Neh 2:3 | NASB1995 | STEP | I said to the king , “ Let the king live forever . Why should my face not be sad when the city , the place of my fathers’ tombs , lies desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire ?”

b 2 Kin 25:8-10; 2 Chr 36:19; Neh 1:3; Jer 52:12-14

‏ Nehemiah 2:3

3 I said to the king, ^a“Let the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad ^bwhen the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire?”