With this group walked the Persian-born Jew Nehemiah. Nehemiah served as cupbearer in the court of the Persian King Artaxerxes (reign 464-425 B.C.E.). When he learned of the troubles facing the Jews ...

Jesus Christ is our focus because he lived by example. It is from him that we learn how to be like him so that we too can be ...

11 Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favor in the ...

Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah--This eminently pious and patriotic Jew is to be carefully ... of asking the royal permission to go to Jerusalem. 11. I was the king's cupbearer--This officer, in the ...