High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Cup-bearers are mentioned several times in the Bible. This officer is first mentioned in Genesis 40:1, where the Hebrew word elsewhere translated "cupbearer" is rendered "butler." The phrase "chief of the butlers" accords with the fact that there were often a number of such officials under one as chief . Nehemiah was the little captive Jewish boy exiled in Persia until the Medes and Persians defeated King Nebuchadnezzar and took control of his empire including all the war captives. Nehemiah rose to the high ranking palace position of cup-bearer to King Artaxerxes, the new King of Persia. The position placed his life on the line every day yet gave Nehemiah authority and high pay. , and was held in high esteem by him, as the record shows.

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