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And I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, let letters be given me ^(C1)for the governors of the provinces beyond the River, so that they will allow me to pass through until I come to Judah,

and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's ^(C1)forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of ^(C2)the citadel which is by the ^(F1)temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house to which I will go." And the king granted them to me because ^(C3)the good hand of my God was on me.

Then I came to ^(C1)the governors of the provinces beyond the Euphrates River and gave them the king's letters. Now ^(C2)the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen.