Nehemiah 2:4-6

Modern English Version

⁴ So the king said to me, “What are you requesting about this matter?”

Immediately, I prayed to the God of heaven ⁵ and then said to the king, “If this pleases the king and if this might be good for your servant who is before you, then would you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs so that I may rebuild it?”

⁶ The king, with the queen sitting beside him, said to me, “How long would your journey be? And when will you return?” Because it pleased the king to send me, I established a timetable for him.