Nehemiah 2:1-2

New International Reader's Version

Artaxerxes Sends Nehemiah to Jerusalem

2 Wine was brought in for King Artaxerxes. It was the month of Nisan in the 20th year of his rule. I got the wine and gave it to him. I hadn’t been sad in front of him before. But now I was. ² So the king asked me, “Why are you looking so sad? You aren’t sick. You must be feeling very sad.”

I was really afraid.