Nehemiah 2:1

וַיְהִי ׀ בְּחֹדֶשׁ נִיסָן שְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא הַמֶּלֶךְ יַיִן לְפָנָיו וָאֶשָּׂא אֶת ־ הַיַּיִן וָאֶתְּנָה לַמֶּלֶךְ וְלֹא ־ הָיִיתִי רַע לְפָנָֽיו ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

In Context

2וַיֹּאמֶר לִי הַמֶּלֶךְ מַדּוּעַ ׀ פָּנֶיךָ רָעִים וְאַתָּה אֵֽינְךָ חוֹלֶה אֵין זֶה כִּי ־ אִם רֹעַֽ לֵב וָאִירָא הַרְבֵּה מְאֹֽד ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 40:21וַיָּשֶׁב אֶת ־ שַׂר הַמַּשְׁקִים עַל ־ מַשְׁקֵהוּ וַיִּתֵּן הַכּוֹס עַל ־ כַּף פַּרְעֹֽה ׃

Ezra 7:1וְאַחַר הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה בְּמַלְכוּת אַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא מֶֽלֶךְ ־ פָּרָס עֶזְרָא בֶּן ־ שְׂרָיָה בֶּן ־ עֲזַרְיָה בֶּן ־ חִלְקִיָּֽה ׃

Nehemiah 1:1דִּבְרֵי נְחֶמְיָה בֶּן ־ חֲכַלְיָה וַיְהִי בְחֹֽדֶשׁ ־ כסלו שְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים וַאֲנִי הָיִיתִי בְּשׁוּשַׁן הַבִּירָֽה ׃

Esther 3:7בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן הוּא ־ חֹדֶשׁ נִיסָן בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה לַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ הִפִּיל פּוּר הוּא הַגּוֹרָל לִפְנֵי הָמָן מִיּוֹם ׀ לְיוֹם וּמֵחֹדֶשׁ לְחֹדֶשׁ שְׁנֵים ־ עָשָׂר הוּא ־ חֹדֶשׁ אֲדָֽר ׃ ס

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 2:1

How Nehemiah wrestled with God and prevailed we read in the foregoing chapter; now here we are told how, like Jacob, he prevailed with men also, and so found that his prayers were heard and answered. I. He prevailed with the king to send him to Jerusalem with a commission to build a wall about it, and grant him what was necessary for it, ver. 1-8 . II. He prevailed against the enemies that would have obstructed him in his journey ( ver. 9-11 ) and laughed him out of his undertaking, ver. 19, 20 . III. He prevailed… Read the whole commentary →

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