Nechemyah 2:4-6

Orthodox Jewish Bible

⁴ Then HaMelech said unto me, For what dost Thou make request? So I davened to Elohei HaShomayim.

⁵ And I said unto HaMelech, If it please HaMelech, and if thy eved have found favor in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Yehudah, unto the Ir Kivrot Avotai, that I may rebuild her.

⁶ And HaMelech said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? So it pleased HaMelech to send me; and I set for him a zman.