Nehemiah 1:5--2:4
great <01419> [the great.]
keeps ........... obey <08104> [keepeth.]
ear <0241> [thine ear.]
day ... night <03119 03915> [day and night.]
confessing <03034> [confess.]
family <01> [both I.]
behaved corruptly against <02254> [dealt.]
behaved corruptly against <02254> [corruptly.]
commandments <04687> [the commandments.]
commanded <06680> [which thou.]
recall <02142> [Remember.]
unfaithfully <04603> [If ye transgress.]
repent <07725> [if ye turn.]
gather <06908> [yet will I.]
bring <0935> [will bring.]
place <04725> [the place.]
servants <05650> [Now these.]
redeemed <06299> [whom.]
mighty ...... powerful <02389> [thy strong.]
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.
Nisan <05212> [Nisan.]
twentieth <06242> [the twentieth.]
took <05375> [I took up.]
appear <06440> [Why is thy.]
sadness <07455> [sorrow.]
very <03966> [Then I.]
Probably the king spoke as if he had some suspicion that Nehemiah harboured some bad design, and that his face indicated some conceived treachery, or remorse; and, indeed, the words rendered sad, and sorrow of heart, might be rendered evil, and wickedness of heart.
king ... king <04428> [Let the king.]
Far from wishing ill to my master, I wish him to live for ever.
city <05892> [the city.]
O .......... dejected <01004> [the place.]
seeking <01245> [For what.]
prayed <06419> [So I prayed.]
