Nehemiah 2:7-9

Revised Geneva Translation

⁷ Afterward, I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let them give me letters to the captains beyond the River, so that they may allow me passage until I come into Judah,

⁸ and letters to Asaph, the keeper of the king’s park, so that he may give me timber to build the gates of the palace which pertained to the house and for the walls of the city and for the house into which I shall enter.” And the king gave to me according to the good Hand of my God upon me.

⁹ Then I came to the captains beyond the River and gave them the king’s letters. And the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.