Ezr 5:17, Neh 2:7 | ESV | STEP | Therefore , if it seems good to the king , let search be made in the royal archives there in Babylon , to see whether a decree was issued by Cyrus the king for the rebuilding of this house of God in Jerusalem . And let the king send us his pleasure in this matter .

Ezra 5:17

17 Therefore, if it seems good to the king, ^alet search be made in the royal archives there in Babylon, to see whether a decree was issued by Cyrus the king for the rebuilding of this house of God in Jerusalem. And let the king send us his pleasure in this matter.”

Nehemiah 2:7

7 And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me ^bto the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah,