geshem
H6163
the Arabian,
H8085
heard
H3932
it, they laughed us to scorn,
H959
and despised
H559
us, and said,
H1697
What is this thing
H6213
that you do?
H4775
will you rebel
H4428
against the king?