The Son of Hacaliah: not much known of his genealogy but the mentioning of his father and his brother (vs 2; 7:2)
Nehemiah was a captive under the Persian King Artaxerxes and we know that he was the King’s cupbearer (2:1), here we can see that the cupbearer was one who would taste the drink (wine) fist before giving it to the king.
