Nehemiah 1:3-11

1:3

province <04082> [the province.]

considerable <01419> [in great.]

reproach <02781> [reproach.]

wall <02346> [the wall.]

1:4

sat down <03427> [I sat down.]

God <0430> [the God.]

1:5

great <01419> [the great.]

keeps ........... obey <08104> [keepeth.]

1:6

ear <0241> [thine ear.]

day ... night <03119 03915> [day and night.]

confessing <03034> [confess.]

family <01> [both I.]

1:7

behaved corruptly against <02254> [dealt.]

behaved corruptly against <02254> [corruptly.]

commandments <04687> [the commandments.]

commanded <06680> [which thou.]

1:8

recall <02142> [Remember.]

unfaithfully <04603> [If ye transgress.]

1:9

repent <07725> [if ye turn.]

gather <06908> [yet will I.]

bring <0935> [will bring.]

place <04725> [the place.]

1:10

servants <05650> [Now these.]

redeemed <06299> [whom.]

mighty ...... powerful <02389> [thy strong.]

1:11

listen <0241> [Let now.]

take pleasure <02655> [who desire.]

show <05414> [grant.]

king <04428> [For I was.]

The office of cup-bearer was one of great trust, honour, and emolument, in the Persian court. To be in such a place of trust he must have been in the king's confidence; for no eastern potentate would have a cup-bearer to whom he could not trust his life, poison being often administered in that way. It was an office much desired, because it gave access to the king in those seasons of hilarity when men are most disposed to grant favours.