OLD TESTAMENT

Nehemiah 1:11

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Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cup bearer to the king.

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Verse 11. Man; (virum) the great king, ( Bible.) Artaxerxes. Calmet.—Cup-bearer; Athersatha. 1 Ezra 2:63 and 2 Ezra 7:65.

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The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”

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