# Nehemiah 2:3

> The King James Version (1769) is in the public domain in the United States.

- Edition: kjv
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/2/3
- Book: [Nehemiah](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah)
- Chapter: [Nehemiah 2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/2)
- License: The King James Version (1769) is in the public domain in the United States.
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And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?