Nehemiah, Cup Bearer to the King
Nehemiah, the cup bearer to King Artaxerxes in Babylon, received distressing news that the Samaritans in the area had been enraged by the completion of the Temple and had descended on Jerusalem, destroying the walls and ransacking the city. Nehemiah 1:11, 2:1I was the king’s cupbearer at the time.In the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes (Son of Xerxes), when wine was set before him, I (Nehemiah) took the wine and gave it to the king.…Pictured here is a Rhyton, or wine cup from the Persian Period.
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I was the king’s cupbearer at the time.
In the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes (Artaxerxes I, Son of Xerxes/Ahasuerus), when wine was set before him, I (Nehemiah) took the wine and gave it to the king.…
"וַיְהִ֣י בְּחֹ֣דֶשׁ נִיסָ֗ן שְׁנַ֥ת עֶשְׂרִ֛ים לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (אַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתָּא הָרִאשׁוֹן , בְּנוֹ שֶׁל קְסַרְקְסֵס/ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ) יַ֣יִן לְפָנָ֑יו וָֽאֶשָּׂ֤א (נְחֶמְיָה) אֶת־הַיַּ֨יִן֙ וָֽאֶתְּנָ֣ה לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ..."
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