Ezr 9:9, Neh 1:11, 9:31, Hab 3:2 | TSK | STEP | we were bondmen. yet our God. in the sight. to set up. repair. Heb. set up. a wall.Or rather, a hedge or fence, {gader,} such as were made for sheep-folds.

Ezra 9:9

we were bondmen.

Ne 9:36,37

yet our God.

Ps 106:45,46; 136:23,24; Eze 11:16

in the sight.

1:1-4,7-11; 6:1-12; 7:6,8,11-28

to set up.

6:14,15; Hag 1:9; Zec 4:6-10

repair. Heb. set up. a wall.Or rather, a hedge or fence, {gader,} such as were made for sheep-folds.

Isa 5:2,5; Da 9:25; Zec 2:5

Nehemiah 1:11

Let now.

6; Ps 86:6; 130:2

who desire.

Pr 1:29; Isa 26:8,9; Heb 13:18

grant.

2:8; Ge 32:11,28; 43:14; Ezr 1:1; 7:6,27,28; Pr 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.

2:1; Ge 40:2,9-13,21,23; 41:9