Nehemiah 2:8 CPDV

⁶  And the king said to me, with the queen who was sitting beside him: 'Until what time will your journey be, and when will you return?' And it was pleasing before the countenance of the king, and so he sent me. And I established a time for him.

⁷  And I said to the king: 'If it seems good to the king, may he give me letters to the governors of the region beyond the river, so that they may lead me through, until I arrive in Judea,

⁸  and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest, so that he may give me timber, in order that I may be able to cover the gates of the tower of the house, and the walls of the city, and the house that I will enter.' And the king granted to me in accord with the good hand of my God, who is with me.

⁹  And I went to the governors of the region beyond the river, and I gave them the letters of the king. Now the king had sent with me military leaders and horsemen.

¹⁰  And Sanballat, a Horonite, and the servant Tobiah, an Ammonite, heard this. And they were saddened, with a great affliction, that a man had arrived who was seeking the prosperity of the sons of Israel.