King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. And it came to pass[H1961] in the month[H2320] Nisan,[H5212] in the twentieth[H6242] year[H8141] of Artaxerxes[H783] the king,[H4428] that wine[H3196] was before[H6440] him: and I took up[H5375] [H853] the wine,[H3196] and gave[H5414] it unto the king.[H4428] Now I had not[H3808] been[H1961] formerly sad[H7451] in his presence.[H6440]

2. Wherefore the king[H4428] said[H559] unto me, Why[H4069] is thy countenance[H6440] sad,[H7451] seeing thou[H859] art not[H369] sick?[H2470] this[H2088] is nothing[H369] else but[H3588] [H518] sorrow[H7455] of heart.[H3820] Then I was very[H3966] sore[H7235] afraid,[H3372]

3. And said[H559] unto the king,[H4428] Let the king[H4428] live[H2421] forever:[H5769] why[H4069] should not[H3808] my countenance[H6440] be sad,[H7489] when[H834] the city,[H5892] the place[H1004] of my fathers'[H1] sepulchers,[H6913] lieth waste,[H2720] and the gates[H8179] thereof are consumed[H398] with fire?[H784]

4. Then the king[H4428] said[H559] unto me, For[H5921] what[H4100] [H2088] dost thou[H859] make request?[H1245] So I prayed[H6419] to[H413] the God[H430] of heaven.[H8064]

5. And I said[H559] unto the king,[H4428] If[H518] it please[H2895] [H5921] the king,[H4428] and if[H518] thy servant[H5650] have found favor[H3190] in thy sight,[H6440] that[H834] thou wouldest send[H7971] me unto[H413] Judah,[H3063] unto[H413] the city[H5892] of my fathers'[H1] sepulchers,[H6913] that I may build[H1129] it.

6. And the king[H4428] said[H559] unto me, (the queen[H7694] also sitting[H3427] by[H681] him,) For[H5704] how long[H4970] shall thy journey[H4109] be?[H1961] and when[H4970] wilt thou return?[H7725] So it pleased[H3190] [H6440] the king[H4428] to send[H7971] me; and I set[H5414] him a time.[H2165]

7. Moreover I said[H559] unto the king,[H4428] If[H518] it please[H2895] [H5921] the king,[H4428] let letters[H107] be given[H5414] me to[H5921] the governors[H6346] beyond[H5676] the river,[H5104] that[H834] they may convey me over[H5674] till[H5704] [H834] I come[H935] into[H413] Judah;[H3063]

8. And a letter[H107] unto[H413] Asaph[H623] the keeper[H8104] of the king's[H4428] forest,[H6508] that[H834] he may give[H5414] me timber[H6086] to make beams[H7136] for[H853] the gates[H8179] of the palace[H1002] which[H834] appertained to the house,[H1004] and for the wall[H2346] of the city,[H5892] and for the house[H1004] that[H834] I shall enter[H935] into.[H413] And the king[H4428] granted[H5414] me, according to the good[H2896] hand[H3027] of my God[H430] upon[H5921] me.

9. Then I came[H935] to[H413] the governors[H6346] beyond[H5676] the river,[H5104] and gave[H5414] them[H853] the king's[H4428] letters.[H107] Now the king[H4428] had sent[H7971] captains[H8269] of the army[H2428] and horsemen[H6571] with[H5973] me.

10. When Sanballat[H5571] the Horonite,[H2772] and Tobiah[H2900] the servant,[H5650] the Ammonite,[H5984] heard[H8085] of it, it grieved[H7489] them exceedingly[H1419] [H7451] that[H834] there was come[H935] a man[H120] to seek[H1245] the welfare[H2896] of the children[H1121] of Israel.[H3478]

11. So I came[H935] to[H413] Jerusalem,[H3389] and was[H1961] there[H8033] three[H7969] days.[H3117]

12. And I arose[H6965] in the night,[H3915] I[H589] and some few[H4592] men[H376] with[H5973] me; neither[H3808] told[H5046] I any man[H120] what[H4100] my God[H430] had put[H5414] in[H413] my heart[H3820] to do[H6213] at Jerusalem:[H3389] neither[H369] was there any beast[H929] with[H5973] me, save[H3588] [H518] the beast[H929] that[H834] I[H589] rode[H7392] upon.

13. And I went out[H3318] by night[H3915] by the gate[H8179] of the valley,[H1516] even before[H413] [H6440] the dragon[H8577] well,[H5869] and to[H413] the dung[H830] port,[H8179] and viewed[H1961] [H7663] the walls[H2346] of Jerusalem,[H3389] which[H834] were broken down,[H6555] and the gates[H8179] thereof were consumed[H398] with fire.[H784]

14. Then I went on[H5674] to[H413] the gate[H8179] of the fountain,[H5869] and to[H413] the king's[H4428] pool:[H1295] but there was no[H369] place[H4725] for the beast[H929] that was under[H8478] me to pass.[H5674]

15. Then went I up[H1961] [H5927] in the night[H3915] by the brook,[H5158] and viewed[H1961] [H7663] the wall,[H2346] and turned back,[H7725] and entered[H935] by the gate[H8179] of the valley,[H1516] and so returned.[H7725]

16. And the rulers[H5461] knew[H3045] not[H3808] whither[H575] I went,[H1980] or what[H4100] I[H589] did;[H6213] neither[H3808] had I as[H5704] yet[H3651] told[H5046] it to the Jews,[H3064] nor to the priests,[H3548] nor to the nobles,[H2715] nor to the rulers,[H5461] nor to the rest[H3499] that did[H6213] the work.[H4399]

17. Then said[H559] I unto[H413] them, Ye[H859] see[H7200] the distress[H7451] that[H834] we[H587] are in, how[H834] Jerusalem[H3389] lieth waste,[H2720] and the gates[H8179] thereof are burned[H3341] with fire:[H784] come,[H1980] and let us build up[H1129] [H853] the wall[H2346] of Jerusalem,[H3389] that we be[H1961] no[H3808] more[H5750] a reproach.[H2781]

18. Then I told[H5046] them of[H853] the hand[H3027] of my God[H430] which[H834] [H1931] was good[H2896] upon[H5921] me; as also[H637] the king's[H4428] words[H1697] that[H834] he had spoken[H559] unto me. And they said,[H559] Let us rise up[H6965] and build.[H1129] So they strengthened[H2388] their hands[H3027] for this good[H2896] work.

19. But when Sanballat[H5571] the Horonite,[H2772] and Tobiah[H2900] the servant,[H5650] the Ammonite,[H5984] and Geshem[H1654] the Arabian,[H6163] heard[H8085] it, they laughed us to scorn,[H3932] and despised[H959] [H5921] us, and said,[H559] What[H4100] is this[H2088] thing[H1697] that[H834] ye[H859] do?[H6213] will ye[H859] rebel[H4775] against[H5921] the king?[H4428]

20. Then answered[H7725] [H1697] I them, and said[H559] unto them, The God[H430] of heaven,[H8064] he[H1931] will prosper[H6743] us; therefore we[H587] his servants[H5650] will arise[H6965] and build:[H1129] but ye have no[H369] portion,[H2506] nor right,[H6666] nor memorial,[H2146] in Jerusalem.[H3389]