Nehemiah 2:4-6

International Standard Version

⁴ The king answered, “What do you want?”

So I prayed to the God of heaven ⁵ and I replied to the king, “If it seems good to you, and if your servant has found favor with you, would you send me to Judah, to the city where my ancestral sepulchers are located, so I can rebuild it?”

⁶ With his queen seated beside him, the king asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” The king thought it was a good idea^[a] to send me, so I presented him with a prepared plan.^[b]