Consider Nehemiah, who served as cupbearer to Persian King Artaxerxes in the fifth century B.C.E. Nehemiah provides a fine example of someone who prayed fervently. For days, he had been ‘ continually fasting and praying before God ’ over the plight of the Jews in Jerusalem.
Яагаад ийм гунигтай байгааг нь Артаксеркс хаан асуухад Нехемиа тэр даруй « тэнгэрийн Бурханд » залбирсан (Нех. 2: 2 – 4).