Nehemiah 2:3-5

Revised Geneva Translation

³ And I said to the king, “God save the king forever! Why should my face not be sad, when the city and house of the sepulchers of my fathers lies waste; and its gates are devoured with fire?”

⁴ And the king said to me, “What thing do you request?” Then I prayed to the God of Heaven,

⁵ and said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I desire that you would send me to Judah, to the city of the sepulchers of my fathers, so that I may build it.”