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When I heard these things I sat down abruptly,[a] crying and mourning for several days. I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

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  1. Nehemiah 1:4 tn Heb “sat down.” Context suggests that this was a rather sudden action, resulting from the emotional shock of the unpleasant news, so “abruptly” has been supplied in the present translation.