5 After that I said to the king: “If to the king it does seem good,+ and if your servant seems good before you,+ that you would send me to Judah, to the city of the burial places of my forefathers, that I may rebuild+ it.”

6 At this the king said to me, as his queenly consort was sitting beside him: “How long will your journey come to be and when will you return?” So it seemed good+ before the king that he should send me, when I gave him the appointed time.+