350 B
350 B
May the king live forever!
"Long live the king!" or "May the king have a long life!" Nehemiah is showing honor to King Artaxerxes.
Why should not my face be sad?
"I am very sad." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes)
the place of my father's tombs
AT: "the place of my ancestors"
lies in ruins
"is destroyed"