Neh 2:8 | ESV | STEP | and a letter to Asaph , the keeper of the king’s forest , that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress of the temple , and for the wall of the city , and for the house that I shall occupy . And the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me .

‏ Nehemiah 2:8

8 and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of ^athe fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy.” And the king granted me what I asked, ^bfor the good hand of my God was upon me.