Nehemia 2:5

2:5 and said to the king, “If the king is so inclined ¹  and if your servant has found favor in your sight, dispatch me to Judah, to the city with the graves of my ancestors, so that I can rebuild it.”

Nehemia 2:7

2:7 I said to the king, “If the king is so inclined, let him give me letters for the governors of Trans-Euphrates ²  that will enable me to travel safely until I reach Judah,

Nehemia 4:22

4:22 At that time I instructed ³  the people, “Let every man and his coworker spend the night in Jerusalem and let them be guards for us by night and workers by day.

[2:5]  ¹ tn Heb “If upon the king it is good.” So also in v. 7.

[2:7]  ² tn Heb “across the river,” here and often elsewhere in the Book of Nehemiah.

[4:22]  ³ tn Heb “said [to].”