^{4 Ref} And the king saith to me, `For what art thou seeking?' and I pray unto the God of the heavens,

^{5 Ref} and say to the king, `If to the king `it be' good, and if thy servant be pleasing before thee, that thou send me unto Judah, unto the city of the graves of my fathers, and I built it.'

^{6 Ref} And the king saith to me (and the queen is sitting near him), `How long is thy journey? and when dost thou return?' and it is good before the king, and he sendeth me away, and I set to him a time.