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‏ Nehemiah 1:10-11

Now these Exod 32:11; Deut 9:29; Isa 63:16-19, Isa 64:9; Dan 9:15-27

thy strong Exod 6:1, Exod 13:9; Ps 136:12; Dan 9:15

who desire Prov 1:29; Isa 26:8-9; Heb 13:18

grant Neh 2:8; Gen 32:11, Gen 32:28, Gen 43:14; Ezra 1:1, Ezra 7:6, Ezra 7:27-28; Prov 21:1

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. Neh 2:1; Gen 40:2, Gen 40:9-13, Gen 40:21, Gen 40:23, Gen 41:9