Nehemiah 2:8 References

8 and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's aforest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of bthe fortress which is by the temple, for the wall of the city and for the house to which I will go." And the king granted them to me because cthe good hand of my God was on me.

c Ezra 7:6, Nehemiah 2:18

Ezra 7

6 This Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a ascribe skilled in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all he requested bbecause the hand of the Lord his God was upon him.

Nehemiah 2

18 I told them how the hand of my God had been favorable to me and also about the king's words which he had spoken to me. Then they said, "Let us arise and build." aSo they put their hands to the good work.

Other references for Nehemiah 2:8

a Ecclesiastes 2:5, Ecclesiastes 2:6

b Nehemiah 7:2