Nehemiah 2:5-7

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⁵ And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favour in your sight, that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' graves, that I may rebuild it.” ⁶ And the king said to me (^(A)the queen sitting beside him), “How long will you be gone, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me ^(B)when I had given him a time. ⁷ And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given to me ^(C)for the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah,