Nehemiah 2:4-6

Christian Standard Bible

⁴ Then the king asked me, “What is your request?”

So I prayed to the God of the heavens^{(A) 5} and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor with you, send me to Judah and to the city where my ancestors are buried,^[a](B) so that I may rebuild it.”^(C)

⁶ The king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So I gave him a definite time,^(D) and it pleased the king to send me.