Nehemiah 2:4
“So what do you want?” the king asked me. I prayed to the God of heaven, and answered the king,
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In The King James Version
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
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Cross References
2 Samuel 15:31David was told, “Ahithophel is one of the people conspiring with Absalom.” So David prayed, “Lord, please make Ahithophel's advice worthless.”
Nehemiah 1:4When I heard the news, I sat down, weeping and mourning for days, fasting and praying to the God of heaven.
Nehemiah 1:11Lord, please respond to my prayer and to the prayers of those who love to worship you. Please let me be successful today and make the king sympathetic to me.’” I was the king's cupbearer.
Esther 5:6As they drank their wine, the king asked Esther, “What are you really asking for? It will be given to you. What do you want? You shall have it, as much as half my empire!”
Psalms 136:26Thank the God of heaven! For his trustworthy love lasts forever.
Mark 10:51“What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him. “Teacher,” he said to Jesus, “I want to see!”
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 2:2-9
Nehemiah's Request to the King. ( b. c. 445.) 1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. 2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, 3 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when… Read the whole commentary →