Nehemiah 2:3

Good News Translation

and answered, “May Your Majesty live forever! How can I keep from looking sad when the city where my ancestors are buried is in ruins and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”

Cross References

1 Kings 1:31

Bathsheba bowed low and said, “May my lord the king live forever!”

2 Kings 25:8

On the seventh day of the fifth month of the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia, Nebuzaradan, adviser to the king and commander of his army, entered Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 21:20

Jehoram had become king at the age of thirty-two and had ruled in Jerusalem for eight years. Nobody was sorry when he died. They buried him in David's City, but not in the royal tombs.

2 Chronicles 28:27

King Ahaz died and was buried in Jerusalem, but not in the royal tombs. His son Hezekiah succeeded him as king.

2 Chronicles 32:33

Hezekiah died and was buried in the upper section of the royal tombs. All the people of Judah and Jerusalem paid him great honor at his death. His son Manasseh succeeded him as king.

2 Chronicles 36:19

He burned down the Temple and the city, with all its palaces and its wealth, and broke down the city wall.

Nehemiah 1:3

They told me that those who had survived and were back in the homeland were in great difficulty and that the foreigners who lived nearby looked down on them. They also told me that the walls of Jerusalem were still broken down and that the gates had not been restored since the time they were burned.

Nehemiah 2:13

It was still night as I left the city through the Valley Gate on the west and went south past Dragon's Fountain to the Rubbish Gate. As I went, I inspected the broken walls of the city and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.

Esther 8:6

How can I endure it if this disaster comes on my people, and my own relatives are killed?”

Psalm 102:14

Your servants love her, even though she is destroyed; they have pity on her, even though she is in ruins.

Psalm 102:15

The nations will fear the Lord; all the kings of the earth will fear his power.

Psalm 137:6

May I never be able to sing again if I do not remember you, if I do not think of you as my greatest joy!

Psalm 38:7

I am burning with fever and I am near death.

Jeremiah 52:12

On the tenth day of the fifth month of the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia, Nebuzaradan, adviser to the king and commander of his army, entered Jerusalem.

Lamentations 2:9

The gates lie buried in rubble, their bars smashed to pieces. The king and the noblemen now are in exile. The Law is no longer taught, and the prophets have no visions from the Lord.

Daniel 2:4

They answered the king in Aramaic, “May Your Majesty live forever! Tell us your dream, and we will explain it to you.”

Daniel 3:9

They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “May Your Majesty live forever!

Daniel 5:10

The queen mother heard the noise made by the king and his noblemen and entered the banquet hall. She said, “May Your Majesty live forever! Please do not be so disturbed and look so pale.

Daniel 6:21

Daniel answered, “May Your Majesty live forever!

Daniel 6:6

So they went to see the king and said, “King Darius, may Your Majesty live forever!

Leviticus 26:31

I will turn your cities into ruins, destroy your places of worship, and refuse to accept your sacrifices.