He pleaded: “Ah, Jehovah, please, let your ear become attentive to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who take delight in fearing your name; and, please, do grant success to your servant today and make him an object of pity before this man. ”
منظور او اردشیر (‏ اَرْتَحْشَستا )‏ پادشاه پارس بود که نَحَمِیا در قصر او در مقام ساقی خدمت می‌کرد .‏ —‏ نح ۱ :‏ ۱۱ .‏