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 ¹  that will enable me to travel safely until I reach Judah,

Nehemia 2:14

2:14 I passed on to the Gate of the Well and the King’s Pool, where there was not enough room for my animal to pass with me.

[2:7]  ¹ tn Heb “across the river,” here and often elsewhere in the Book of Nehemiah.