Nehemiah 2 (NET)

Nehemiah 2:1¹Then in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought to me, I took the wine and gave it to the king. Previously I had not been depressed in the king’s presence.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 7:1Neh 1:11Neh 1:1Esth 3:7Ezra 7:7

Nehemiah 2:2²So the king said to me, “Why do you appear to be depressed when you aren’t sick? What can this be other than sadness of heart?” This made me very fearful.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 15:13Gen 40:7

Nehemiah 2:3³I replied to the king, “O king, live forever! Why would I not appear dejected when the city with the graves of my ancestors lies desolate and its gates destroyed by fire?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 1:31 Kgs 1:31Dan 2:4Dan 5:10Ps 137:62 Chr 21:202 Chr 28:272 Chr 32:33Dan 6:21Dan 6:6

Nehemiah 2:4⁴The king responded, “What is it you are seeking?” Then I quickly prayed to the God of heavenCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Phil 4:6Neh 1:4Prov 3:6Neh 1:111 Kgs 3:5Mark 10:51Esth 5:6Esth 7:2Esth 5:32 Sam 15:31

Nehemiah 2:5⁵and said to the king, “If the king is so inclined and if your servant has found favor in your sight, dispatch me to Judah, to the city with the graves of my ancestors, so that I can rebuild it.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 14:22Ruth 2:13Esth 5:8Esth 7:3Esth 8:5Ezra 5:17Prov 3:4Esth 1:19

Nehemiah 2:6⁶Then the king, with his consort sitting beside him, replied, “How long would your trip take, and when would you return?” Since the king was pleased to send me, I gave him a time.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 13:6Isa 65:24Neh 5:14Isa 58:12Neh 2:4Isa 61:4Neh 1:11

Nehemiah 2:7⁷I said to the king, “If the king is so inclined, let him give me letters for the governors of Trans-Euphrates that will enable me to travel safely until I reach Judah,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 7:21Ezra 8:36Neh 2:9Ezra 6:6Ezra 8:22

Nehemiah 2:8⁸and a letter for Asaph the keeper of the king’s nature preserve, so that he will give me timber for beams for the gates of the fortress adjacent to the temple and for the city wall and for the house to which I go.” So the king granted me these requests, for the good hand of my God was on me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 7:6Isa 66:14Neh 7:2Dan 1:9Neh 2:17-18Ezra 5:5Gen 32:282 Cor 8:16Acts 26:22Acts 7:10

Nehemiah 2:9⁹Then I went to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, and I presented to them the letters from the king. The king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 8:22

Nehemiah 2:10¹⁰When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard all this, they were very displeased that someone had come to seek benefit for the Israelites.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 2:19Neh 4:7Acts 19:26-27Ezek 25:6-8Neh 13:4Neh 6:1Prov 27:4Neh 4:1-3Num 22:3-4Ps 112:10

Nehemiah 2:11¹¹So I came to Jerusalem. When I had been there for three days,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 8:32

Nehemiah 2:12¹²I got up during the night, along with a few men who were with me. But I did not tell anyone what my God was putting on my heart to do for Jerusalem. There were no animals with me, except for the one I was riding.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 7:27Rev 17:172 Cor 8:16Jer 31:33Jer 32:40Amos 5:13Eccl 3:7Jas 1:16-17Judg 6:27Judg 9:32

Nehemiah 2:13¹³I proceeded through the Valley Gate by night, in the direction of the Well of the Dragons and the Dung Gate, inspecting the walls of Jerusalem that had been breached and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 1:32 Chr 26:9Neh 2:17Neh 2:3Neh 3:13-14Neh 12:31Neh 2:15Jer 5:10

Nehemiah 2:14¹⁴I passed on to the Gate of the Well and the King’s Pool, where there was not enough room for my animal to pass with me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 3:152 Kgs 20:202 Chr 32:302 Kgs 18:17

Nehemiah 2:15¹⁵I continued up the valley during the night, inspecting the wall. Then I turned back and came to the Valley Gate, and so returned.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 15:23Jer 31:38-40John 18:1

Nehemiah 2:16¹⁶The officials did not know where I had gone or what I had been doing, for up to this point I had not told any of the Jews or the priests or the nobles or the officials or the rest of the workers.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Nehemiah 2:17¹⁷Then I said to them, “You see the problem that we have—Jerusalem is desolate and its gates are burned. Come on! Let’s rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that this reproach will not continue.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 5:14Isa 35:3-4Lam 3:45-46Lam 3:51Neh 1:3Ps 79:4Ezek 22:4-5Lam 2:8-9Ps 89:50-51Ezra 5:1-2

Nehemiah 2:18¹⁸Then I related to them how the good hand of my God was on me and what the king had said to me. Then they replied, “Let’s begin rebuilding right away!” So they readied themselves for this good project.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Phil 2:131 Chr 19:132 Chr 32:5Eph 6:10Hag 1:13-142 Sam 2:7Ezra 6:221 Chr 11:10

Nehemiah 2:19¹⁹But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard all this, they derided us and expressed contempt toward us. They said, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 6:6Neh 6:1-2Ps 44:13-14Mark 5:40Ps 80:6Acts 24:5Ezra 4:15-16Heb 11:36Jer 20:8Job 30:1

Nehemiah 2:20²⁰I responded to them by saying, “The God of heaven will prosper us. We his servants will start the rebuilding. But you have no just or ancient right in Jerusalem.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 8:21Ezra 4:3Neh 2:4Acts 10:31Isa 56:5Eccl 7:18Ps 35:27Ps 20:5Ps 51:18Zech 6:14