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Selected Verse: Nehemiah 2:8 - Strong Concordance

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Ne 2:8 Strong Concordance And a letter [0107] unto Asaph [0623] the keeper [08104] of the king's [04428] forest [06508], that he may give [05414] me timber [06086] to make beams [07136] for the gates [08179] of the palace [01002] which appertained to the house [01004], and for the wall [02346] of the city [05892], and for the house [01004] that I shall enter into [0935]. And the king [04428] granted [05414] me, according to the good [02896] hand [03027] of my God [0430] upon me.
  King James And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
according to the good hand of my God upon me--The piety of Nehemiah appears in every circumstance. The conception of his patriotic design, the favorable disposition of the king, and the success of the undertaking are all ascribed to God.
 
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13 Thy plants [07973] are an orchard [06508] of pomegranates [07416], with pleasant [04022] fruits [06529]; camphire [03724], with spikenard [05373],
5 I made [06213] me gardens [01593] and orchards [06508], and I planted [05193] trees [06086] in them of all kind of fruits [06529]: