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Nehemiah was a common man in a unique position. He was a secure and successful cupbearer to the Persian king Artaxerxes. Nehemiah had little power, but he had great influence. He was trusted by the king. He was also a man of God, concerned about the fate of Jerusalem. Seventy years earlier, Zerbbabel had managed to rebuild Godâs temple.
According to the Bible, in Nehemiah chapter 2, King Artexerses issued a decree allowing his trusted servant, Nehemiah his cupbearer, to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the walls of the city that were destroyed many years earlier by the king of Babylon when the Jewish people were cast into exile.