Nehemiah 2:4-5

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⁴ Then the king said to me, “What do you request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.^{(A) 5} Then I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor with you, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city of my ancestors’ graves, so that I may rebuild it.”