Verse 3

And I 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?

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 1:3 : 3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
  • 1 Kgs 1:31 : 31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
  • Dan 2:4 : 4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
  • Dan 5:10 : 10 [ Now] the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever; let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed.
  • Ps 137:6 : 6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.
  • 2 Chr 21:20 : 20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years: and he departed without being desired; and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
  • 2 Chr 28:27 : 27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
  • 2 Chr 32:33 : 33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
  • Dan 6:6 : 6 Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
  • Dan 6:21 : 21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
  • Dan 3:9 : 9 They answered and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live for ever.
  • Lam 2:9 : 9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; Yea, her prophets find no vision from Jehovah.
  • Ps 102:14 : 14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, And have pity upon her dust.