Neh 2:4, 5:7 | ESV | STEP | Then the king said to me, What are you requesting ? So I prayed to the God of heaven .

a ver. 20; ch. 1:4, 5; Ezra 5:12; Dan. 2:18

b[Ex. 22:25; Lev. 25:36; Ps. 15:5; Ezek. 22:12]

Nehemiah 2:4

4 Then the king said to me, “What are you requesting?” So I prayed ^ato the God of heaven.

Nehemiah 5:7

7 I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, ^b“You are exacting interest, each from his brother.” And I held a great assembly against them