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 8:17
8:17 So all the assembly which had returned from the exile constructed temporary shelters and lived in them. The Israelites had not done so from the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day. Everyone experienced very great joy. 2
1 tn Heb “If upon the king it is good.” So also in v. 7.
2 tn Heb “And there was very great joy.”