Neh 2:3, Dan 2:4, 6:6 | ESV | STEP | I said to the king , Let the king live forever ! Why should not my face be sad , when the city , the place of my fathers ’ graves , lies in ruins , and its gates have been destroyed by fire ?

c[See ver. 2 above]

e ch. 3:9; 5:10; 6:6, 21; See 1 Kgs. 1:31

f[See ver. 2 above]

g[See ver. 1 above]

Nehemiah 2:3

3 I said to the king, ^a“Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, ^bwhen the city, the place of my fathers’ graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”

Daniel 2:4

4 Then ^cthe Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic, ^{▼▼The text from this point to the end of chapter 7 is in Aramaic} ^e“O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”

Daniel 6:6

6 Then these ^fhigh officials and ^gsatraps came by agreement ^{▼▼Or came thronging; also verses 11, 15} to the king and said to him, “O ⁱKing Darius, live forever!