Nehemiah 2:9-11

International Children’s Bible

⁹ So I went to the governors west of the Euphrates River. I gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and soldiers on horses with me.

¹⁰ Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite leader heard about this. They were upset that someone had come to help the Israelites.

Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem

¹¹ I went to Jerusalem and stayed there three days.