Nehemiah 2:9
7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;
8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Then I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.
- KJV
- Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
- WEB
- Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
- ASV
- Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king`s letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.
- DARBY
- And I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of a force and horsemen with me.
- BLB
- And I went to the governors beyond the River, and I gave to them the letters of the king. And the king sent with me captains of a force, and horsemen.
- ÅB
- Da jeg kom til stattholderne hinsides elven, gav jeg dem kongens brev; kongen hadde også sendt krigshøvedsmenn og hestfolk med meg.
- OTB
- Så dro jeg til guvernørene i provinsene bortenfor Eufrat og ga dem kongens brev. Kongen hadde også sendt hærførere og ryttere med meg.
- B1930
- Da jeg kom til stattholderne hinsides elven, gav jeg dem kongens brev; kongen hadde også sendt krigshøvedsmenn og hestfolk med mig.
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Cross references
Ezra 8:22
For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
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