Cross references

Nehemiah 2:3

and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”

Nehemiah 2:3 BSB

Nehemiah 2:3 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Nehemiah 1:3 (7 votes) and 1 Kings 1:31 (5 votes). 21 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Genesis 47 to Daniel 9.

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Which verses does Nehemiah 2:3 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”

  2. Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”

  3. May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

  4. Daniel 2:44 votes

    Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”

  5. Hearing the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen entered the banquet hall. “O king, may you live forever!” she said. “Do not let your thoughts terrify you, or your face grow pale.

  6. Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

  7. And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.

  8. And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place.

  9. Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.

  10. Daniel 6:63 votes

    So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said, “O King Darius, may you live forever!

  11. Daniel 3:92 votes

Which verses point to Nehemiah 2:3?

The 10 strongest of 21.