Nehemiah 2:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

But even though I was afraid, I said to the king, “May the king live forever! I am sad because the city where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins, and the gates of that city have been destroyed by fire.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 1:3

They answered, “Nehemiah, the Jews who escaped captivity and are in the land of Judah are in much trouble. They are having many problems and are full of shame because the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”

Daniel 2:4

Then the Chaldeans answered the king. They spoke Aramaic and said, “King, live forever! Please tell your dream to us, your servants, and then we will tell you what it means.”

1 Kings 1:31

Then Bathsheba bowed down before the king and said, “Long live King David!”

Daniel 5:10

Then the king’s mother came into the place where the party was. She had heard the voices of the king and his royal officials. She said, “King, may you live forever! Don’t be afraid! Don’t let your face be so white with fear!

Psalm 137:6

If I fail to remember you, may I never sing again. I will always remember Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

Daniel 6:21

Daniel answered, “King, live forever!

Daniel 6:6

So the two supervisors and the satraps went as a group to the king. They said, “King Darius, live forever!

Lamentations 2:9

Jerusalem’s gates have sunk into the ground. The bars on her gates are completely destroyed. Her king and princes have been taken to other nations. The teaching of the law has stopped. And her prophets no longer receive visions from the Lord.

2 Chronicles 32:33

Hezekiah died and was buried with his ancestors. The people buried him on the hill where the graves of David’s ancestors are. All the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem gave honor to Hezekiah when he died. Hezekiah’s son Manasseh became the new king in his place.

2 Chronicles 28:27

Ahaz died and was buried with his ancestors. The people buried him in the city of Jerusalem. But they didn’t bury him in the same burial place where the kings of Israel were buried. Ahaz’s son Hezekiah became the new king in his place.

2 Chronicles 21:20

Jehoram was 32 years old when he became king. He ruled eight years in Jerusalem. No one was sad when he died. The people buried Jehoram in the City of David, but not in the graves where the kings are buried.

Daniel 3:9

They said, “King, may you live forever!

Psalm 102:14

Your servants love her stones. They love even the dust of that city!

Leviticus 26:31

I will destroy your cities. I will make your holy places empty. I will stop smelling your offerings.

2 Kings 25:8

Nebuchadnezzar came to Jerusalem on the 7th day of the fifth month of his nineteenth year as king of Babylon. The captain of Nebuchadnezzar’s best soldiers was Nebuzaradan.

2 Chronicles 36:19

Nebuchadnezzar and his army burned the Temple. They broke down Jerusalem’s wall and burned all the houses that belonged to the king and his officials. They took or destroyed every valuable thing in Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 2:13

While it was dark I went out through the Valley Gate. I rode toward the Dragon Well and the Gate of the Ash Piles. I was inspecting the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates in the wall that had been burned with fire.

Jeremiah 52:12

Nebuzaradan was the commander of the king of Babylon’s special guard. He was one of the king’s most important officials while at Jerusalem. He came to Jerusalem on the tenth day of the fifth month, in the 19th year that Nebuchadnezzar was king.

Esther 8:6

I am begging the king because I could not bear to see these terrible things happen to my people. I could not bear to see my family killed.”

Psalm 38:7

I am burning with fever, and my whole body hurts.

Psalm 102:15

The nations will worship the Lord’s name. All the kings on earth will honor you.