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Nehemiah · read by B.H. Clendennen
17 verses, in order. Only the verses B.H. read aloud are shown.
Nehemiah 1
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O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man." (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)Read from KJV · The Gate of Heaven
Nehemiah 2
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Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,Read from KJV · The Gate of Heaven
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and replied to the king, "May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?"Read from KJV · The Gate of Heaven
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and answered the king, "If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it."Read from KJV · The Gate of Heaven
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Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, "How long will your journey take, and when will you return?" So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.Read from KJV · The Gate of Heaven
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I also said to him, "If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.Read from KJV · The Gate of Heaven
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And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king's forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy." And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.Read from KJV · The Gate of Heaven
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Then I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the king's letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.Read from KJV · The Gate of Heaven
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But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.Read from KJV · The Gate of Heaven
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After I had arrived in Jerusalem and had been there three days,Read from NASB1995 · The Gate of Heaven
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I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.Read from KJV · The Gate of Heaven
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So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.Read from KJV · The Gate of Heaven
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Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through;Read from KJV · The Gate of Heaven
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so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.Read from KJV · The Gate of Heaven
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The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, for I had not yet told the Jews or priests or nobles or officials or any other workers.Read from KJV · The Gate of Heaven
Nehemiah 4
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So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.Read from KJV · Prayer Is a Warfare
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Wherever you hear the sound of the horn, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!"Read from KJV · Prayer Is a Warfare