²¹ He restored the chief cupbearer^(A) to his position,^(B) so that he once again put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand^(C)—

¹³ Within three days^(A) Pharaoh will lift up your head^(B) and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer.^(C)

Artaxerxes Sends Nehemiah to Jerusalem

2 In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes,^(A) when wine was brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his presence before,