⁷ And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me ^(A)to the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah, ⁸ and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of ^(B)the fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy.” And the king granted me what I asked, ^(C)for the good hand of my God was upon me.

Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem's Walls

⁹ Then I came to ^(D)the governors of the province Beyond the River and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen.