Nehemiah 2:8

also a letter unto Asaph, keeper of the park that belongeth unto the king, that he may give me timber to build up the gates of the fortress which pertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house whereinto I shall enter. And the king gave me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

In Context

7Then said I unto the king, If, unto the king, it seemeth good, may, letters, be given me, unto the pashas Beyond the River,—that they may convey me over, until I come into Judah;

9Then came I unto the pashas Beyond the River, and gave them the letters of the king,—now the king, had sent with me, captains of the army, and horsemen.

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Cross References

Ezra 5:5Nevertheless, the eye of their God, was upon the elders of Judah, and they did not forbid them, until the matter, unto Darius, should come,—and, then, answer be returned by letter, concerning this.

Ezra 6:22and kept the festival of unleavened cakes seven days, with joy,—for Yahweh had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria towards them, to strengthen their hands, in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

Ezra 7:9For, on the first of the first month, was a beginning made of coming up from Babylon,—and, on the first of the fifth month, entered he into Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

Nehemiah 2:17So I said unto them, Ye, can see the misfortune that, we, are in, how that, Jerusalem, lieth waste, and, the gates thereof, are burned with fire: Come, and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may remain, no longer, a reproach.

Nehemiah 3:1Then arose Eliashib the high priest and his brethren the priests, and built the sheep-gate, they, hallowed it, and set up the doors thereof,—even unto the tower of Hammeah, hallowed they it, unto the tower of Hananel;

Proverbs 21:1[Like] channels of water, is the heart of a king, in the hand of Yahweh,—whithersoever he will, he turneth it.

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 →

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