Nehemiah 2:3 Hebrew Text Analysis

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New American Standard Bible
I said to the king, "Let the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire?"King James Bible
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?Holman Christian Standard Bible
and replied to the king, "May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins and its gates have been destroyed by fire?"

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Let the king (Far from wishing ill to my master, I wish him to live for ever.)

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Daniel 2:4 Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for …

Daniel 3:9 They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.

Daniel 5:10 Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came …

Daniel 6:6,21 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, …

the city

Nehemiah 1:3 And they said to me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there …

Psalm 102:14 For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and favor the dust thereof.

Psalm 137:6 If I do not remember you, let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth; …

Lamentations 2:9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her …

the place

2 Chronicles 21:20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned …

2 Chronicles 28:27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, …

2 Chronicles 32:33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the most …

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