![]() And they said, “Let us rise up and build.” So they strengthened their hands for the good work.” Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer derision.” And I told them of the hand of my God that had been upon me for good, and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. Nehemiah 2:17-18 “You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Perhaps Nehemiah knew that there would be enemies who would try to subvert the work…and indeed, they would. Up to this point, “the officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, and I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, and the rest who were to do the work” (Neh 2:16). I went out by night by the Valley Gate to the Dragon Spring and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that were broken down and its gates that had been destroyed by fire” (Neh 2:12-13). There was no animal with me but the one on which I rode. Nehemiah kept his mission silent for a time and “told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel.” Now the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen. Nehemiah 2:9-10 “Then I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River and gave them the king’s letters. And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ graves, that I may rebuild it” (Neh 2:3-5). It could be certain death to be in the king’s presence with a sad countenance so Nehemiah “said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?” Then the king said to me, “What are you requesting?” So I prayed to the God of heaven. No one every appeared before the king with a sad countenance so that’s why Nehemiah was afraid. And the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of the heart.” Then I was very much afraid.” Nehemiah 2:1-2 “When wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. So much so that he trusted him with his life. He was the first to ensure that the food and drink were not poisoned and the king apparently thought much of Nehemiah. ![]() The person who was the king’s cupbearer was the person most trusted by the king. The phrase “I was the cupbearer to the king” means a lot more than we might first think. Nehemiah 1:11 “O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cupbearer to the king.” We have acted very corruptly against you and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the rules that you commanded your servant Moses” (Neh 1:6-7). Even I and my father’s house have sinned. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire” (Neh 1:2-3) so Nehemiah “prayed, “let your ear be attentive and your eyes open, to hear the prayer of your servant that I now pray before you day and night for the people of Israel your servants, confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against you. And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. Why did Nehemiah fast and mourn and pray? Because he had just heard from Hanani and had “asked them concerning the Jews who escaped, who had survived the exile, and concerning Jerusalem. Nehemiah 1:4 “As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.” Here are seven great Bible verses about Nehemiah.
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