 Nehemiah is a cupbearer under Artaxerxes, who is the king, and he's the cupbearer for him, which means that he has a very responsible position and one that requires a great deal of him. Well, here he'd been there for some time, and his brother and some others come to him from Jerusalem and say to him, Nehemiah, I want to tell you what's going on in Jerusalem. The gates are burned, and the walls are broken down, and there's chaos in every direction. There's