NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON Nehemiah 1:11 fear your name. On “fearing” God, see note on Prov. 1:7 and other verses mentioned there. God’s “name” here represents God’s character and all that he is. mercy in the sight of this man (Artaxerxes). Nehemiah knows that God can move powerful people to act in favor of his people (see Ezra 6:22). But he may also know that Artaxerxes has already decreed that work on rebuilding Jerusalem should stop (see Ezra 4:23; Nehemiah 1:2). The position of cupbearer to the king was a high office providing regular access to the king.

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