Genesis 40:21
gave the cup.13; Ne 2:11 Kings 10:5
the meat.4:22,23attendance. Heb. standing. cup-bearers. or, butlers.ascent. The original {weölatho asher yaäleh baith yehowah,} is rendered by the LXX. and Vulgate, [kai ten olokowtosin autou en anepheren en oiko Kuriou;] {et holocausta, quæ offerebat in domo Domini,} "And the burnt offerings (or holocausts) which he offered in the house of the Lord;" with which the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic agree; and so also Luther, {llnd feine Brandopfer, bie er in bem Daufe bes Derrn opferte;} and this seems to be the true sense of the passage. 2Ki 16:18; 1Ch 9:18; 26:16; 2Ch 23:13; Eze 44:3; 46:2there was no.Jos 5:1; 2Ch 9:42 Chronicles 9:4
the meat.1Ki 4:22,23; Pr 9:5; Joh 6:53-57the sitting.1Ki 10:5; Lu 12:37; Re 3:20cup-bearers. or, butlers.Ne 1:11ascent.23:13; 2Ki 16:18; 1Ch 9:18; Eze 44:3; 46:2there was.Ps 119:81; 143:7; So 5:8; Da 10:17; Re 1:17Nehemiah 1:11
Let now.6; Ps 86:6; 130:2who desire.Pr 1:29; Isa 26:8,9; Heb 13:18grant.2:8; Ge 32:11,28; 43:14; Ezr 1:1; 7:6,27,28; Pr 21:1For 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; 41:9Nehemiah 2:1
1 Artaxerxes, understanding the cause of Nehemiah's sadness, sends him with letters and commission to Jerusalem.9 Nehemiah, to the grief of the enemies, comes to Jerusalem.12 He views secretly the ruins of the walls.17 He incites the Jews to build. Nisan.Es 3:7the twentieth.1:1; Ezr 7:1,7I took up.1:11; Ge 40:11,21
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