Nehemiah 2:2-4

Common English Bible

² the king asked me, “Why do you seem sad? Since you aren’t sick, you must have a broken heart!”

I was very afraid ³ and replied, “May the king live forever! Why shouldn’t I seem sad when the city, the place of my family’s graves, is in ruins and its gates destroyed by fire?”

⁴ The king asked, “What is it that you need?”

I prayed to the God of heaven