Nehemiah 2:3

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

and replied to the king, ‘May the king live for ever! Why should I  not be sad when the city where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins and its gates have been destroyed by fire? ’

Cross References

Nehemiah 1:3

They said to me, ‘The remnant in the province,  who survived the exile, are in great trouble and disgrace. Jerusalem’s wall has been broken down, and its gates have been burned.’

Daniel 2:4

The Chaldeans spoke to the king (Aramaic  , begins here): ‘May the king live for ever.  Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.’

1 Kings 1:31

Bathsheba knelt low with her face to the ground, paying homage to the king,  and said, ‘May my lord King David live for ever! ’

Daniel 5:10

Because of the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen  came to the banquet hall. ‘May the king live for ever,’ she said. ‘Don’t let your thoughts terrify you or your face be pale.  ,

Daniel 6:21

Then Daniel spoke with the king: ‘May the king live for ever.

Daniel 6:6

So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said to him, ‘May King Darius live for ever.

Lamentations 2:9

Zion’s gates have fallen to the ground; he has destroyed and shattered the bars on her gates. Her king and her leaders live among the nations, instruction  is no more, and even her prophets receive no vision from the  Lord.

2 Chronicles 32:33

Hezekiah rested with his ancestors and was buried on the ascent to the tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem paid him honour at his death. His son Manasseh became king in his place.

2 Chronicles 28:27

Ahaz rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city, in Jerusalem, but they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. His son Hezekiah became king in his place.

2 Chronicles 21:20

Jehoram  was thirty-two years old when he became king; he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem. He died to no one’s regret  , and was buried in the city of David but not in the tombs of the kings.

Daniel 3:9

They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, ‘May the king live for ever.

Leviticus 26:31

I will reduce your cities to ruins and devastate your sanctuaries. I will not smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.

2 Kings 25:8

On  the seventh day of the fifth month #– #which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon #– #Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:19

Then the Chaldeans burned God’s temple.  They tore down Jerusalem’s wall, burned all its palaces, and destroyed all its valuable articles.

Nehemiah 2:13

I went out at night through the Valley Gate towards the Serpent’s  Well and the Dung Gate,  and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.

Jeremiah 52:12

On the tenth day of the fifth month #– #which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon #– #Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards, entered Jerusalem as the representative of  the king of Babylon.

Esther 8:6

For how could I bear to see the disaster that would come on my people?  How could I bear to see the destruction of my relatives? ’