Nehemiah 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.”
Nehemiah 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,
1 tn Heb “If upon the king it is good.” So also in v. 7.
2 tn Heb “across the river,” here and often elsewhere in the Book of Nehemiah.