Nehemiah 2:6
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.
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Nehemiah 1:11O Adonoi, let now Thine ear be attentive to the tefillah of Thy eved, and to the tefillah of Thy Avadim, who desire to fear Thy Shem; and give success to Thy eved today, and grant him rachamim in the sight of this man. For I was the Mashkeh l'Melech.
Nehemiah 5:14Moreover, from the yom that I was appointed to be their governor in Eretz Yehudah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artachshasta HaMelech, that is, twelve shanim, I and my brethren have not eaten the Lechem HaPechah (Allowance of the Governor).
Isaiah 58:12And they that shall be of thee shall rebuild the charevot olam (ancient ruins); 1 thou shalt raise up the mosedei dor vador (the foundations of many generations); 1 and thou shalt be called, Goder Peretz (Repairer of the Breach); 1 Meshovev Netivot Lashevet (Restorer of the Streets For Habitation). 1
Isaiah 65:24And it shall come to pass, 1 that before they call, I will answer; 1 and while they are yet medaberim (speaking), I will hear. 1
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 →