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And a letter vnto Asaph the keeper of the kings forrest, that he may giue me timber to make beames for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the Citie, and for the house that I shall enter into: And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God vpon me.

Then I told them of the hand of my God, which was good vpon me; as also the kings wordes that he had spoken vnto me. And they said, Let vs rise vp and builde. So they strengthened their hands for this good worke.

Also I said, It is not good that yee doe: ought yee not to walke in the feare of our God, because of the reproch of the heathen our enemies?

Thinke vpon mee, my God, for good, according to all that I haue done for this people.

1611 marginal noteChap. 13.22.

Also they reported his good deeds before me, and vttered my wordes to him: and Tobiah sent letters to put me in feare.

1611 marginal noteOr, matters.

Thou camest downe also vpon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heauen, and gauest them right iudgements, and true lawes, good statutes and commandements:

1611 marginal noteHeb. lawes of trueth.

1611 marginal noteExod. 20.1 and 19.20.

Thou gauest also thy good spirit, to instruct them, and withheldest not thy Manna from their mouth, and gauest them water for their thirst.

1611 marginal noteNum. 11.17.

1611 marginal noteExod. 16.15. & 17.6. iosh. 5.12.

Behold, we are seruants this day; and for the land that thou gauest vnto our fathers, to eat the fruit thereof, and the good thereof, behold, wee are seruants in it.

Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds, that I haue done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.

1611 marginal noteHeb. kindnesses.

1611 marginal noteOr, obseruations.

1611 marginal noteVerse 22.

And for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.